London Final

Is the final surprising?  Afraid not. Granted, Stan has beaten Roger before; we saw quite the demonstration of this at the FO QF 2015.  Straight sets. Staminal was on a sort of mission then, mission impossible, mission cannibal, baseline missile mission, what-have-you. But beating Roger Stan has not done very frequently, at all.  Trivia time: …

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London SF

We could not have asked for a better final four. I just finished the Stan v Murray match; Stan moving-on has to be what most non-Brits/Scots would like to see.  Stan, on form, can be pretty breath-taking.  That's more or less what we saw in the Murray match, but a few questionable stretches and some …

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London QF

What a shame that Stan could not play a more leading role in his sequel with the Spaniard.  Who knows what was on Stan's mind, with the Paris terror, etc.  The surface, conditions and recent beating he put on Nadal gave credence to the idea that Stan would be a win away from the SF …

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