RESULT: Andy Murray Vs Hyung-Taik Lee - Qtr-Finals - SAP Open (San Jose) 2007
Murray wins in three sets, so it was by no means a one-sided contest.
Murray started slowly losing the first set 4-6, but recovered well in the second set, winning 6-3. In the final set, Murray broke Lee in the 11th game and had a chance to serve out the match. But Lee broke back to set up a tense tie-break which Murray took 7-4.
The final score then: 4-6 6-3 7-6 (7-4)
It's not easy to tell from the match reports whether this match was close because Murray was below his best or because Lee had a particularly good match.
Probably a bit of both.
The telling statistic for me is Murray's first serve percentage - 46% overall (compared to Lee's 67%). Not always, but it often seems when the 1st percentage is up, Murray is flying. When it's down, Murray has to really work hard for the win.
Of course, either way, a win is a win, but a 2-hour match 24hrs before facing Roddick in the semi-finals is not ideal. The only consolation is that Roddick also took three sets and two hours to see off Spadea.
Frustrating again not to be able to even see highlights of the match - a few stats and a couple of lines in the press don't really give you the flavour of the match. In fact I was so frustrated last night I dug out Murray Vs Chela from this years Australian Open.
I'd forgotten what a comical match that was with Murray going from sloppy (by his standards) to genius and then back and again. And all the while making Chela (a former top 20 player) look ridiculously average. That was only two days before Murray seemed to find yet another gear in his match against Nadal.
Murray seems to be a few percentage points below that level at the moment, but he's still finding ways to win and that's what counts.
Source:
BBC SPORT | Tennis | Murray battles into semi-finals
Murray started slowly losing the first set 4-6, but recovered well in the second set, winning 6-3. In the final set, Murray broke Lee in the 11th game and had a chance to serve out the match. But Lee broke back to set up a tense tie-break which Murray took 7-4.
The final score then: 4-6 6-3 7-6 (7-4)
It's not easy to tell from the match reports whether this match was close because Murray was below his best or because Lee had a particularly good match.
Probably a bit of both.
The telling statistic for me is Murray's first serve percentage - 46% overall (compared to Lee's 67%). Not always, but it often seems when the 1st percentage is up, Murray is flying. When it's down, Murray has to really work hard for the win.
Of course, either way, a win is a win, but a 2-hour match 24hrs before facing Roddick in the semi-finals is not ideal. The only consolation is that Roddick also took three sets and two hours to see off Spadea.
Frustrating again not to be able to even see highlights of the match - a few stats and a couple of lines in the press don't really give you the flavour of the match. In fact I was so frustrated last night I dug out Murray Vs Chela from this years Australian Open.
I'd forgotten what a comical match that was with Murray going from sloppy (by his standards) to genius and then back and again. And all the while making Chela (a former top 20 player) look ridiculously average. That was only two days before Murray seemed to find yet another gear in his match against Nadal.
Murray seems to be a few percentage points below that level at the moment, but he's still finding ways to win and that's what counts.
Source:
BBC SPORT | Tennis | Murray battles into semi-finals
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