Federer vs Murray

TennisLovaLova · Jan 25, 2013

Federer is an artist
The others are just brutal machines

veroniquem · Jan 25, 2013

Duncan Bell said:
Goran Ivanisevic saying something similar. He's on 5live and trolling John Inverdale.

Inverdale trying to remain all 'BBC' and balanced, Goran just being all "There is absolutely no way Federer can win this match, there is no way he can deal with Murray."

Excellent.

He has some brains this Goran. Must know something about tennis!

Crayola Oblongata · Jan 25, 2013

FUUuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuUUUuuuuuuuuuuuuu

Prisoner of Birth · Jan 25, 2013

Magnus said:
One thing's for sure, Murray looks ready fro Djokovic.

Yeah, he does. Haven't seen anything wrong from him yet.

MindoverMatter · Jan 25, 2013

Some nice points in that last game, wondering if Murray will only get more in the zone as it goes on and get some of these in

Terenigma · Jan 25, 2013

VERY good hold by federer, holding murray off there. That shot down the line that murray almost pulled off after the federer's impressive backhand smash would of been the shot of the whole aussie open if he pulled it off.

jwjh · Jan 25, 2013

TheCheese said:
Federer needs to start opening up the court with his serve.

Can't do that when you're missing first serves, first serves are not hitting spots, murray returning almost everything deep.

djokovic2008 · Jan 25, 2013

lonux said:
Can I remind you this match will last for at least 3 sets, possibly 5? If you can correctly predict the rest of the match, you might wanna call yourself a psychic.

Let's get something straight if Murray wins the first set this match is over fed win not have the stamina to come back after the tsonga match vs Murray who is physically in sick shape.

abmk · Jan 25, 2013

BreakPoint said:
Federer needs to attack the net and stop hanging back trading groundies with Murray or else he's going to lose this match.

he's doing fine from the ground ... its his serve that's the problem as of now ...

ViscaB · Jan 25, 2013

Class tennis by Murray, he seems very relaxed.

MindoverMatter · Jan 25, 2013

not sure the last volley was necessary from my angle, but nice reaction from murray

Magnus · Jan 25, 2013

Fed does everything well, but somehow Murray outsmarts him. Weird to watch.

winstonplum · Jan 25, 2013

Murray so tight on break points. If he loses this set, he has no one to blame but himself. Surprised he so tight.

sonicare · Jan 25, 2013

Murray 15 winners to Fed's 5

Hilarious

Deleted member 77403 · Jan 25, 2013

5 winners from Federer
15 from Murray!!!

Murray has simply not been taken out of his comfort zone.

Duncan Bell · Jan 25, 2013

Murray getting 70% of first serves in and winning 84% of first serve points. Absolutely immense.

veroniquem · Jan 25, 2013

Magnus said:
Fed does everything well, but somehow Murray outsmarts him. Weird to watch.

Fed is mostly an instinctive player. I don't think he's particularly smart.

Towser83 · Jan 25, 2013

Role reversal - Federer is surviving off Murray's errors. And his serve is terrible. this is sad to watch.

jwjh · Jan 25, 2013

sonicare said:
Murray 15 winners to Fed's 5

Hilarious

Fed also has less UEs so he's having the stats of a pusher.

TheCheese · Jan 25, 2013

From those serve stats, sounds like back problems from Fed.

Faster · Jan 25, 2013

sonicare said:
Murray 15 winners to Fed's 5

Hilarious

Murray also has more UE's.

At least it was 11-5 in Winners and 11-5 in UE's at one point

Magnus · Jan 25, 2013

sonicare said:
Murray 15 winners to Fed's 5

Hilarious

ACES

Fed's serve is gone.

veroniquem · Jan 25, 2013

sonicare said:
Murray 15 winners to Fed's 5

Hilarious

Has Fed become a pusher? :shock:

zagor · Jan 25, 2013

Fed seems to have started serving somewhat better, needs to keep that up.

MindoverMatter · Jan 25, 2013

I think Federer just can't accepting aging and is trying to serve like he used to

Deleted member 77403 · Jan 25, 2013

Murray's brute strength has been so controlled and he is hitting such a heavy ball. Federer is not rattling him at all.

The difference in level is obvious at the moment. Federer is struggling just to stay competitive.

DragonBlaze · Jan 25, 2013

Where is the serve old man, the serve?!?!

