Andy Murray can make final...
We look at what Andy Murray has going for him for today’s big match….
Andy Murray will today face Andy Roddick for a place in the Wimbledon Final, but can he do it and set up what the UK has waited a generation to see?
In fact it was 1936 when Fred Perry won it, Bunny Austin was the last mens finalist from this country and a Brit has not won a Wimbledon singles title since 1977 when Viginia Wade won the ladies singles title. That was a generation ago. Tim Henman made four semi-finals but was a glorious failure, can Andy Murray go one step further?
Racing Diary says Andy Murray can beat Roddick today to make the final.
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The Form…Head to Head
February 18, 2006 – San Jose (Hard) SF – Murray won 7-5, 7-5
Aged just 18, this was Murray’s first win over a top ten player. He edged out top seed Roddick on the way to winning his first ATP title and breaking into the world’s top 50 for the first time.
July 1, 2006 – Wimbledon (Grass) R3 – Murray won 7-6, 6-4, 6-4
To date, the pair’s only grand slam meeting, and the only one on grass. An inspired Murray outclassed third seed Roddick on a packed Centre Court, only to lose to Marcos Baghdatis in the next round.
August 18, 2006 – Cincinnati (Hard) QF – Roddick won 6-3, 6-4
Murray, weary from his victory over Roger Federer earlier in the week, was blasted off the court by Roddick, who served 16 aces. However, Murray’s performance was still enough to lift him into the world’s top 20.
February 17, 2007 – San Jose (Hard) SF – Murray won 7-6, 6-4
For the second year in a row the pair met in San Jose, but the same result was the same, with Murray going through to a final with Ivo Karlovic that he eventually won.
February 24, 2007 – Memphis (Hard) SF – Roddick won 6-3, 7-6
A week later, Roddick was able to take revenge, knocking out a below-par Murray at the semi-final stage after the Scot threw away a 3-0 lead in the tie-break.
March 28, 2007 – Miami (Hard) QF – Murray won 5-3 ret
By now ranked 12 in the world, Murray won their third meeting in barely a month, reaching the semi-final of the Masters Series tournament after Roddick was forced to pull out with a hip injury.
November 10, 2008 – Shanghai (Hard) Group stage – Murray won 6-4, 1-6, 6-1
On his Masters Cup debut, Murray survived a mid-game slump to despatch Roddick in the only one of their matches to go the distance. After winning all three of his group games. Murray went on to lose to Nikolay Davydenko in the semi-finals.
January 10, 2009 – Doha (Hard) F – Murray won 6-4, 6-2
Murray successfully defended his title in Qatar with a comfortable victory over world number eight Roddick in the first final the pair contested.
Summary…
In short Murray has won four of the last five meetings and has looked good this Wimbledon. Roddick was a good winner but it was a long match in the heat against Hewitt on Wednesday. The Queen will be there to see the match, but let’s hope that this is not the end of the story.
Murray should win today!
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