The weather looked like it would turn during the match and so it did, with a quick shower that had the crowd leaving before the players or before the play was officially suspended!
Andy was quicker out of the blocks breaking Malisse in the second game, and consolidating to go 3-0 up. Malisse began to settle a bit but Murray took the first set comfortably with just the loss of 3 games.
It stayed comfortably with serve in the second, and the guys were getting some good rallies going. Malisse, in particular, was getting wise to Murray’s tactics and Andy found himself caught out after trying to outlob Malisse one too many times
In the eleventh game, Andy just wasted break points against Malisse and got broken, for Malisse to take the second set 7-5.
It was a better start by Murray at the start of the deciding set, breaking early again
Murray wasted some chances to break and Malisse had a spell of much more solid play, keeping things to a single break.
Murray finally broke through to take the match, and confessed in the post match interview that it had been tricky and that the courts were playing slow.
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