Tennis 2016

[Buzzo]

Novak wins. 6-2 in the third.

Thiem lost his way having taken the first set, and Djokovic bulldozed him.

[Buzzo]

The World Number 1 disposes of Cilic 6-3, 6-2.

He needs a good tournament if he wants to stay no 1.

[Shaggy]

Mad first set Murray v Nishikori. 9-8 up in a tie-breaker atm.

[Shaggy]

First set Nishi ffs

[Buzzo]

First set Nishi ffs

Having fought his way back into it...

1 hour 25 for that first set.

[Buzzo]

Murray is a machine

He ran down some incredible shots to get a break up to serve for the second set.

[Shaggy]

Nishikori is a real ****in pain in the arse for Murray.

[labourRed]

They essentially have very similar strengths which makes for tight games between them... Great baseline and return of serve. He's easily a top 5 player though.

[Buzzo]

Nishikori is a real ****in pain in the arse for Murray.

He just can't shake him off. Great win for Andy. Epic best of 3 match.

If Kei finishes second he'll cause Novak some problems in the semis.

[captainfog]

First top 5 player he's beaten since June! Mad stat.

[Buzzo]

First top 5 player he's beaten since June! Mad stat.

That stat is a reflection of the rest of the top 5 not going that far in Tournaments. Murray has been on some Monster winning runs. He has only lost to Cilic in Cincinnati and Nishikori in the US (with only Nishikori being in the top 5) since June. His other loss was to Delpo in the Davis Cup.

Looking at the ranking points, you've got Novak dominating the early part of the season and Andy the latter.

The rest are miles behind.

[Buzzo]

Here's a stat for you.

Stan Wawrinka is 3-0 vs. World No.1 tennis players in Grand Slam Finals. And 0-19 everywhere else. #BBCTennis

[Shaggy]

What time is Murray on today?

[Shaggy]

On now v Wawrinka!

[Buzzo]

Yep on now.

Looks a tough match so far. Wawrinka in beast mode early on.

Again compared to Novaks saunter through to the next round Andy, as ever, doesn't get it handed to him.