Andy Murray Vs Andy Roddick - Semi-Finals - SAP Open (San Jose) 2007
Andy Murray Vs Andy Roddick (4) is the real final.
The other semi is between Benjamin Becker (49) - the sixth seed - and Ivo Karlovic (103) who is unseeded for this tournament.
Whichever Andy wins will be the clear favourite to win on Sunday night. But this semi-final is less clear.
In fact I'm really struggling to pick a winner (even with my Murray bias). Their record against each other is 2-2. Roddick has the last two victories, but the last one was an exhibition and the one before that was against a tired Murray who'd just defeated Federer and then struggled through a 3-set against Ginepri.
By that standard you'd have to fancy Roddick who has really improved his game under Connors and is brimming with confidence. Whereas Murray has looked a little shakey in the last two matches and has had to play one more set than Roddick.
Still, Roddick had to push for his victory against Spadea (64) so he's far from invincible. And he may have in the back of his mind last years semi-final (he lost to Murray 7-5 7-5). Self-doubt or hungry for revenge?
Forget it. This is too close to call.
If, unlike me, you don't have to be out of bed at 7:00am tomorrow morning, stay up till 3am and you should be able to catch the match live on Eurosport 2. But please check the listings yourself - I don't want you to stay up only to find that they're showing a different match and then blame me :-P
I will be TIVOing however, so don't spoil the result for me.
If Murray wins I will try my hardest to post the result on Sunday afternoon. But just in case I don't make it and Murray wins - the final should be at 11pm (UK time), Sunday evening, on Eurosport 2.
The other semi is between Benjamin Becker (49) - the sixth seed - and Ivo Karlovic (103) who is unseeded for this tournament.
Whichever Andy wins will be the clear favourite to win on Sunday night. But this semi-final is less clear.
In fact I'm really struggling to pick a winner (even with my Murray bias). Their record against each other is 2-2. Roddick has the last two victories, but the last one was an exhibition and the one before that was against a tired Murray who'd just defeated Federer and then struggled through a 3-set against Ginepri.
By that standard you'd have to fancy Roddick who has really improved his game under Connors and is brimming with confidence. Whereas Murray has looked a little shakey in the last two matches and has had to play one more set than Roddick.
Still, Roddick had to push for his victory against Spadea (64) so he's far from invincible. And he may have in the back of his mind last years semi-final (he lost to Murray 7-5 7-5). Self-doubt or hungry for revenge?
Forget it. This is too close to call.
If, unlike me, you don't have to be out of bed at 7:00am tomorrow morning, stay up till 3am and you should be able to catch the match live on Eurosport 2. But please check the listings yourself - I don't want you to stay up only to find that they're showing a different match and then blame me :-P
I will be TIVOing however, so don't spoil the result for me.
If Murray wins I will try my hardest to post the result on Sunday afternoon. But just in case I don't make it and Murray wins - the final should be at 11pm (UK time), Sunday evening, on Eurosport 2.
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