Classic away wins

[ark_28]

You favourite "away" win??

Watching Del Potro beat Federer in Basel got me thinking! What an amazing feeling it must be as a top player to beat another great player with all the crowd against you, no team-mates to hide behind, just a team in their box who can do nothing but cheer from the sides and who are largely drowned out!!

It made me think what are the best away wins in recent times? I mean outside of Davis Cup as there it is more team orientated with your captain by your side.


For me as a Roddick fan and living in the UK one of my favourite was Roddick v Murray Wimbledon 2009 semi finals!! Nearly everyone (apart from a brave few) was preparing for a Murray V Federer final! Murray came into that match with a 6-2 record v Roddick with all the media and the country expecting him to be the British finalist in over 70 years!

Roddick some how defied the odds the crowd and Murray to win in 4 sets I remember the moment he won the match the NBC commentator said "Andy Roddick stuns Britain"

Roddick himself said when he heard "come on Andy" he had to just pretend it was aimed at him and not Murray!

Where do you are that match as a great "away win" and what's your best on recent times

 

[Steve0904]

Federer hasn't had many because most crowds love him, but off the top of my head I would say when Fed beat Agassi at the USO in 04 and 05 and maybe even Roddick in 06, particularly the match in 2005 though. I liked Agassi, and he was on a dream run, but I couldn't bring myself to cheer against Federer. However the crowd obviously was cheering vociferously for Agassi. Fed was not nearly as popular then as he is now considering he only had 5 slams going into that final so that one sticks out in my mind.

Madrid 2009 comes to mind as well, as does a match against James Blake at the USO in 2006. I rewatched the match on youtube not too long ago, and was a tiny bit surprised at how much the crowd pulled for Blake even if he is American. I had forgotten.

 

[vive le beau jeu !]

sampras beating becker 36 76 76 67 64 at the masters 1996 in hanover, maybe ?

federer beating agassi at the year-end masters 2003 (just because the tournament director got furious !) and USO 2005 ?

 

[tacou]

Isner vs. Fed and Tsonga this year was special.

Last summer Roddick served some bombs, which were just completely negated by David Ferrer. It was a tight match but Ferrer was just untouchable and won in 3

 

[westside]

Hewitt v Guga - 2001 Davis Cup QF @ Brazil

Edit: Sorry! Did not see you wanted matches outside of Davis Cup! First thing that comes to mind is when Berdych beat Nadal in the Madrid Masters back in...2005/2006? (Mustard, help me out). Telling the crowd to "shhh" after match point was classic.

 

[Steve0904]

Hewitt v Guga - 2001 Davis Cup QF @ Brazil

Edit: Sorry! Did not see you wanted matches outside of Davis Cup! First thing that comes to mind is when Berdych beat Nadal in the Madrid Masters back in...2005/2006? (Mustard, help me out). Telling the crowd to "shhh" after match point was classic.

That was in 2006. Nadal beat Ljubicic in 5 sets in the 2005 final.

 

[Shaolin]

Sampras d. Chesnikov, Davis Cup

 

[joeri888]

Federer -Nadal in Madrid
Roddick -Murray at Wimbledon
Goran- henman at Wimbledon
Federer - Murray at Wimbledon

 

[merwy]

How do you like this one? Home crowd took it pretty well

Berdych - Nadal, Madrid QF 2006
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6udXOUAzvGc


EDIT: Oh and I shouldn't forget this one..

Henman - Federer, Basel Final 2001
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8QDlcFHA4o


Another one. Roddick was feeling sick though.
Roddick - Cuevas, Miami R2 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpc5_IkYqoQ


Cilic - Dolgopolov, Umag Final 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuLLLdC9wCc

 

[roundiesee]

Of all the "away" wins, I can remember Federer's victory (I think it was 2009 and the score 6-4 6-4) over Nadal in Madrid the best, mainly because clay was Nadal's best surface, and the crowd was mostly pro-Nadal However I did feel a bit sorry for Rafa as most of the spectators expected a Spanish victory that day,

 

[kOaMaster]

Henman - Federer, Basel Final 2001
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8QDlcFHA4o

this really was an away win. hard one.

 

[joeri888]

NSK is still looking for Nadal's away wins, and will soon come up with his favourite away win, probably against Ferrer in Barcelona.

 

[Blocker]

Excluding Davis Cup:

Wilander def Cash 1988 Australian Open final
Wilander def Leconte 1988 French Open final (back to back away wins by Wilander there)
Safin def Hewitt Australian Open final

 

[nethawkwenatchee]

Last week Del Potro d. Federer (in Basal)

 

[vive le beau jeu !]

Hewitt v Guga - 2001 Davis Cup QF @ Brazil

Edit: Sorry! Did not see you wanted matches outside of Davis Cup! First thing that comes to mind is when Berdych beat Nadal in the Madrid Masters back in...2005/2006? (Mustard, help me out). Telling the crowd to "shhh" after match point was classic.

nice ones, considering the hostile crowds (the "shhh / you're very bad" thing was hilarious !). i think berdych didn't have an easy time with crowd in his SF vs gonzo the following day...

hewitt's win over kuerten in straight sets on clay was really big for the young aussie !

 

[Deleted member 3771]

Sampras winning the Davis cup final on clay versus the Russians in Russia.

 

[Steve0904]

People people! The OP said besides DC.

 

[Carsomyr]

It wasn't a classic, but Borg getting crushed in the 1975 WTF equivalent in Stockholm by Nastase.

 

[joeri888]

Fed Murray, WTF 12

 

[DragonBlaze]

Fed Murray, WTF 12

With the crowd the way it was, it might as well have been a home win for Fed :lol:

 

[Deleted member 307496]

With the crowd the way it was, it might as well have been a home win for Fed :lol:

The crowd supported the player they liked better. That happened to be Federer.

 

[Gizo]

Lendl easily beat Vilas in the 1981 Buenos Aires final. Vilas had already won that particular tournament 7 times, and was a huge sporting hero and icon in Argentina as you would expect.

Lendl had also beaten him in the 1980 Davis Cup semi-final in Buenos Aires. So to beat Vilas twice on clay in big matches in Argentina was very impressive.

 

[Gizo]

Also a 19 year old McEnroe straight setting a peak Borg at Stockholm in 1978 was hugely impressive.