2023 Australian Open R128: [13] Matteo Berrettini vs Andy Murray

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The dumb-looking guy in the boss outfit, simply cannot be trusted to do anything, no matter how simple....
 
Berrettini plays like trash when Andy serves.

Tiebreak time. 10 points is the goal so don’t get excited when someone gets to 7!
 
Berrettini really stuffing up the angle of his racket, so many returns barely even hitting the net on his side. 2-0 Murray!

Big serve by Andy gives him 3-0!
 
Tired Murray is moving Berrettini all around, but his 50 mph ground strokes can’t quite finish the point. It’s a war of attrition.
 
Why? I like it. I think it rewards the match going all the way for the audience and compensates for the fact that 2 players are probably extremely tired by that point and a normal tiebreak might be one-sided over too quickly. With 10 it gives both players a chance to come back into it since they've earned the right.

I don't have a problem with a grand slam 5th set tiebreak at 12-12, but I hate it at 6-6. The 10 point system feels like a gimmick to me, too non-traditional and like something we would see out of Mario Tennis.
 
Looking at the state of his section, Murray has a very realistic chance at a QF here. However he will definitely blow it because he is too inconsistent from match to match.
 
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