Montreal

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4-2 Murray in 2e set TB.

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mb terug #-o

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6*-3 Murray! [-o<

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pfff, Murray pakt de 2e set.

Op basis van de stats verdiend, maar ik vind Del Potro erg goed zeg, ondanks dat hij er vermoeid bij loopt.

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klasse Andy!

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Anders loopt er ff iemand de 100 meter in 9.58. :crazy:

kut, gemist ](*,)

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Washington: Potro die 2x 7-6 3e set wint, waarbij ie in de finale ook nog 3-1 achterstond 3e set, en een W/O krijgt van Soderling. Roddick die tegen Karlo twee keer een break achterstond.

Montreal: Federer die een 5-1 verkloot, Roddick die 7-6 3e set wint van Verdasco.

PHM die zich door Hamburg heenmazzelt, Leonardo Mayer die zich door LA heenmazzelt, en zo kan ik nog wel even doorgaan.

1 of 2 kan nog, maar allemaal bij elkaar opgeteld in een korte tijd is gewoon geluk. En ik vind het prima hoor, en het doet verder niet heel veel af aan managerkwaliteiten, maar je kunt het gewoon niet blijven ontkennen...

Potro wint inderdaad 2x een 3e set tb, maar wel overtuigend met 7-3 ofzo....
Dat hij 3-1 achterstond was natuurlijk wel een meevaller.

Federer die het verkloot is ook ongelofelijk, maar hij had in alle 5 games geen gamepoint gehad.
Hij werd helemaal weggespeeld.

Roddick had al geserveerd voor de partij en hij verliest natuurlijk bijna geen tb... dus een zekerheidje.

PHM heeft alle partijen overtuigend gewonnen op de 1e ronde na. Mayer had ik helaas niet in mijn team.

En deze partijen vallen natuurlijk wel mijn kant op, maar dat is een hele tijd andersom geweest.

Wat te denken van Roland Garros en Wimbledon....

Daar heb ik 2800 punten verloren, omdat het allemaal net verkeerd viel....

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Murray verspeelt 1 van zijn breaks in de 3e set....

4-1* Murray

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Murray toont weer even aan dat hij de beste man op HC is op dit moment. Neemt niet weg dat hij voor volgende week geen zekerheidje is. Zovaak worden in deze weken geen back to back titels gewonnen geloof ik.

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Hij heeft deze pot nog niet gewonnen.

1 break zegt niets.

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5*-1 murray

dit mag niet meer fout gaan, al gebeurt het de besten :8:

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1000 puntos voor Murray deze week. Good job Andy. =D>

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Kon niet slechter lopen vanaf de kwartfinales
Hele klassement duikt dichter bij elkaar....das leuk.

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Q. How do you compare the barrage of when he was at his best during that match with similar barrages you've had from other top players?

The thing that's tough with with him, because of his height, he's obviously got a big serve. If he comes with a big serve, it's very tough to get the ball sort of away from him because he's got such a long reach. He hits the ball so clean from the back of the court that he makes it very, very tough for you and you end up doing quite a lot of running. He's a top player now. Obviously he wins a lot of matches. He very rarely loses to guys that he shouldn't lose to, and you know, he's going to be around obviously for a long time. He's got a very good all around game.

Q. When did you know you were physically the fresher of the two players?

Well, I mean, before the match. I felt like I was probably going to be physically stronger. He's played a lot of matches. You can always sort of find your way into a match, and when you have sort of a big serve like him, that can always keep you in when...I felt like I was playing better than him from the back of the court for a lot of the match. But he got a lot more free points off his first serve, the first two sets. The beginning of the second, he looked like he was tired, but then he starts swinging at shots, and then all of a sudden you're on the back foot and it's tough to play against someone when they look really relaxed, especially in a big match like that. It was probably the beginning of the second set I felt like physically he was struggling a bit.

Q. Were you still worried that you would run out of time in that second set, that he wouldn't falter enough?

No, I don't think it was through his faltering why I won the second set. And the tiebreak, I hit maybe three aces. I came up with one really good lob, sort of pickup at 4-3 to get the mini break back. He was just making it really tough because of the way that he was playing and serving, and he was always giving himself a chance. I had to keep fighting and believing in myself, and that was enough in the end.

Q. What were your thoughts at the time of his medical timeout? You looked upset at that moment. Did you think he was milking it to be...

No, the thing that I was disappointed with - I mean, it's not the best time to have an injury timeout, no question about that, but if the guy is struggling or is injured, then obviously I don't have a problem with him taking the timeout. It was just the umpire didn't tell me that he was taking a medical timeout, especially at sort of that stage of the match. The first I heard was when he announced it to the crowd, and normally he lets you know that the trainer has been called to the court. I didn't get told. I didn't see Juan asking for the trainer. So I just would have liked to have been told in a little bit more time, because it's quite an important period of the match.