Fed is going to need Murray's help in this match if he's going to win lol.

Fedex · Jan 25, 2013

Hitman said:
Murray's backhand looking good. Cooler conditions favor Murray I think.

veroniquem said:
Let's not start with the excuses already... Murray is simply the better player.

joeri888 said:
Conditions are terribly slow. Expecting murray in straights now.

West Coast Ace said:
You're trolling hard. Match just started. Should pace yourself.

Fck of!. Just fck off with your excuses.
Veroniquem is right.
Murray's best results have come in fast conditions.
He's hammered Djokovic, Federer and Nadal multiple times in these conditions so stop it with the nonsense.

Magnus · Jan 25, 2013

veroniquem said:
Fed is mostly an instinctive player. I don't think he's particularly smart.

To be honest, you don't think anything positive about Fed. You're not exactly an objective poster, now are you? You also don't seem to analyze the game very well

djokovic2008 · Jan 25, 2013

I think fed slices vs Murray at times just to get a breather in the rallies.

winstonplum · Jan 25, 2013

Murray will have ton of trouble holding here. All these stats mean nothing. I see Fed break unless Murray goes for it in the big points.

ChiefAce · Jan 25, 2013

That improved Murray forehand technique is making a huge difference. Andy is deadly on both sides now, and even more so on the forehand than backhand for power. Roger is screwed unless Andy drops his level.

Terenigma · Jan 25, 2013

Everytime murray is forced to play a point to federer's forehand, the next point is ALWAYS putting it back on federer's backhand. Its such a simple plan but its working so well.

Everyone knows federer's forehand is scary.

db379 · Jan 25, 2013

easy hold by Fed. Starting to serve much better.

Sid_Vicious · Jan 25, 2013

Hitman said:
Murray's brute strength has been so controlled and he is hitting such a heavy ball. Federer is not rattling him at all.

The difference is level is obvious at the moment. Federer is struggling just to stay competitive.

Federer is keeping it competitive. Murray just has him by the balls since he broke early and is defending his own serve very well.

TennisLovaLova · Jan 25, 2013

veroniquem said:
Has Fed become a pusher? :shock:

You're really having a trolling orgasmatron

sbengte · Jan 25, 2013

ViscaB said:
Class tennis by Murray, he seems very relaxed.

I think the USO victory is making all the difference in Murray's attitude.He outplayed Federer for one and a half sets at Wimbledon too but the pressure of winning the first slam in front of his home crowd got to him and Fed was just not willing to give up Wimby so easily.
Today is different, I think. Looking at how things are going so far, Murray may take this in straights.

Magnus · Jan 25, 2013

veroniquem said:
Has Fed become a pusher? :shock:

See what I mean? You can't analyze squat. Do you even watch the match? Probably not.

Viper · Jan 25, 2013

Fed's so flat, I'm amazed he hasn't been broken more.

veroniquem · Jan 25, 2013

TheCheese said:
From those serve stats, sounds like back problems from Fed.

Good sign for Muzza if the Fed fans are already overdoing the excuses. Fed's serve deteriorates when his opponents are challenging it. That's why Nadal has so much success against him.

jwjh · Jan 25, 2013

Fun point.

SeeingDusk · Jan 25, 2013

sterling forehand from fed.

TennisLovaLova · Jan 25, 2013

That fed fh murray managed to get back is proof this is very slow

Magnus · Jan 25, 2013

Awesome point. Fed was too scared of the last FH though, he went to the middle.

MindoverMatter · Jan 25, 2013

I'll admit, I'm constantly amazed at Murray's ability to stay in a point where others would have long given up

sbengte · Jan 25, 2013

winstonplum said:
Murray will have ton of trouble holding here. All these stats mean nothing. I see Fed break unless Murray goes for it in the big points.

Oh please, you think Murray is Almagro ?

Cheetah · Jan 25, 2013

fed's gotta figure out how to get more fh's

Deleted member 77403 · Jan 25, 2013

First time Federer pushed Murray out of his comfort zone.

TennisLovaLova · Jan 25, 2013

If murray's serve lets him down it could be a very different match

Duncan Bell · Jan 25, 2013

Two Set Points...!

Federer vs Murray - 2013 AO semi-finals

Federer in 3

Federer in 4

Federer in 5

Murray in 3

Murray in 4

Murray in 5

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