Match report

Jose Acasuso © Tennistalk.com
French Open
2nd round
5/28/08 1 2 3 Tot
ar  Jose Acasuso 4 0 4 0
gb  Andy Murray 6 6 6 3
Andy Murray © Tennistalk.com

  • French Open: Andy Murray demolishes Jose Acasuso

    5/29/08 4:19 AM | Cheryl Murray
    In a bit of a surprise, Scotland's Andy Murray destroyed Argentine clay-courter Jose Acasuso in straight sets on Wednesday

    Andy Murray seems to have worked out the kinks in his clay court game. The young Scotsman has been criticized by both Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic for playing too passively. This was not the case on Wednesday. Jose Acasuso has not been in good form for the 2008 clay season, but he is generally a solid clay courter, and for Murray to get the easy win should give him a much-needed jolt of confidence.

    Murray came out of the blocks strong, breaking Acasuso in his very first service game off a blistering backhand return on his second break point. Acasuso pressed Murray to deuce in his next service game, but Murray reeled off a couple of aces to hold. The Scot was pressed again at 3-2, but unlike his previous clay court matches, this time Murray stuck with his aggressive game plan, and it paid high dividends.

    Acasuso was completely dismantled in the second set. Murray certainly played well, but it would have been difficult not to look good with the dismal tennis Acasuso displayed. Shanked errors and double faults (four by Acasuso) were the story of the second set - Murray was just smart enough to capitalize.

    The Argentine decided to fight again in the third set. He finally managed to hold in the first game of the third, breaking a streak of seven games for the Scot. In the end, however, Murray was just too good for Acasuso. At 3-3, Acasuso had another weak service game, and Murray was able to take advantage on his second break chance. Murray will play tough Spaniard Nicolas Almagro in the third round.

  • Thumbs up

    This was a fantastic display of tennis from Andy Murray.

  • Thumbs down

    Conversely, Acasuso played terrible tennis.

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... Ivo Karlovic and Joachim Johansson shares the record of most aces (51) in a match.

Register for newsletter:

Poll

Davis Cup is not nearly as interesting as the ATP tour.
Not true
True

Poll archive

Articles - Latest commented

Blog - Latest commented

Tell a friend

Your name:

Friend's name:

Friend's email:

Other tennis links

Related articles

ar  Jose Acasuso gb  Andy Murray
French Open  French Open