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6 hours ago, Lex said:

I think if Murray could have picked a seeded player to face in the second round, he'd have picked Isner, this is a great draw. He's the archetypal big serving clogger, the kind of player Murray has mopped up with ease with his returning game throughout his career. They've played eight times previously, and Murray has won the lot. And of course Isner is 37, two years older than Andy, this is no improving up and comer. If Murray can stay fit he will surely win this.

7-6 , 7-5, 6-7, 6-1.

 

Isner wouldn’t even be in the top 5 cherry picked seeds for Murray.  Ruud, Schwarzman, Tsitsipas, Carreno-Busta, the two Serbs not named Djokovic, Evans or Baez and then you might pick Isner.

The rest is spot on though despite Andy struggling on his own serve currently.

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Just now, Left Back said:

You’ve never heard of Isner?  Was in the match at Wimledon a few years ago that lasted 3 days and finished about 70-68 in the final set which prompted the rule change.

He’s famous.

That didn’t prompt the rule change.  His match against Anderson in the semi final in 2018 that finished 26-24 (ish) that prompted the rule change.

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53 minutes ago, peasy23 said:
57 minutes ago, lichtie23 said:
Is Raducanu the ultimate flash in the pan? 

She certainly had the perfect storm in New York, but I think it's symptomatic of how little there is between most of the women's players. Lots of seeds tumbling out early as seems to be normal at all the slams now on the women's side.

Largely this.  She is one year into her career.  The women’s game is full of players that play unique styles, due to lack of power.

Caro Garcia is a former top 4 singles player and no 1 doubles player.  Anyone that thought Emma would just turn up and beat her is deluded.  Emma did something that had never been done before, but she beat one top 20 player in that run.

Iga Swiatek disappeared after winning her first Slam.  The womens game is littered with one slam wonders.  Coco Gauff, Clara Tauson, Leylah Fernandez were all ahead of Raducanu before that week in September and even now all of them are better than her too.  But Raducanu’s run will go down in tennis history.

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Isner wouldn’t even be in the top 5 cherry picked seeds for Murray.  Ruud, Schwarzman, Tsitsipas, Carreno-Busta, the two Serbs not named Djokovic, Evans or Baez and then you might pick Isner.



You’d think Murray would rather be playing the 23 year old French Open finalist than a never has been 37 year old John Isner right now?
Murray’s game is taylor made for isner, which is shown in their 8-0 head to head record.
Disappointing first two sets with that in mind, Andy’s not dealing with the serve at all well. Long way back but if he can win this third set I’d fancy him to get through.
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1 minute ago, Lex said:

 


You’d think Murray would rather be playing the 23 year old French Open finalist than a never has been 37 year old John Isner right now?
Murray’s game is taylor made for isner, which is shown in their 8-0 head to head record.
Disappointing first two sets with that in mind, Andy’s not dealing with the serve at all well. Long way back but if he can win this third set I’d fancy him to get through.

 

Absolutely he’d rather play Ruud than Isner.  Proof of it is Ruud is already out and he can’t get near Isner’s serve.

If he wins he will overtake the record for most wins from two sets down.

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2 minutes ago, Lex said:

 


You’d think Murray would rather be playing the 23 year old French Open finalist than a never has been 37 year old John Isner right now?
Murray’s game is taylor made for isner, which is shown in their 8-0 head to head record.
Disappointing first two sets with that in mind, Andy’s not dealing with the serve at all well. Long way back but if he can win this third set I’d fancy him to get through.

 

Isner is a semi-finalist at Wimbledon, knows how to play this surface. Returning on Grass is very difficult and also Murray is nowhere near the level he was previous unfortunately. 

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