Sony Ericsson Open, Miami
Third-round latest:
A MURRAY (GB) v * N Massu (Chi)
1-3
* denotes server
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By Piers Newbery
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2042:
"Help Piers, I've been kicked off the tennis so my mum can watch a wedding film! What do I do?!"
From anon via text on 81111
- An extraordinary maternal decision, I can only sympathise. And in my experience most wedding films go on longer than The Godfather and can be equally gruesome. Thank goodness for text-based tennis coverage, eh?
Murray 1-3 Massu
That's a bit more like - Murray takes some pace off and makes sure he gets some first serves in. Massu looks like he's forced deuce with another blistering forehand drive volley but HawkEye says it sneaked out. Never in doubt.
Murray 0-3 Massu
You know a man is on form when he runs around his backhand and thumps a drive volley straight down the line. That's certainly what I do when I'm on form. I must have done several marathons running around my backhand.
Anyway, it's been a really aggressive start from Massu and he earns game point with a big serve. Murray does well to tie the Chilean down in a lengthy rally and force the error, and a snatched forehand into the net from Massu gives Murray break point...... Wallop - Ace - Vamos! A wayward Murray drop shot hands over the game and a chance is gone for the Scot.
Murray 0-2 Massu
A couple of successful, and unexpected, trips to the net help Massu to 15-30. Murray responds with an ace and then a double-fault, and Massu converts his first break point after an aggressive return leads to Murray going over the baseline.
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2019:
"Ahhhh! Massu is wearing the Verdasco top. How confusing! Wasnt expecting to see that until the quarters."
Cogen from 606 (via text, confusingly)
Murray 0-1 Massu
We open as expected with a baseline duel and Murray takes it after a beautiful backhand down the line. Murray's other trademark, the drop shot, provides another winner but Massu does well to hold to 30.
2016: The Chemical Brothers provide the background music for the knock-up. Murray's girlfriend Kim Sears is texting furiously in the stands, coach Miles MacLagan is resolutely sticking with his dubious blue floppy hat, and Murray himself is again wearing the baseball cap he put on when struggling against Monaco. All of which amounts to very little.... Play.
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2012: The players are out on court and knocking up. It's been incredibly humid in Miami (so I'm told, west London remains temperate) and Murray struggled with that a bit in his opening win over Juan Monaco. That could be Massu's best hope.
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2006: But enough of that nonsense, Colombian pop thimble Shakira was in the crowd just now during the Nadal match. Will she stick around for Murray? I do not know. Nadal beat Frederico Gil 7-5 6-3 by the way, and remains the likely semi-final opponent should Murray get that far.
2003: Good evening, and welcome to an evening of lawn tennis squeezed in between all the Formula 1, international football, world-class cycling and the sport that Tiger Woods plays, which appears to be different to what every other golfer gets up to.
Andy Murray is about to take on 2004 Olympic champion Nicolas Massu at the Miami Masters 1000 event, with a place in the last 16 at stake. The winner will play Serbia's Viktor Troicki, who earlier beat Bjorn Phau 6-4 6-3.
The pair have met once before back in 2006, when a fresh-faced 19-year-old Murray beat the Chilean 6-1 6-4 6-4 in the first round at Wimbledon. And the facts do not stack up well regarding a Massu victory today....
Murray is ranked four, Massu is ranked 91; Murray likes hard courts, Massu likes clay; Murray is 21, Massu is 29; Murray has won two tournaments and 21 matches in 2009, Massu has won... two matches.
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