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ATP Doha - Quarter-finals - Men

Nationality Player Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
United KingdomA Murray66---
UkraineS Stakhovsky42---

Andrew Murray

Nationality GBR
Date of Birth 15/05/1987
Height 1.91 m
Weight 84 kg

Sergii Stakhovsky

Nationality UKR
Date of Birth 06/01/1986
Height 1.93 m
Weight 80 kg
 

Live Comments

  1. 2-6 - THERE IT IS!!! Murray closes out the match with ease and sets up a semi-final meeting with none other than ROGER FEDERER!!! It will be the seventh time the pair have faced each other and should be an absolute cracker. Thanks for joining me, make sure you come back tomorrow at 10.30am when we'll be bringing you all the action from Anna Keothavong's semi-final against Elena Vesnina at the ASB Classic in Auckland!!! (You can watch it LIVE on BRITISH EUROSPORT 2)

  2. 2-5 - The Stak keeps on fighting. His service game ends with a wonderful exchange of volleys and half-volleys.

  3. 1-5 - The Stak delays the inevitable with a gutsy break, but surely his number is up.

  4. 0-5 - Another break for SuperAndy! If only he could give us a glimpse of how happy it makes him to play professional tennis. Murray really is in an ugly mood - no doubt still smarting from the earlier warning he received for coaching.

  5. 0-4 - The end is nigh for the Stak. Murray is hunting this match down like a sullen teenager going after the last chicken leg in a KFC bargain bucket.

  6. 0-3 - Murray is racing away now. The Stak can't get close on the Briton's serve and then lets another break slip with a sloppy backhand error to go behind 3-0. This one could be over in a matter of minutes.

  7. 0-1 - Murray breaks straight way in the second set and is really starting to go at the Stak now.

  8. 4-6 - There it is! Murray goes down 30-0 on his serve, but gathers himself with a maiden ace for the match before blasting home a forehand winner to take what has been a highly entertaining opening set.

  9. 4-5 - The warning was definitely for coaching and Murray is not happy about it. That said, the umpire seemed to have inspired the Scot to find his form at the perfect time. He races to a break and will serve for the set!

  10. 4-4 - Murray picks up a warning from the umpires - possibly for coaching from the sidelines - and is under pressure at deuce on his serve before he finds the resolve to pull through and take things to 4-4.

  11. 4-3 - The Stak is looking relaxed and in full flow - making a mockery of his lowly ranking to push Murray all the way in this first set.

  12. 3-3 - Murray holds and the par reach the midway point of the opening set all square at 3-3.

  13. 3-2 - Murray plays a superb cross-court forehand winner to bring up a break point, but the Stak rallies back and clings on to hold and move ahead 3-2.

  14. 2-2 - WHAT A RESPONSE FROM STAKHOVSKY!! The Ukrainian earns a break point in the very next game and, after Murray returns three successive smashes, the Stak finally puts the game away with a forehand volley to level the match.

  15. 1-2 - The first break of the match goes to Murray, who benefits from a sloppy mistake on break-point from his opponent to go 2-1 up. Murray is the defending champion at this event by the way.

  16. 1-1 - The match is underway and the players exchange early service games to get going. Stakhovsky is really going for his shots and looks not a bit overawed by his opponent. We could be in a for a cracker here.

  17. - - Good evening tennis fans and welcome to our LIVE coverage of Andy Murray v Sergii Stakhovsky in the quarter-finals of the ATP Doha event. The BIG NEWS is thus...Rafa the relentless is OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT!!!! The world number one has been slain by Gaël Monfils of France in straight sets.