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  • Murray in action as the top 4 take the court in London

    8/1/12 1:32 AM | Cheryl Murray
    Murray in action as the top 4 take the court in London No. 3 seed Andy Murray will be in action in a jam-packed day at the London Olympic Games.

    Except for the first round ouster of No. 6 seed Tomas Berdych at the hands of Steve Darcis, there have been no massive upsets at the All-England Club this week so far. Seven of the top eight seeds, plus No. 11 seed Nicolas Almagro in the place of Berdych will be in action on Wednesday.

    But perhaps no player is more eagerly anticipated by the live crowd than compatriot Andy Murray, who is looking for a gold medal for Great Britain.

    Murray has been in fantastic form during the Games, with the Scot looking particularly solid on Tuesday against Jarkko Nieminen. He will take on Marcos Baghdatis in his round of 16 match.

    In their early days, Baghdatis gave Murray all kinds of trouble, defeating the Scot in 3 of their first 4 matches. But recently Murray has had the Cypriot’s number.

    They just met on the lawns of the All-England Club a couple of weeks ago, with Murray edging Baghdatis in 4 sets.

    Murray is enjoying good form and he will have the support of the British crowd behind him. Baghdatis has the kind of game that can push the world No. 4, but expect a win for the hometown hero.


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I'm going with all Cheryl's picks for today

ed251137 , 8/1/12 8:45 AM


Now Andy's in the mixed with Laura he will need to conserve energy.
So do it in two! Come on!

deuce , 8/1/12 10:44 AM


^^I hope Andy is ready to cheer Laura up with a run to the medals after her herioc battle against `Shriekova`. Coulda Shoulda that one.
They've played before & to me Andy was up for going deep in the tournament but his brother was clearly having an off day.
As for baggy great guy I'm sure, like his tennis too but he's going DOWN.

Twinge , 8/1/12 12:10 PM


We're 2 for 2 so far, Ed. :D

Great tennis day at the AEC.

cherylmurray , 8/1/12 5:01 PM


And a great day so far for team GB!!!!! First this morning our girls put women's rowing into the record books and now Wiggo has just won his fourth gold.
Now it's up to Andy.

ed251137 , 8/1/12 5:20 PM


Oh dear. Muzza looking out of sorts..........

ed251137 , 8/1/12 5:24 PM


Deuce, Twinge, Alex: Stop hiding behind that bloody sofa and start cheering for Muzza. He needs all the help you can give him.

ed251137 , 8/1/12 5:46 PM


It's so bizarre. All of sudden can't seem to hold serve. That was a clutch serve to hold off set point though.

cherylmurray , 8/1/12 5:58 PM


Baggy has got him on the run. I'd forgotten how dangerous he can be.
Time for Muzza to start thinking lucidly out there.

ed251137 , 8/1/12 6:05 PM


And Muzza gets a break.

cherylmurray , 8/1/12 6:22 PM


Oops the weak generation player took a set off strong generation player.. OMG.

Even weak Hewitt almost beat the former world No.1.. vat iz happening !!! LOL

tomnjerry2 , 8/1/12 6:22 PM


Baggy? He belongs to Berdych, Tsonga, Rafa and Nole's generation, not Fed's.

Hewitt? Wasn't he 1-6 against Nole H2H? Wasn't he the former Wimbledon champion, and holder of a few titles on grass? Isn't grass Nole's weakest surface despite winning one Wimbledon? So, losing a set to Hewitt is no cause for alarm.

luckystar , 8/1/12 6:40 PM


^^^Of course he took a set off Murray tomnjerry2,
Remember that final Marcos played against Federer at the AO 06?.
Its clear that only Roger could POSSIBLY have beaten bagdhatis then!
Not even Andy Roddick would have taken it ;0)

Twinge , 8/1/12 6:44 PM


That was tight folks..Murrray n Djoko both had nervy moments today..

both had 1 dominating set but 2 very shaky sets

Their semi if it takes place will be so nervy n full of errors :-)

Hey foks in India - I dont see any tennis match being shown either in StarSports or ESPN wenever i have switched on, they show other sports..any idea wer u folks see it?

sanju , 8/1/12 7:18 PM


sanju: try this one. dont know if it will work for you in India.
http://www.sportlemon.tv/c-4.html
It blocks sometimes (usually at critical moments) but will come back if you refresh.
Also difficult to get rid of ads overlaying screen but perservere.

ed251137 , 8/1/12 7:22 PM


sanju, I'm having the same problem and only today they shown the Nole/Hewitt match in full. Murray's match today was shown half way before they switch to showing badminton. Anyway, badminton and even table tennis (women's semifinals and final) are all interesting too.

luckystar , 8/1/12 7:39 PM


sanju: gotta disagree, one poor set, one brilliant and one pretty decent. Nasty windy conditions which Andy took a set to adjust to, but then fine.
Let's go Andy, Let's go! Crowd brilliant too.
Wowzer Wiggy, you absolute star and women rowers fantastic too. Come on Team GB!

deuce , 8/1/12 7:48 PM


So when are mens qtrs, semis, final? Is it Friday, Sat, Sunday?

sanju , 8/1/12 7:53 PM


^^^..thursday,friday,sunday

chenna21 , 8/1/12 7:55 PM


hey sanju, glad to see leander and vishnu doing well against the no.2 seeds tsonga and llodra both very good grass court players and who play doubles in davis cup for france, bhupathi and bopanna could not even get past the french part time double players. i am sure paes could have beaten bhupathi bopanna with any partner in the world. what do you think ..

akd2011 , 8/1/12 8:55 PM


Bhupati n Bopanna deserved their loss for the way they behaved n games they played to pair up ..Life always serves you rght in good measure..I surely didnt want them to win bcoz of their attitude. I hope Leander n Vishnu get a medal though.

sanju , 8/1/12 9:06 PM


I had to come on here to see what was going on. I haven't recorded any of the tennis so far. I really miss the tennis channel, because I could always see it replayed later in the day.

Now that we are getting to the business end of the tennis, I may start recording the matches. It sounds like I missed some great matches today.

At least Andy and Nole got the wins.

Nativenewyorker , 8/2/12 1:08 AM



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