Okay Roger...HOLD..baby steps. HOLD.

John McEnroe on taped coverages. He gets the corporate answer, sigh:
http://www.thedailyforehand.com/2010/8/15/1624523/john-mcenroe-tape-delay-tdf-john

Fed is hitting very sweetly. The pop you hear is so HEALTHY off the racket...

Is there an actual human that updates the Live Scores? They've credited the wrong player in the Fed/MAndy match at least 4 times since the match started ... I'm having a heart attack over here! LOL

http://www.fromsport.com/v-0/2/118/v-31845.html

Live stream of Fed and Murray folks.

i don't think sharapova is much better than kim.
i'm just saying that their matches are decided by sharapova ground strokes.
if she miss to much she loses otherwise she just run clisters from side to side and kim is qite happy with doing that.
kim didn't take a set off sharapova in 5 years.

Fed is on fire!

now would be a perfect time for a break, Fed.

Roger playing far more aggressive tennis now good to see

TMF is here what do you guys think?
(MJ on speakers. jeez)

OK, back in my hotel lobby. Do I know how to go on vacation, or what? 5-4 Federer, now back on serve, apparently.

C1 so true your 5:15

oh blimey, rain stopped already? Darn it. However, old Fed rested up, watch out Muzz, your daddy has returned. Now Fed, take this 2nd set!! Then hopefully rain will come back at some point in 3rd set just when Fed gets tired again.

there's that awful slice return again.

oy, this is going to be a long night...

Great dipping b/hand Andy

these net approaches are just illjudged. stop now.

Fed has GOT to stop hitting right back to his opponents. its NOT the smartest move, unless you opponent doesn't have his racket in his hand... sigh.

Great ROS Andy

Roger down love 40?

Fed now dialed out.

Fred is back. It's like watching eh a tennis match from the sidelines...Fed Fred Fed Fred Fed

fight, Fed, fight!!

Yep Roger take it to his f.hand

Great ROS Andy

he breaks Roger

oh Roger....why?

all right. It's now or nothing.

Judy Murray looks scary in those shades. I would not want to get on her bad side.

It's faaaaar from over folks. Take it from me.

Fed's hitting back to opponent is just baffling sometimes.

Anyway, Andy's gotta serve it out.

Oh man, that was not good. Oh well, at least he was fighting and fighting and fighting.

Federer saves two BPs, but a wicked cross court Murray BH return puts him right under the gun at 30-40, and there's no escape. 6-5 Murray, to serve for the title. Two superb passes by Murray at 0-0 and 0-15 set up the break.

Darn. I thought old Fed would be fresh for at least remaining 2nd set. He already got tired and broken. Rain come back! But no cloud in sight. Darn darn. Fed looks doomed. Doomed, I say!

"its NOT the smartest move, unless you opponent doesn't have his racket in his hand... sigh."
so true.
Another timely brainfart game. oh well.

If I say Judy Murray is a MILF, would all be offended?

See Murray thats what I have been talking about

Aggression when its there for you to take the point

You have a great ROS use it more often to set up the point

I don't mind this match ending in two sets - not at all - but Murray's return of serve looked wide. No Fed challenge.

The 2008 US Open final in reverse. (I'm fine with the tradeoff, of course.)

We need another miracle comeback from Fed. Why three times in row? Come back, old Fed, come back!

I will be very happy if Fed loses this in two sets

what a backhand volley!!!

Hmmm Shank

bad miss on that FH...

TMF: Me too.

Roger keep attacking the 2nd serve

:X

Yes! break point! Break him!

2 Massive bombs from Murray

great

dae it, son

noooo.... yes! Muzz choked on that drop shot! Now come back Fed!

I really don't want 3 sets with Cincinnatti next week and USO one week after that

Return from Roger Yay

Get from Murray more Yay

oh yes : )

darn. Fed done.

ok, good. well played Andy!

Well done by Andy.
The match seemed to be played on his terms.

Fed just didnot win the big points (unless they ended with Muzz UEs).

Congrats to Muzz fans! He played well.

Fed is doing all the right things..lacking in execution but the ideas are correct.

