Bigtwin said:
Well he's never had much of a second serve, even on a good day, but I suppose at least most of the time he get's them in, which is a start. That muppet yesterday seemed determined to hit the cover of the ball the whole time - his percentage of forehand drives going in was in single figures I'm sure. Mebbe Murray played for this, but I'm not convinced. Even where there was half a court open for a decent second ace, he didn't produce one. 75-80 mph is pretty sedate, even for a club player - you'd fancy having a bloody good hit at that!
The speed of his 2nd serve is irrelevant compared to how many points he won with it
Kendrick played well - certainly better than Federer / Roddick / Djokovic's 1st round opponents I reckon
Here are the stats from the 1st round matches
Murray - ave 2nd serve 84mph - won 57% points on 2nd serve
Fed - ave speed 97 mph - won 45% points on 2nd serve
Djokovic - ave speed 88mph - won 50% points on 2nd serve
So Murray's tactic of slowing / spinning his 2nd serve made him the most effective of the top 3
Fastest server ever - Roddick - ave 2nd serve 102mph won 51%
Murray probably had the toughest oponent of the 4 and his 2nd serve was more effective
That's why Murray is a great player - he appears a bit languid sometimes. It appears his 2nd serve is very slow sometimes. But he has a plan
You may fancy having a hit at Murray's second serve but I think you'll find he's one step ahead of you!