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ATP Rotterdam - Semi-finals - Men

Nationality Player Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
United KingdomA Murray66---
CROM Ancic12---

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Mario Ancic

Nationality CRO
Date of Birth 30/03/1984
Height 1.95 m
Weight 81 kg

Andrew Murray

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

Live Comments

  1. 14:21 - A simple, comfortable win for the world number four who will now face either world number one Rafael Nadal or Frenchman Gael Monfils in Sunday's final

  2. 2-6 - Murray earns himself three match points with a great passing shot ... and MURRAY WRAPS UP THE WIN with an ace down the T

  3. 2-5 - A service winner from Ancic on the first point of the game seemingly has things going Ancic's way but a double fault just three points later lets Murray right back into the game. But the Scot slaps long to let Ancic off the hook and the Croat holds. Murray, who now is limping fairly badly, will have to serve it out

  4. 1-5 - Ancic seems to be playing now with the kind of resolve that got him this far in the tournament and even sets up a break point against the Murray serve but the Scot comes up with a first serve at exactly the right time before going on to hold when Ancic hits wide and long

  5. 1-4 - Ancic doubles his out-put in this match producing a much better service game to hold to 15 with a backhand winner after moving Murray around the baseline

  6. 0-4 - Murray races through yet another service game, back to his normal self on serve. But the Scot looks troubled by his right foot or ankle and keeps flexing it. He's not limping at all so that would suggest it's not a serious injury

  7. 0-3 - Murray is really running riot now and Ancic slaps a forehand smash into the bottom of the net from just a metre away as MURRAY BREAKS for a fourth time

  8. 0-2 - Ancic gives Murray a tougher service game but the Scot comes up with a stunning sliced backhand to save a break point before Ancic hits into the net to gift his opponent a game point before Murray slams down an ace out wide to hold

  9. 0-1 - Ancic really isn't firing today as MURRAY BREAKS for the opening game of the second set when the Croat scoops his cross court forehand wide

  10. 1-6 - Ancic mis-hits another forehand from the centre of the court on the baseline handing a Murray a first set point ... and MURRAY DOES TAKE THE FIRST SET in just 25 minutes when the Croat hits into the net

  11. 1-5 - Murray whips a two-handed backhand away across court for a winner and earns himself a couple of break points in the process ... Ancic saves the first with an ace (unsuccessfully challenged by Murray on hawkeye) ... but MURRAY BREAKS AGAIN at the second attempt when Ancic shanks a cross court forehand well wide

  12. 1-4 - Murray's whacks down his third ace to hold once again although he had to recover from 0-30 down with an inside out cross court backhand volley before he could run to the hold

  13. 1-3 - Ancic finally gets himself on the scoreboard, holding to 30, when Murray slaps a backhand long. Ancic thought he'd won the game on the previous point as a forehand from Murray was called long. But the Scot challenged and hawkeye showed the ball to have comfortably caught the line

  14. 0-3 - A very speedy service game from Murray including a couple of aces and a couple of solid serves that Ancic failed to get back into the court. Very impressive serving from the Scot thus far

  15. 0-2 - A great forehand return from Murray onto the toes of Ancic, who is rapidly following his serve into the net. The Croat is unable to deal with it and MURRAY BREAKS

  16. 0-1 - A solid opening service game from Murray as he holds to 15 with an ace

  17. 0-0 - Murray to get the match underway ...

  18. 13:05 - Murray and Ancic are just walking out on to the court now, leading their little mascots by the hand, and play should get underway in around about 15 minutes

  19. 13:00 - These two have met each other four times before, with Ancic leading the head-to-heads 3-1. Three of those four meetings occured last year with Murray winning the first (in the Marseille final) before Ancic re-established his dominance, winning clashes at the Miami Masters and in Barcelona

  20. 12:40 - Murray is taking on Croatian and world number 28 Mario Ancic, with the players expected on court in around about 20 minutes time

  21. 12:39 - Hello and welcome to Eurosport Yahoo!'s LIVE coverage of world number four Andy Murray's semi-final clash in Rotterdam

ATP Standing 2009

Points
1 Roger Federer 10550 stay
2 Rafael Nadal 9205 stay
3 Novak Djokovic 8310 stay
4 Andrew Murray 7030 stay
5 Juan Martin Del Potro 6785 stay
6 Nikolay Davydenko 4930 stay
7 Andy Roddick 4410 stay
8 Robin Soderling 3410 up
9 Fernando Verdasco 3300 stay
10 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 2875 up

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  1. Number 10. Murray doesn't weight 8.4 grammes, he­ weights 84grammes, which is 3 ounces. You really should­ understand that 1000k is 1kg.

    From webbski, on Sat 14 Feb 10:20PM

  2. sorry what did i say rafa see you in the final come on­ andy lad lets have a great final

    From john, on Sat 14 Feb 6:35PM

  3. GREAT TENNIS Andy - keep it up - you CAN be the­ CHAMP
    GOOD LUCK & GOD BLESS
    xxxDABxxx

    From dorothy B, on Sat 14 Feb 4:41PM

  4. Gordon H( Bowden Hill). Suggest you read which comment­ is posted by which contributor before posting. The­ references you make are to the post below mine by­ 'Matthew S'. I know the difference between­ 'your' and 'you're', and there is­ no hint of racist comment in my post. An apology would­ be nice.

    From Paul G, on Sat 14 Feb 3:32PM

  5. Well, Paul G. How seriously are we supposed to take the­ word of someone who doesn't know the difference­ between 'your' and 'you're'? Also,­ how do you assess the tolerance and understanding of­ someone like yourself, who writes off the total­ population of a country as being racist while living­ somewhere else?
    Gordon H.

    From bowdon_hill, on Sat 14 Feb 3:09PM

  6. No wonder Muuray won : Yahoo says , he's only­ "o,o84 kg" , hehehe !

    From rmorrisimc, on Sat 14 Feb 2:38PM

  7. According to the player stats, Murray weighs in at 8.4­ grammes....

    From Paul G, on Sat 14 Feb 2:19PM

  8. Who cares where Andy is from!! I like the way he plays,­ agressive, determined, confident. I dont support­ Scotland or England when watching tennis....I support­ the player!!
    I am English but I have lived abroad for­ many years....and support a football team in that­ country (not the country!!) Your all a bunch of­ racists.

    From matthew s, on Sat 14 Feb 2:04PM

  9. I wish i weighed as little as Murray!!!

    From Bode, on Sat 14 Feb 1:52PM

  10. looks like mr Murray is finding some confidence and­ form in this one,

    From stuart, on Sat 14 Feb 1:49PM

  11. I think "Scottish tennis player Andy Murray"­ is about to become "British tennis player Andy­ Murray" again!!!

    From katieroberts828, on Sat 14 Feb 1:47PM

  12. I'm Scottish. Come on mario

    From webbski, on Sat 14 Feb 1:28PM

  13. Hey, I'm an open minded girl from the US, I'm-­ interested in photography, dating and- sports...I have­ my photos on --- MyRichMatch c om ---, I- love hot­ sporty guys!
    Do you love traveling and have some-­ experience? Just find me out.

    From vickisadasd2, on Sat 14 Feb 1:19PM

  14. Come on Andy son. Lets make it a second title of the­ year this week. If anybody wants to watch this live­ online go 2 atdhe_dot_net and click on the amro link.­ Again good luck Andy!!!!

    From arl_hnc, on Sat 14 Feb 1:10PM

  15. lets see what this one brings

    From traceyburnett66, on Fri 13 Feb 4:07PM
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