Andy Murray won 6-3 6-2 in the early hours against Adrian Mannarino in the opening round of the Indian Wells Masters. He will now play 18 year old Carlos Alcaraz in round two.
Not such good news for Emma Raducanu though as she lost in straight sets to Aliaksandra Sasnovich.
It's only one tournament of course but it is something I feared might happen after watching her over the last month appearing at the Met Gala, the James Bond premiere and playing tennis with the Duchess of Cambridge.
She's clearly very talented but at only 18 years of age, she really needs a great team around her to manage her correctly outside of tennis and to make sure that she doesn't become the next Anna Kournikova, in a tennis sense at least.
Obviously Kournikova has had a successful career outside of tennis but she could have done so much more in tennis and I just hope that doesn't happen with Raducanu as she is so very talented.
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Thread: 2021 Indian Wells
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09-10-2021 10:39 AM #1
2021 Indian Wells
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09-10-2021 01:47 PM #2This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
She could, in reality, probably retire now and live off the extraordinary flood of endorsements which have come her way but she seems level headed, intelligent and very clear about how she wants to progress her career. Good luck to her.
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09-10-2021 02:20 PM #3This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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10-10-2021 10:02 PM #4
Alcaraz wins the first set 7-5 but it looks like Murray will take the match into a decider as he's 5-2 up in the second set.
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10-10-2021 11:44 PM #5
Murray eventually won 5-7 6-3 6-2 and will now probably play Alexander Zverev in round two as he is currently 3-0 up in the deciding set v Jenson Brooksby.
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11-10-2021 08:07 PM #6This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I note Murray used a Kyrgios trick by serving an underarm ace:
Andy Murray hits underarm ace in Alcaraz battle (msn.com)
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12-10-2021 11:04 PM #9
All going downhill now sadly.
Zverev wins 4 games in a row and now leads 4-3.
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12-10-2021 11:23 PM #10
Zverev takes the opening set 6-4.
I'd expect him to go on and win this now so bed time for me!
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14-10-2021 03:24 PM #12
Andy is conducting himself admirably. He's modestly stated that he's not deserving of a place in the Davis Cup team and pays tribute to his fellow Brits who are now way ahead of him in the rankings.
Contrast that with Djokovic refusing to be jabbed and expecting to play in Australia. I like watching Novak but sometimes it's not all about winning but behaving decently too.
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14-10-2021 05:47 PM #13
Cameron Norrie plays in his first ever significant quarter final shortly against Diego Schwartzman.
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14-10-2021 06:27 PM #15
Unbelievable start from Norrie so far, double break and 3-0 up.
I believe Schwartzman's only won two points so far!
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14-10-2021 07:27 PM #17
Brilliant from Norrie who wins 6-0 6-2.
Now plays Grigor Dimitrov or Hubert Hurkacz in the semi finals.
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15-10-2021 06:46 AM #18This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Think he has some Scottish blood too, though has never lived here.
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15-10-2021 06:54 AM #19This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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16-10-2021 10:47 PM #20
Outstanding once again from Cameron Norrie as he wins in straight sets v Grigor Dimitrov to reach the Indian Wells Masters final!
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17-10-2021 02:46 PM #21
Norrie on tonight v Nikoloz Basilashvili in the final.
Midnight start though so not great for British viewers.
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18-10-2021 06:34 AM #22
Norrie wins! His dad was from Glasgow. Otherwise no Scots connection I'm afraid despite the name. He'll be UK no 1 now.
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18-10-2021 06:53 AM #24This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I didn't see any of it but that's an outstanding win for him!
Hope he can push on now.
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18-10-2021 07:00 AM #25This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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19-10-2021 11:16 AM #26This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote“I’m pretty Scottish, I think,” the 22-year-old qualifier said, a little sheepishly, after the welcome injury retirement of Dimitry Tursonov in his first match on Monday. “My dad was born in Glasgow, my mum in Cardiff. I’ve been to Scotland a few times but I don’t like the weather. I went to Aberdeen; that’s where my dad’s side of the family live. I’ve got cousins and uncles in Kintore. None of them were here today, I’m just here by myself.”
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