Andy Murray

Mens singles second round

[19] Andy Murray d. Jonas Bjorkman  5-7 6-3 6-1 4-6 6-1

[10] Tommy Haas  d. Philipp Petzschner  4-6 6-3 6-2 7-5
Thomas Johansson d. Arnaud Clement  6-4 7-6 6-7 7-6
[4] Nikolay Davydenko d. Nicolas Kiefer  6-2 6-2 6-2
Feliciano Lopez d. Igor Andreev  6-7 7-5 3-6 6-4 7-6
[28] Nicolas Almagro d. Luis Horna  6-4 6-2 2-1
Sebastien Grosjean d. Max Mirnyi  6-4 6-7 6-4 6-3
[5] Andy Roddick d. Jose Acasuso  4-6 6-1 6-2
Lee Hyung taik d. [14] Guillermo Canas  7-5 7-5 6-3
[9] Tomas Berdych d. Simone Bolelli  7-5 6-3 6-3
Fernando Verdasco d. Gilles Simon  6-0 6-4 6-3
Donald Young d. [13] Richard Gasquet  walkover

Women’s second round

[2] Maria Sharapova d. Casey Dell’Acqua  6-1, 6-0
[30] Agnieszka Radwanska  d. Virginie Razzano  6-2 6-3
Agnes Szavay d. [32] Michaella Krajicek  7-6 6-3
[13] Nicole Vaidisova d. Flavia Pennetta  6-2 7-6
Maria Kirilenko d. [22] Katarina Srebotnik  6-4 6-3
[7] Nadia Petrova d. Anastasia Rodionova  7-5 6-1
Victoria Azarenka d. Dominika Cibulkova  6-2 6-2
[16] Martina Hingis  beat Pauline Parmentier  6-2 7-5
[11] Patty Schnyder d. Severine Bremond  6-3 6-0
Julia Vakulenko d. Jelena Kostanic Tosic  6-2 6-1
[4] Svetlana Kuznetsova d. Camille Pin  6-3 4-6 6-0
Tamira Paszek d. [24] Francesca Schiavone  6-3 7-5
[31] Anabel Medina Garriques d. Lourdes Dominguez Lino  7-5 6-2
[26] Sania Mirza d. Laura Granville  6-3 7-5
[6] Anna Chakvetadze d. Nicole Pratt  6-3 6-4
[18] Shahar Peer  d. Bethanie Mattek  6-2 6-1

Andy Murray came through a tough second round match against Jonas Bjorkman today, beating the Swede in a five set epic to win 5-7, 6-3, 6-1, 4-6, 6-1.

After a close first set which Bjorkman edged, control of the match ebbed and flowed with Murray bouncing straight back to take the next two sets.  By this point Murray seemed to be in control of the match, however a number of outbursts aimed at the umpire appeared to unsettle the young Scot.  Bjorkman was able to capitalise on Murrays frustration to take the fourth set.  However in the fifth set, Murray managed to regain his composure immediately by breaking the Swede in the first game and running out 6-1.

The pivotal game was the fifth in the fifth set.  At 3-1 to Murray, with Bjorkman serving at 40-15, Murray clawed back to deuce and eventually broke the Swede for the second time in the set.  After this point, Andy barely put a foot wrong, and didn’t drop a game to finish the set 6-1.

This is the first time since injuring his wrist back in Hamburg in May, that Andy has managed to string two victories together.  After watching his two US Open matches, it looks like Andy is back to his old self; today especially, showing a vast array of amazing shots.  In the run up to the US Open, the shot that was missing was his massive forehand.  Today we saw it return as at times, he just hit winners for fun!

Andy Murray will face world number 43, Hyung-Taik Lee, the unseeded Korean in the third round.

Tim Henman shocked his vast number of critics yesterday by defeating 27th seed and world number 27 Dmitry Tursunov in his first round US Open match.

Henman did well defending against the Russian; Tursunov is one of the ATPs hardest hitters, has a 5-1 win record against Henman and has never lost in the first round of the US Open.  Until yesterday.  Henman fought through the match, continually playing up at the net and despite his aging and aching back he eventually outplayed Tursunov in four sets to win a place in the second round.  The score was 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.

The former world number four will retire at the end of September after Britain’s Davis Cup tie against Croatia at Wimbledon.  Speaking after his US Open match, Henman said:

“The whole nature of the match, not only the level of play but the support, the atmosphere out on a big court, was fantastic… I appreciate the situation, this being my last tournament.”