Q. How much confidence does this win here give you towards the US Open?

Well, it's good. I mean, the thing is obviously I wanted to get matches this week, was important. Obviously to win the tournament is great. The US Open is still a couple weeks away, and you know, I'll focus on Cincinnati and try and play well again here. I feel like I've got a good chance of doing well at the US Open, but each week is a different week, and you know, I'm not going to get too far ahead of myself. I'll just focus on Cincinnati.

Q. Did the fact that you secured a spot, the No. 2 spot in the ranking yesterday, did that help a little bit or make you a bit looser?

I don't know if it helped. Sometimes I guess it's not like a distraction, but you know, where you're not totally focused on the match if something else like that has gone on beforehand, sometimes you can lose a little bit of focus, but it didn't bother me too much. I thought I played well today. I kind of put it to the back of my mind, and I'll enjoy that for the next couple of days.

Q. What will you remember more from this tournament? Getting to No. 2 in the world or actually winning the event?

Actually I got asked that yesterday. It's a tough one. I love winning tournaments. It's great. Every player will tell you the same thing. But it's just tough, because I've never been to No. 2 in the world before. It's something that I've never done. That's new to me. I've won acouple of Masters Series now, so it still feels great, but the No. 2 is just maybe because it's something different that means maybe a little bit more, but I mean, winning a tournament here is still great.

Q. How much of your success here do you attribute to the fitness regime you've undertaken that built up preparation in Florida?

That's obviously important. The thing that's quite tough in the Masters, it's hot the last pretty much every day, and I played every match between 1:00 and 3:00 I was playing, so it was in the hot part of the day, and that makes a difference. I'm sure if I came over from the UK, and training in cold weather or indoors sometimes, I don't think I would have been able to come out and play well here.

Q. What was it like playing in front of this crowd here in Montreal?

The crowd is the whole tournament. I thought they were unbelievable, like the attendance was great. Very few of the Masters Series get that attendance each day. So that was awesome. They obviously enjoy their tennis. I think the atmosphere was very good in the match, and they were good all week.

Q. Can you talk about what Alex Corretja brings to your tennis?

It's not one thing in particular. The reason I've got Alex working with me is sometimes it's nice to have just fresh ideas for practice and for training. Alex and Miles get on really, really well, so it's a good sort of combination. It's not like I employed Alex to do something that Miles can't. It's just the season is very, very long. You play a lot of matches. In between the tournaments you've got to make sure you're motivated for the practice and for the training. Just sometimes having a different face, different input, maybe a few different views on things helps. There's not just one thing in particular.

Q. After the first two close sets, what worked for you in the third to win it?

Well, he obviously was tired, and I just made a lot of returns which I hadn't really been doing. His serve slowed down a little bit, and I made more returns. I served well at the beginning of the third set to make sure I stayed ahead, and that was really the only difference.

Q. When you're in London, do you still work a bit with Coach Louis Cayer, who is from here and worked a bit with you two years ago when you came back when you were injured?

Yeah, I haven't done any work with him for about a year and a half now, but I spent quite a bit of time with Louis, did some work at the beginning of last year and towards the end of 2007 when I was coming back from my wrist injury, because it was a pretty tough time for me. Again, it was just nice to have sort of different input,different things to work on in practice to keep you motivated, because I couldn't really play that well because my wrist was still hurting me when I came back. He's a very, very experienced coach.

Q. How satisfying is it to have this win after I guess a little bit of disappointment in the semifinal of Wimbledon?

Um, well, it's a perfect way to come back, I guess. I got asked that after Wimbledon, What you going to do? Obviously you're going to be a bit disappointed and stuff. It goes one of two ways. Losing to Roddick, there's no shame in that to start with. I'd rather go away and become a worse player and not work on anything or go and practice harder, train harder and become better so the same thing doesn't happen the next time around. I was happy I won and worked out in Miami after that, and I think improved my game.

Q. Are you definitely going to Cincinnati? Will there be any thought of this being you sort of grabbed your hip a little bit near the umpire's chair after the match, after the presentation.

No, I'm stiff, I think. I would hope that I would have been able to play for another couple of hours, but it's just it was a pretty intense match and first tournament back for well, first tournament on hardcourt for so long. The hardcourts are the most brutal on your body, I guess. I'm just a little bit stiff just now. No, I plan on going to Cincinnati tomorrow and try and defend my title.
Q. Was this a record for autograph signing this week, you think?

Yeah, maybe. Wimbledon can get pretty hectic, but yeah, I signed a lot of autographs this week.

Q. In Wimbledon you can get away from the crowd. Here the crowd is very...

Yeah, they catch us kind of on your way back out. It's a lot easier to sign autographs when you're winning.

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Van mij mag hij zich terugtrekken [-o<

[Ad Wim]

het is bijna altijd wat met murray, en toch wint ie vrijwel altijd op hc.

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Behalve in grand slams

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Neem toch wat rust voor de US Open Andy.