Didn't Murray start to train with weights around his ankles so that his legs wouldn't cramp as much when it came to long matches as they were used to being worked harder in training?
Groth steps up, Murray holds to go 4-1, Groth holds to go 4-2, then breaks Murray to go back on serve. 4-3, Groth needs to hold his own to go equal in the second set.
Serves big to hold 40-15. 4 all.
Easy hold for Murray to go 5-4. Time for him to break again if he doesn't want to get into a tiebreak with a big server.
And Murray plays a couple of beautiful shots to break and win the second set 6-4.
Has Murray started yet? Was planning to watch but stuck in casualty with our 8 month old.
Hope things are OK.
Had a bit of a fall and bumped her head. Seems to be fine, although she has a nice bruise coming out. Probably just worried first time parents being over cautious but figured better to get her checked out.
Good to see Murray getting the job done, albeit with the usual mid-set wobble.
Has Murray started yet? Was planning to watch but stuck in casualty with our 8 month old.
Hope things are OK.
Had a bit of a fall and bumped her head. Seems to be fine, although she has a nice bruise coming out. Probably just worried first time parents being over cautious but figured better to get her checked out.
Good to see Murray getting the job done, albeit with the usual mid-set wobble.
I think you 're right. Pretty tough at that age but...
Lleyton Hewitt making an emotional farewell to his home crowd after his final game, won by Ferrer. I'm choked up actually.
Amazing that his Grand Slam victories and Davis Cup wins were well over 10 years ago. Impressive how he has kept going so long, despite the injuries and the next generation of players making winning Majors virtually impossible.
Goodbye Lleyton, an amazingly long career and with his retirement goes the last link to the old era of Samprass, Rafter and Roddick etc which preceded this (and probably "the") golden age of Open Tennis.
Lleyton Hewitt making an emotional farewell to his home crowd after his final game, won by Ferrer. I'm choked up actually.
Amazing that his Grand Slam victories and Davis Cup wins were well over 10 years ago. Impressive how he has kept going so long, despite the injuries and the next generation of players making winning Majors virtually impossible.
And in the modern era not many players at 5' 10'' or less win Grand Slams - and that's just the women!
When Hewitt won Wimbledon in 2002, everyone expected him to dominate Tennis for the next few years, which never happened due to the emergence of Federer.
Interestingly, the women's champion that year was Serena (who also won the doubles with Venus)
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And until they start to fund tennis at grass roots level it will remain the same.
Serves big to hold 40-15. 4 all.
Easy hold for Murray to go 5-4. Time for him to break again if he doesn't want to get into a tiebreak with a big server.
And Murray plays a couple of beautiful shots to break and win the second set 6-4.
6-0
6-4
Groth whacks his racquet off the ground.
Murray holds serve and lobs Groth in his own to go up 2-0.
Mild criticism from commentators: "Did he really have to lob him again?"
Easy hold for Murray despite a couple of good forehands from Groth. 3-0. Just too good, a real masterclass in tennis.
Some big serving from Groth to go 3-1
Good to see Murray getting the job done, albeit with the usual mid-set wobble.
0-40 on Groths serve, who comes back but loses on a line call. 5-1. Murray serving fro the match.
And wins it.
6-0, 6-4, 6-1 with some beautiful tennis.
Interestingly, the women's champion that year was Serena (who also won the doubles with Venus)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/35375113