Henman will face Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsgonga in his second round match.

Today, in the second round of the US Open, Andy will face one of the ATPs veterans, Jonas Bjorkman, who reached the semifinals at Flushing Meadows in 1997 and is 15 years older than Andy.  They have never met in a match before.

In his first round match against 20 year old Pablo Cuevas, Andy quickly trounced the Uruguayan in straight sets.  However Bjorkman will prove to be tougher than the young qualifier.  Bjorkman has been around for a long time in the professional circuit, and has a lot of experience.  He is likely to have a pretty good game plan, and Andy will have to play well to get to round 3.

However Bjorkman isn’t too bad an opponent for Andy to have; Andy’s forehand is still not back to its good old whopping self and it’s only his fourth match back after a long time out.  But Bjorkman isn’t one of those hard baseline hitters, which means that Andy wont need to worry about getting overpowered.

Andys grumpy demeanor seems to have gone, or at least it did in his match against Cuevas.  His sessions with Roberto Forzoni, his sports psychologist, appear to have helped him enjoy tennis more, and have brought out a positive and refreshed Andy Murray.

I’m sure Brad Gilbert has thought up a good strategy for this match against Bjorkman, but I think Andy’s back on form now anyway…

Mens singles first round:

Philipp Kohlschreiber d. Mariano Zabaleta 6-2, 6-2, 6-4
Mikhail Youzhny [11] d. Nicolas Devilder 6-0, 6-1, 6-2
Marat Safin [25] d. Frank Dancevic 7-5, 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (9-7)
Ernests Gulbis d. Potito Starace [30] 7-5, 7-6 (7-4), 6-3
Michael Berrer d. Michal Przysiezny 6-1, 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (4)
Stanislas Wawrinka d. Evgeny Korolev 4-6, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 7-5
Robby Ginepri d. Olivier Rochus 6-0, 6-3, 6-1
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga d. Oscar Hernandez 7-5, 6-1, 6-3
Tommy Robredo [8] d. Bobby Reynolds 6-3, 7-6 (7-5), 6-1
Carlos Moya [17] d. Bjorn Phau 6-1, 6-2, 6-4
Mardy Fish d. Bruno Echagaray 6-4, 6-1, 6-2
Rafael Nadal [2] d. Alun Jones 7-5, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1
Igor Kunitsyn d. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 4-6, 6-3, 7-5, 2-6, 7-5
Tim Henman d. Dmitry Tursunov [27] 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
Janko Tipsarevic d. Ryan Sweeting 5-7, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
Teimuraz Gabashvili d. Fernando Gonzalez [7] 6-4, 6-1, 3-6, 5-7, 6-4

Mens singles second round:

John Isner d. Rik de Voest 6-3, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4)
Roger Federer [1] d. Paul Capdeville 6-1, 6-4, 6-4

Womens singles second round:

Ana Ivanovic [5] d. Aravane Rezai 6-3, 6-1
Sybille Bammer [19], d. Meghann Shaughnessy 6-4, 6-3
Vera Dushevina d. Ekaterina Bychkova 6-4, 6-3
Ekaterina Makarova d. Ai Sugiyama [28] 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
Elena Dementieva [14] d. Petra Cetkovska 6-3, 6-2
Venus Williams [12] d. Ioana Raluca Olaru 6-4, 6-2
Justine Henin [1], d. Tsvetana Pironkova 6-4, 6-0
Alona Bondarenko [21] d. Eleni Daniilidou 6-4, 6-7 (7-3), 6-3
Marion Bartoli [10] d. Sara Errani 6-4, 6-1
Alize Cornet d. Caroline Wozniacki 6-2, 6-1
Dinara Safina [15] d. Kateryna Bondarenko 6-2, 6-1
Lucie Safarova [20] d. Andrea Petkovic 6-3, 6-3
Jelena Jankovic [3] d. Olga Govortsova 6-2, 6-2
Ahsha Rolle d. Karin Knapp 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
Vera Zvonareva [27] d. Elena Likhovtseva 6-4, 6-2
Serena Williams [8] d. Maria Elena Camerin 7-5, 6-2

Mens doubles first round:

