It was 11.33pm when the match ended, but that’s quite normal for the US Open.
Andy had a tricky opener against Michael Llodra, one of the most spectacular players in the circuit.
Eventually Andy’s consistency gave the opportunity to the defending champion to wrap up the match after 1h and 38 minutes.
The difference between these two was rather clear especially in their unforced errors (5 for Murray, 29 for Llodra). The Scott had also a very clean (though not exciting) stats on his serve to blasts 3 aces and commit no double faults (Llodra fired only 2 aces and 6 double faults). Match Stats.
Murray vs. his scheduling
Once again Andy was not pleased about the tournament schedules (remember the Australian Open?).
“It’s nothing to do with me being defending champion, there were quite a few matches
Anyone that knows sport knows that playing seven matches over 13 days is harder than playing seven matches over 15 days.
You obviously get less time to recover and rest, but you deal with it, do all the recovery stuff and get as much sleep as possible. Now I’m in a routine of playing every other day, which you do at all the other Slams.”
Next vs. Leonardo Mayer
Andy will play world no. 81 Leonardo Mayer that has defeated Victor Hanescu 7-6(4) 6-4 3-6 7-6 (4) in the first round. Head to head is 1-0 for Andy, Details.
