Australian Open 2010

[tm4tj]

Andy Murray has started with an easy victory in his first match crushing six foot eight South African qualifier Kevin Anderson 6-1 6-1 6-2.

Games can be seen live on BBC sport.

[tm4tj]

Murray marches on beating Frenchman Marc Gicquel 6-1 6-4 6-3

And the ICT connection at the Assie Open also continues with Elena Baltacha knocking out world No 31 Kateryna Bondarenko 6-2 7-5, and now faces Dinara Safina in the third round.

[stevico1]

Murray marches on beating Frenchman Marc Gicquel 6-1 6-4 6-3

And the ICT connection at the Assie Open also continues with Elena Baltacha knocking out world No 31 Kateryna Bondarenko 6-2 7-5, and now faces Dinara Safina in the third round.

Good win for Baltacha must be one of her best results, big shock.

Just have the funny feeling Murray is going to sail through early rounds again only to lose in Quarter or Semi , hope not though

[tm4tj]

Andy Murray on BBC just after midnight playing a giant, six foot nine inch American John Isner.......better put the kettle on.

7-6 (7-4) 6-3 6-2

Murray had a job on his hands with the big big hitting American but his play was flawless and he eventually wore him down with some fabulous tennis. The scoreline looks comfortable but this was far from an easy match. Big John will be a force to reckon with once he irons out the errors in his game, his serve is almost impossible to handle when he gets it right.

Nadal is next for Murray at around 08:00 on Monday morning. Del Potro was beaten in five sets by Marin Cilic, so thats another big name out of the way. The going will get tough now but Murray is capable of beating Nadal, but they don't come much tougher than him.

Edited January 24, 2010 by themann4thejob
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[tm4tj]

If you are no watching this then theres something wrong with you..........Murray v Nadal on right now.

I'm a better fan than all you lot.

[Heilandee]

I RESENT THAT! I would have gone to Australia to watch but had to stay at home for a delivery,as for not watching some of us have work to do. Jeez some people :cry01:

[Johnboy]

Andy's looking good....

Just taken the first set....

[tm4tj]

Tie break...........I'm shi**ng masel just watching it

Phew, 6-2 7-6 1-0 Murray and Nadal has asked for the trainer............sore knee, medical time out, what next, they will be stopping for fireworks I suppose.

Edited January 26, 2010 by themann4thejob

[caley100]

Great!!!! go on Murray!! playing feckin well.

[tm4tj]

Wooohooo..................Nadal is broken.................Murray is through to the semi's.

Great stuff.

[Blacknred25]

Cilic wont be easy he is playing very good tennis at the moment. There is big support for the Croations as well.

Lets hope Andy can keep up the great way he has played so far :tonguecheek:

[tm4tj]

Another big hitter is Cilic, he woooped Andy at the US, totally demoralised him.

Federer is still looking like the one to beat at the moment though, one game at a time.

[Renegade]

He might be good at tennis but Murray has to be one of the most dull people I've ever heard to listen to.

[tm4tj]

I thought the interviews with Jim Courier were pretty good. You have to remember that he is there for his tennis ability and not his raconteur skills. He did look a tad awkward during the interviews, but the way Courier does them is not the norm for a tennis player. I likes them. He maybe appeared to be choosing his words carefully, but with 50 million people watching on telly and hanging on every word said then I don't blame him. You know what, ther will be folks on forums all over the world just waiting to knock him because he said the wrong thing. I think it also shows how focused he is on the tournament.

If I remember, it went something like this:-

Courier.....what is your favourite film Andy....

Andy...............long pause.......just shows how boring I am.......

Remember, we bought Bobby Mann to be a defender, not an Olympic sprinter.

Tsonga and Djokovitch having a battle online right now

[Blacknred25]

He can be as boring as he like's. He sure is playing great tennis at the moment.

KEEP IT UP ANDY :moon2:

[tm4tj]

One set down to Cilic, body language not great at the moment, but long way to go yet. He seems to be having trouble working out how to get the ball past this powerful giant.

[Johnboy]

Fantastic game.... Andy's just levelled at 1 set all.

[Blacknred25]

He has the third set! Still a long way to go.

Fingers crossed

[Ritchie Sacramento]

He's up 2-1 in sets now and has a double break in the 4th set. Game over I'd say

[caley100]

Looking good for Andy now, Cilic is looking a wee bit tired and lacking in idea's on how to get back on terms with Murray.

[Johnboy]

YESSSSSS!!!!

In the final now!

Piece of p1ss!

Well done Andy!

:021: :021: :017:

[Caley Mad In Berks]

I was fearing the worst early on, but didn't he finish it off well? Bring on Federer, although he has no 'gimme' in his own semi final.

Well done Andy. Roll on first of many grand slam victories!

[Yngwie]

Funnily enough I heard the tennis correspondent on Five Live saying just before the match that he could see Murray losing the first set but then cruising to a comfortable victory.

Edit - of course, because of the time difference between here and Australia, he already knew the result when he said that. :017:

Edited January 28, 2010 by Yngwie

[DALNEIGHCALEY]

He'll be British now :017:

[broomie boy]

He'll be British now

Yeah , but he's still a dirty smelly Hobo