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9/5/09 5:38 AM | Ricky Dimon
Andy Murray and Juan Martin Del Potro are still on track to meet in the U.S. Open quarterfinals after winning on Friday. Murray defeats Paul Capdeville and Del Potro takes out Jurgen Melzer.
(2) Andy Murray d. Paul Capdeville 6-2, 3-6, 6-0, 6-2
Murray dropped a set out of nowhere, but bounced back to defeat Capdeville without much difficulty on Friday afternoon in the second round of the U.S. Open. The world No. 2 needed just two hours and seven minutes to set up a third-round clash with Taylor Dent. After Murray cruised through the opening frame of play, his game briefly fell apart in set two and that coincided with a hot streak for Capdeville. While Murray served at just 50 percent in the second set, the 87th-ranked Chilean 13 winners while jumping all over his opponents second offerings.
Not unexpectedly, however, the hiccup was just a minor bump in Murray's road to victory. The second-seeded Scot did not drop a single game in the third, losing a mere seven points in the process. Capdeville at least managed to get on the scoreboard twice in the fourth and final set, but Murray was completely untroubled after the surprising second. Murray finished with 44 winners (just 77 less than Dent, his next opponent) and 29 unforced errors.
(6) Juan Martin Del Potro d. Jurgen Melzer 7-6(6), 6-3, 6-3
Del Potro rolled over Melzer in straight sets on Friday afternoon, reaching the third round of the U.S. Open after two hours and 21 minutes. Like Murray, Del Potro also endured some early struggles, but the Argentine's came right at the start. He fell behind 3-1 in the first set, but eventually got the break back and forced a tiebreaker. Del Potro took the decider eight points to six and never looked back from there.
The world No. 6 broke twice in set two, the second of which finished things off in style. Getting better and better as the match went on, Del Potro played a very clean third frame of play and needed just one break to win it. Melzer did a better job on his own serve in set three than he had in the second, but he won a mere four points in his last five return games. Despite the loss, the 28-year-old Austrian finished with similar stats to those of Del Potro: Melzer hit 35 winners to 38 unforced errors; Del Potro struck 38 winners while making 35 mistakes. Next up for Del Potro is Daniel Koellerer, a four-set winner over Pablo Cuevas.
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With all the talk of murray and nadal being on a SF collision course, I think people people are taking their eyes off this one, which IMO is at least as big a challenge for murray. I fear that a rested delpo will overpower muzz in the QFs, just as he might have in the Quebec final had he not run out of steam. delpo ruthlessly puts his opponents to the sword, unlike muzz who almost routinely sits back and drifts off to sleep after he plays a good set or even game, just to let his opponent back in again.
That said, murray does seem to set his game to whatever standard his opponent merits, but the laid back approach has already cost him some big matches when his opponents have played above the standard he expected.
Anyway, right now I'd rather see muzz face rafa than delpo.
alex , 9/5/09 2:18 PM