Looking forward to Cincy

oh well. There it is. Muzz with the Toronto title.

See y'all in Cincy.

congrats to Andy and sorry Roger and his fans ; this was a good win for Murray.

And Fed is at least getting to finals now...

He lost, why go on living?

Congrats to Andy for holding his title. Well done, Fed; you added a few hundred points to your ranking total for the number two position.

Well is the media going to now pick Murray as the favourite for USO since he beat both Roger and Rafa in a tournament?

Congrats Andy winning back to back titles here at Toronto

You have been the "player" here and so deserved your win

Well played and well deserved

Your 5th Master Shield too

Congrats!!!!!!!!

Good stuff from Andy. Congrats Andy Fans.

Fellow Fed fans...it was a bit too late by the time Fed woke up...but commies. See you all in Cincy

Yay! Happy for Murray. :)

Commiserations to Federer fans, pretty good week anyway with some quality wins.

So tired I can hardly see. 'Night all.

Congrats Murray. Commies to my fellow Roger fans.

sounds like a merciful ending, not that i saw any of it! no 3 setters, rest up and get to Cincy, bigger fish to fry and the game is back, clearly ... Fed can write this off as a rain plagued fluke, and Murray can use it for confidence, no probs ...

So Andy Murray gets his first title in 8 months. Good for him.

Not so happy my prediction was so wrong but Fed had his moments out there. He showed some brilliance in between not so great play so hopefully it'll get better form here until the USO.

You have to hand it Roger he did make Murray fight for the title. Congrats to Murray, cue the British media and BG hype machines.

Congrats to Murray. At the moment he is the inform player out of the top 4. It doesn't hurt all matches until the end of the season will be on his favorite surface either.

Commiserations to Roger and all his fans. He successfully fought to get to the final and it was by no means an easy victory for Murray.

Well, i am slightly nervous now since Fed lost here. He may try hard next week, thus giving furious Rafa hard time on his quest to win CIncy for the 1st time.

Is it me or Mama Muzz looks a bit Lesbianish with her hairdo? Nothing wrong with that, but just saying.

Roger bad luck

Though you have impressed me.Especially with the games against Tomas and Nole

Even though you lost in the final this will give you added condifence going into Cinncy

Fed was intermittently brilliant and unbelievably bad. Hopefully, he'll keep one pattern and get rid of the other in the next few days.

Well folks, we saw Fed, Fred, small sightings of TMF (that backhand volley was superb as well as that ROS at 6-5 second set). Baby steps. Final of a MS title. Second tournament final since Madrid this year. Had to struggle a little bit but no one can say that he is not motivated to win the MS events. He showed it today by fighting and kicking and clawing his way to a loss.

Rest up Junkyard Dog. On to Cincy we go.

Feh - well, that was somewhat disappointing and I don't even know if it was entertaining since I have seen so little of it on tv.

I did/do want Fed to collect another couple of MS before he is done, so this feels a bit like a wasted opportunity. Still, for his first tourney back, making a final isn't so terrible.

Good win for Andy. Now he HAS beaten Fed in a final. Both guys, though, must be wondering about how vulnerable their serves were.

For once Fed's BP % was pretty great. And since Andy swatted the most important one away with an Ace, hard to fault him there.

Nap time for Fed and on to Cincy.

Congrats to all Murray's fans. A pity though that the stream was not working properly and that I could not watch the last points well.

Looks like Murray only dropped one set in this tournament, the bagel he got from Monfils.

I have a feeling part of the storyline in the media will be the resurgence of Federer, even though he lost today. I feel good about where he is right now...he was out of gas today.

Tim, I can feel your pain from my PC.

Anyway, speaking of Cincy, they are almost back on court there, here is the live feed:
http://www.fromsport.com/v-0/2/128/v-32994.html

Ahh well ... congrats to MAndy fans, hugs for fellow Fed fans. The old Buck nearly made it to the finish, but he ran into a better player on the day. At least we know he can still make it to a MS Final ... maybe next week he'll go all the way (though I'd trade that for another USO any day). ;)

And we have a winner. Congratulations to Murray fans, commiserations to Federer fans. Murray wins 70-62, or 53% to 47%. Clean kill.

