Madrid Masters 2015 Final: Nadal-Murray

[atttomole]

Wow! This reminds me of the Wimbledon semi a few years back. Will Andy melt now?

That was Wimbledon 2010, when it went downhill for Murray after missing a smash.

 

[brokenshoelace]

Lol Murray is outplaying Nadal on clay.

I mean, Murray is a really, REALLY good player. Though if you spend enough times around these parts you wouldn't know it, given the ridiculous narratives people throw around about him.

 

[tented]

Does anyone know the winners/UFEs count? They're not included in the scoreboard I found.

 

[Federberg]

Surely Andy isn't building a bakery in Madrid? Surely not?

 

[Fiero425]

Really aggressive forehand from Andy and Ralf can't handle it. Deuce

Which makes us all question "why he doesn't do this all the time?" I've been saying for years that he could do more, but he gets into that defensive, counter-punching mode that doesn't cut it against the top echelon! Now he's doing almost all I thought he should be doing; just not coming into the net! So far he hasn't needed to! Rafa's giving him points! :eyepop :nono :angel:

 

[kskate2]

All you OH police can relax now. It didn't cost Andy the game, he breaks anyway. 3-0

"OH police"?

All the people who were fussing that missed shot would cost him the match.

 

[Federberg]

All you OH police can relax now. It didn't cost Andy the game, he breaks anyway. 3-0

"OH police"?

All the people who were fussing that missed shot would cost him the match.

I won't lie I was concerned. He has previous, but he's showing good stuff here. Very impressed

 

[tented]

Does anyone know the winners/UFEs count? They're not included in the scoreboard I found.

TC just showed them:

Nadal: 13-22
Murray: 8-8

 

[Federberg]

I almost feel sorry for Rafa, taking all that punishment on this backhand :lolz

 

[Kieran]

Basically, a rally goes longer than six shots and all Andy has to do is stand there chewing gum, and wait...

 

[kskate2]

Question is, will this loss hurt Nadal's confidence even more, or will he take heart that he made it back to the final?

 

[nehmeth]

That's quite the garbage play by Nadal, and Murray has picked up his level to boot.

Eerily reminiscent of when Roger started to become "Shankerer"

 

[Puppet Master]

Nadal can only hope for Murray's level to drop and capitalize on it, he is not going to do it on his own...
Ugly stuff from him, the Rafa from AO 2015 is back ladies and gents.
Oh and Murray is playing out of his mind, at least considering his past results on clay.

 

[atttomole]

Nadal is a error machine today. Inexplicable!!

 

[Denis]

All you OH police can relax now. It didn't cost Andy the game, he breaks anyway. 3-0

"OH police"?

All the people who were fussing that missed shot would cost him the match.

No that's not what we (or at least I) were referring too. If he made that shot Nadal was bound to lose, not Murray. But that's happening now anyways.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Will see a Bagel? :devil

 

[Federberg]

Nadal can only hope for Murray's level to drop and capitalize on it, he is not going to do it on his own...
Ugly stuff from him, the Rafa from AO 2015 is back ladies and gents.
Oh and Murray is playing out of his mind, at least considering his past results on clay.

I actually don't think Murray is playing out of his mind. That's what's so impressive. This is so... contained

 

[Kieran]

Will see a Bagel? :devil

More likely, we'll see a comeback...

 

[Denis]

Nadal can only hope for Murray's level to drop and capitalize on it, he is not going to do it on his own...
Ugly stuff from him, the Rafa from AO 2015 is back ladies and gents.
Oh and Murray is playing out of his mind, at least considering his past results on clay.

I actually don't think Murray is playing out of his mind. That's what's so impressive. This is so... contained

Murray is playing quite well, especially the backhand is clicking. But Nadal is playing awful too. Real UE machine.

 

[tented]

Nadal can only hope for Murray's level to drop and capitalize on it, he is not going to do it on his own...
Ugly stuff from him, the Rafa from AO 2015 is back ladies and gents.
Oh and Murray is playing out of his mind, at least considering his past results on clay.

I actually don't think Murray is playing out of his mind. That's what's so impressive. This is so... contained

There's no need for Murray to be playing out of his mind, with Rafa's error count at 24+