Robert Kendrick & Sam Querrey d. Tomas Cibulec & Cyril Suk 6-3, 6-3
Lee Hyung-taik & Travis Parrott d. Simone Bolelli & Ivan Ljubicic 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (7-1)
Chris Haggard & Thomas Johansson d. James Auckl& & Benjamin Becker 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
Frantisek Cermak & Leos Friedl [15] d. Albert Montanes & Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
Florent Serra & Gilles Simon d. Nicolas Almagro & Ivan Navarro Pastor 6-1, 6-2
Jordan Kerr & Tripp Phillips d. Wesley Moodie & Fabrice Santoro [14] 6-1, 7-5
Agustin Calleri & Luis Horna d. Rajeev Ram & Donald Young 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
Arnaud Clement & Michael Llodra [7] d. Philipp Kohlschreiber & Stefan Koubek 6-3, 6-3
Simon Aspelin & Julian Knowle [10] d. Lukasz Kubot & David Skoch, 6-2, 6-2
Jeff Coetzee & Rogier Wassen [13] d. Jose Acasuso & Juan Monaco 6-4, 6-4
Nicolas Massu & Vince Spadea d. Martin Garcia & Sebastian Prieto 6-2, 1-6, 6-3
Robert Lindstedt & Jarkko Nieminen d. Paul-Henri Mathieu & Edouard Roger-Vasselin 7-6 (7-3), 6-3
Michal Mertinak & Petr Pala d. Jaroslav Levinsky & Todd Perry 7-6 [6], 3-6, 5-2, retired

Womens doubles first round: 

Iveta Benesova & Galina Voskoboeva d. Dominika Cibulkova & Camille Pin 7-6 (8-6), 6-1
Peng Shuai & Yan Zi [10] d. Edina Gallovits & Lilia Osterloh 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
Rika Fujiwara & Aiko Nakamura d. Stephanie Cohen-Aloro & Virginie Razzano 6-4, 6-7 (8-6), 7-5
Cara Black & Liezel Huber [1] d. Jill Craybas & Laura Granville 6-3, 6-4
Anabel Medina Garrigues & Virginia Ruano Pascual [9] d. Jelena Kostanic Tosic & Barbora Zahlavova Strycova 6-1, 6-1
Casey Dellacqua & Nicole Pratt d. Hilary Barte & Alex&ra Mueller 6-1, 6-2
Alicia Molik & Mara Santangelo [4] d. Lourdes Dominguez Lino & Arantxa Parra Santonja 6-3, 6-4
Tathiana Garbin & Shahar Peer [12] d. Nadia Petrova & Nicole Vaidisova 6-1, 6-2
Lisa Raymond & Samantha Stosur [2] d. &reea Ehritt-Vanc & Anastasia Rodionova 6-1, 6-3
Michaella Krajicek & Agnieszka Radwanska d. Lucie Hradecka & Renata Voracova 7-6 (7-3), 7-5
Agnes Szavay & Vladimira Uhlirova [14] d. Liga Dekmeijere & Julia Vakulenko 6-2, 6-4
Daniela Hantuchova & Martina Hingis d. Sybille Bammer & Tamira Paszek 6-3, 6-2
Akiko Morigami & Meilen Tu d. Maria Kirilenko & Elena Vesnina [11] 6-4, 6-1
Jarmila Gajdosova & Bryanne Stewart d. Angelique Kerber & Yvonne Meusburger 6-3, 6-3
Vera Dushevina & Tatiana Perebiynis d. Victoria Azarenka & Anna Chakvetadze 7-5, 2-6, 7-5
Stephanie Foretz & Yaroslava Shvedova d. Madison Brengle & Ashley Weinhold 6-0, 6-3
Janette Husarova & Patty Schnyder d. Mariya Koryttseva & Aravane Rezai 6-3, 6-4
Chan Yung-jan & Chuang Chia-jung [5] d. Jamie Hampton & Melanie Oudin 6-1, 6-1
Katarina Srebotnik & Ai Sugiyama [3] d. Ji Chunmei & Sun Shengnan 6-0, 6-1

Mixed doubles first round:

Nathalie Dechy and Andy Ram d. Maria Kirilenko and Igor Andreev 6-1, 6-0
Agnieszka Radwanska and Mariusz Fyrstenberg d. Cara Black and Marcin Matkowski [6] 6-4, 6-4
Liezel Huber and Jamie Murray d. Mara Santangelo and Paul Hanley [4] 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (7-5)
Tatiana Golovin and Bob Bryan d. Corina Morariu and Amer Delic 7-6 (7-2), 6-4