Emblemmatic point: 15-30, last game. 13 stroke rally, Federer opens up the court with a powerful DTL BH, Murray scrambles the ball back with a slice FH get, Federer hits the mid court FH putaway long. That FH finally let him down today - but credit Murray for outstanding defense, and playing the big points just that bit better - including a wide 219kmh serve BP down in the last game.

Oh, well. On to Cincinnati. Hopefully Messrs Federer and Annacone have gelled a bit. Congratulations again to Murray for another Masters 1000 title, and a final win over Federer.

Congrats to Andy and his fans. This Fed fan is happy lots of positive to take from Toronto, I hope it keeps going up at least for the USO.

Arrrrggg No trophy ceremony. :@

Now that's what I call coloured hair:)

So out of two 4, the best bet for Rafa at US open would be Djoker, I guess. Let old Fed and Muzz fight each other in the 2nd half. Muzz looks pretty good threat, so better to avoid him until final. Fed has all his US open history. So Djoker it is.

Could be worse...he could be Nick Watney.

That strikes me as a much more important match for Murray - who seemed to lose his way after Australia and now is back on track after beating Fedal back to back - than Federer.

Next week will be interesting...

I see that the streams do not work when you need them like today when the match
before the TV could start its broadcasting again.

As I said earlier, Roger's had a good week. I think he will take some positives from this tournament. I'm hoping for an equally good performance at Cincy. He doesn't have to win but just play well.

Had Murray already won Toronto, or only Montreal?
Against Rafa yesterday and partly today he's played very attacking. Well done.

isn't it time to stop the publishers-clearing-house like huge cardboard checks? it used to be vulgar...now it is just lame

Fed did an excellent job at net this week ... hopefully that and a bit of aggressiveness helped break him out of his funk a bit ... we'll see. Fed's serve got him out of a lot of trouble this week, but was still not where it has to be for him to have full confidence ... IMHO.

If Andy says The Greatest Played Ever Played...then it must be true. On that note...see you all next week. Lots of fun. Thank you.

What happened in Cincy? There is nothing on the scoreboard or the today results about the final

Huge congratulations and hugs of joy to Murray fans across the globe! His defense and court coverage were tremendous, and they made the difference in a fully-deserved and clean victory. When he wins his first major, I have a sense that more will follow. Just has to knock down that first door.

And to my fellow Fed fans, I'm glad it's over. A semifinal showing in Cincy - or whatever will enable him to enter the US Open with that 2 seed instead of a 3 - is of paramount importance. Mirka and everyone else on Team Fed need to work hard getting the fella tuned and rejuvenated for Tuesday or Wednesday, whenever Cincy starts.

Murray has won Rogers cup in Montreal last year and this year Toronto 2009 and 2010.

scoreboarding: my scoreboard still says match suspended-rain

i bet sharapova is going to lose the match,she is always a slow starter

Its got to be Wednesday for Fed...Tuesday would be too cruel on the old geezer :)

Nice speeches from both players. It seems that Andy is very aware that this is the first time that he beats Roger in a final and plans to do it again in NYC.

I doubt that Federer's crushed by this loss, though he'll be disappointed to come back in both sets then give away game 11 in both. I think Murray was the better player today: slow hardcourt and clean bounces suits his game. He passed superbly all day. The serve is still completely hit and miss, but he got out of the gate very fast and Federer never led (well, he had game point at 5-5 in set 1, but I don't think that counts).

BTW, I saw no evidence that Federer was tired today. Just didn't hit enough good FHs.

"TheMightyFunk 08/15/2010 at 05:29 PM
I really don't want 3 sets with Cincinnatti next week and USO one week after that"
So you really think one more set tonight can have an influence 3+ weeks from now? And I don't mean butterfly effect, which can go either way...
Sometimes fans think too much :)

Wilson75
Thanks. Mine is blank.

I don't think Fed looked tired either but then again I can't remember seeing tired ever so maybe it's just that I don't know the difference :)