Match report

Dmitry Tursunov © Tennistalk.com
Western & Southern Financial Group Masters
3rd round
7/31/08 1 2 Tot
ru  Dmitry Tursunov 3 3 0
gb  Andy Murray 6 6 2
Andy Murray © Tennistalk.com

  • Andy Murray slides past Tursunov, into another quarterfinal

    8/1/08 3:58 AM | Cheryl Murray
    Coming into Cincinnati, Andy Murray has enjoyed some of his best form all year. On Thursday, he battled Russian Dmitry Tursunov for a spot in the quarters.

    In the past few weeks, Andy Murray has played probably the second best tennis of anyone on the tour. He secured his first ever win over Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals in Toronto and proved again in his match against Dmitry Tursunov that he intends to be a force to be reckoned with in the tennis world.

    Murray is best known for his intelligent game. The young Scot has an impressive shot repertoire and he has become increasingly adept at using his variety to his advantage instead of getting bogged down with too many options. Shot indecision has long been cited by critics of Murray’s game, but he seems to have worked that out.

    Murray and Tursunov played in the hottest part of the day; Murray used the weather to his advantage by consistently yanking the Russian back and forth at the baseline for the better part of both sets. Tursunov managed to hang with Murray for part of the first set. The Russian broke Murray’s serve once in the first set, but the lead was short-lived. Murray broke back twice, using his slice to great effect. The shot, aimed at the shoelaces of Tursunov did damage all day long.

    The second set was all Murray. He played just brilliant tennis as Tursunov began to run out of steam. Murray secured another two breaks in the second to close out the match in

Tell a friend »

Other articles related to the tournament

Click here fore more articles

Comments


Write comment

You have to be logged in to comment. If you do not have an account, click here to register. It only takes a minute and you'll be redirected back to this page.
Username:

Password:

Expekt.com offers you the widest range and best odds on all tennis matches. Click here to bet and check all the latest tennis odds from expekt.com

Did you know that... Tomas Berdych and tennisplayer Lucie Safarova is one of today's top couples.

Register for newsletter:

Poll

The ATP season is
Too long
Fine as it is
Too short

Poll archive

Articles - Latest commented

Blog - Latest commented

Tell a friend

Your name:

Friend's name:

Friend's email:

Other tennis links

Related articles

ru  Dmitry Tursunov gb  Andy Murray
Western & Southern Financial Group Masters  Western & Southern Financial Group Masters