2010 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals: Match Review – Andy Murray versus David Ferrer
Local favourite Andy Murray played his last round-robin (RR) stage match at the O2 Arena on Thursday, as he faced Spaniard David Ferrer. However, this was not the last time the Brits would see their favourite player as his win
secured him a spot in the semis.
Tennis season for Ferrer came to an end with his match against Murray since he failed to qualify for the semis. Losing all three matches in the event, Ferrer exits with a 0-3 mark. His debut in season finale in 2007 was much more
memorable than his run here this year. In 2007, he made it into the finals after defeating Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Richard Gasquet in the RR stage while doing away with Andy Roddick in the semis. He failed to win the title that year after losing the
final match to Roger Federer. This year Ferrer exits the event without a single set win. The Spaniard ends the season as number seven in the world ranking with two titles to his name. He won the title at Acapulco in February and then another title at Valencia
in October. His win-loss mark has decreased to 60-26 with this event.
Murray, on the other hand, still going strong, enjoys two Masters Titles and a final appearance at the Australian Open this season. Murray moves into the semis with a 2-1 win-loss record for the event. If he plays his cards right
and makes much use of the home court advantage, Murray might just clinch the WTF title to reclaim the world number four ranking.
Murray enjoyed a straight set win over the Spaniard. He moves into the semis with a twin set score of 6-2, 6-2. Serving in the opener, Ferrer won two straight games to take a 0-2 lead. However, Murray broke through Ferrer’s service
in the third game and then winning six consecutive games won the set 6-2. Regardless of what was to come in the second, Murray had qualified into the semis with this set win. The second set started with Ferrer serving and then with a neck-to-neck race between
the two, the score was tied at 2-2. However, this was as far as Ferrer would go. Failing to win another game, Ferrer lost the set 2-6 to Murray.
Meeting for the second time on hard courts, Murray now leads their head-to-head score on hard courts by 2-0. Their career head-to-head though rests at 3-2 with the Spaniard still in the lead.
Talking to the press about his match with Ferrer and his semis qualification, Murray said, "It's not an easy thing to do. I qualified the first time I played it. Last year was obviously tough for me. But this year I've won
two matches against very good players. I'm glad I got through to the semis. It was a good match tonight. I played well. Returned well. To win against someone as tough as David with that score line, must have played well."
Ferrer, who was obviously not in his full form this week, admits his shortcomings. Talking to the press he said, “I thought Andy played a very good match. I served very bad all this week. And with these players, [it] is very
difficult. If I don't serve good, [it] is difficult. I don't think I was focused in the match with Andy. I tried my best. But today I had a lot of problems, physically, mentality. [It] is difficult to play with these guys. If I am not perfect, 100 per cent,
[it] is impossible.”
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