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Hamburg Masters - 1st Round - Men

Nationality Player Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
A Murray66---
Russian FederationD Tursunov41---

Dimitry Tursunov

Nationality RUS
Date of Birth 12/12/1982
Height 1.85 m
Weight 81 kg
ATP Ranking 30
Player Info Right-handed, Two-handed backhand

Andrew Murray

Nationality SCO
Date of Birth 15/05/1987
Height 1.85 m
Weight 68 kg
ATP Ranking 9
Player Info Right-handed; Two-handed backhand
 

Live Comments

  1. 6-1 - Murray wins at a canter! Superb performance from the Scot, he was really going for his shots in that last game. Thanks for joining me.

  2. 5-1 - Murray is CRUISING NOW. Absolutely cruising.

  3. 4-1 - Murray gets the break! Tursunov had a couple of chances to smash home, but Murray stayed in the point and finished it with a straightforward pass to centre-court with Tursunov flat-footed.

  4. 3-1 - PING!!!!!! Murray has a smash forehand for the break, but Tursunov meets it to crash one back with interest and save a break point.

  5. 3-1 - Champagne tennis from Murray. He toys with Tursunov, sending him from corner to corner, before being left with a simple drop volley to set up a break point.

  6. 3-1 - Murray holds with ease, and he appears on course for the win here. Tursunov hasn't really got going. Clay's not his surface of choice and he doesn't seem to be enjoying himself.

  7. 2-1 - Another unforced error from Tursunov, and Murray gets the first break of the set to lead 2-1.

  8. 1-1 - Tursunov under pressure here. Murray takes him to deuce, and forces an error to bring up a break point...

  9. 1-1 - No-nonsense response from Murray. He means business today.

  10. 0-1 - Tursunov comes out firing in the second. Powerful groundstrokes and some pumping aggression see him into a 1-0 lead.

  11. 6-4 - BISH. BASH. BOSH. Murray serves out the set to love in authoritative fashion. Good work.

  12. 5-4 - Tursunov survives a set point by virtue of a deft backhand slice, and takes the game to make it 5-4.

  13. 5-3 - 30-30...big point. Murray wins it with a wonderful forehand slice drop-shot. Set point!

  14. 5-3 - Good hold this time for Murray, and Tursunov will be serving to stay in the set.

  15. 4-3 - Murray takes Tursunov to deuce, but the break isn't forthcoming.

  16. 4-2 - Good hold for Murray, fairly straightforward that one.

  17. 3-2 - LOVELY LOVELY LOB from Murray. Tursunov was lured into the net and Murray sent a disguised backhand over his head and onto the baseline. Deluxe tennis.

  18. 3-2 - Tursunov holds with ease to pull back to 3-2.

  19. 3-1 - Murray holds, but not without problems. Tursunov took him to deuce and threatened an instant repsonse, but Murray showed strong resolve to see the game home.

  20. 2-1 - BREAK FOR MURRAY!! Great stuff from the British number one, who looks relaxed and confident on the clay so far - not very often you can say that.

  21. 1-1 - Murray goes 40-15 ahead, before Tursunov crashes a superb return home to bring it back to 40-30. Murray responds with a good second-serve to take the game.

  22. 0-1 - Tursunov holds serve, but not without a decent fight from Murray. Promising start from the Scot.

  23. - - Good afternoon and a warm welcome to this afternoon's LIVE!! coverage of Andy Murray v Dmitry Tursunov in the first round of the Hamburg Masters.

ATP Race 2008

Points
1 Rafael Nadal 955 stay
2 Roger Federer 685 stay
3 Novak Djokovic 649 stay
4 Nikolay Davydenko 371 stay
5 David Ferrer 306 stay
6 Andy Roddick 240 stay
7 Nicolas Almagro 238 stay
8 Stanislas Wawrinka 236 stay
9 Andrew Murray 235 down
10 James Blake 231 stay

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