Andy Murray v Marcos Baghdatis - Wimbledon 2012 live! Second set: Murray 7-5, 2-3 Baghdatis*: Baghdatis hits one of the wildest first serves you're likely to see. Aiming for Murray's left service court, he skelps the ball into the left-hand side of the net, nearer the left sideline than the centre service line! A couple of long forehands later, he's 0-40 down. But Murray can't convert any of his three break points, and we're back to deuce. The third one sees him throwing a hissy fit as an attempt at a passing shot balances on the top of the cord and drops back. Racquet waft, racquet swish, swearie swear swear. Another break point's passed up by Murray. Baghdatis has the chance to close the game out, but sends a weak forehand into the net, then hits a backhand long. A fifth break point for Murray! And again he can't make it, the pair exchanging a series of sliced backhands, a passage of play that seems to pass for comedy in leafy south-west London, before Baghdatis works Murray out wide and polishes him off at the net. Then a sixth break point, and yes, you know it. Baghdatis saves it with probably the point of the match, a ludicrous rally which looked to have been won by a Murray lob, only for the Cypriot to scamper back and turn it round. Finally Baghdatis wraps it up. That was nigh on pathetic by Murray, especially after giving away his break before. You can't be passing up six break points in a game. He'll have the full funk on about that, I should imagine. It'll hurt. He'll do well to save his own serve after that blow, I reckon. Second set: Murray* 7-5, 2-2 Baghdatis: A gorgeous drop shot by Murray - OFFICIAL GUARDIAN OH-I-SAY-OMETER™ D to E - ensures he wins the first point. He larrups a forehand into the net to lose the second. He hammers down his second ace of the evening - then needlessly nets another forehand! That is very careless. He just had to open his body up and pelt that through Baghdatis' left service court to claim the point. What a snatcher. The game goes to deuce - whereupon Murray falls again as Baghdatis moves to break point. And then a very strange incident, a ball working its way out of Murray's pocket (behave) during the rally, forcing the referee to call a let. He was on his way to losing that point, as he was in the middle of shanking a forehand miles into the sky, so that's a huge break. But he doesn't take advantage. He wins the replayed point, but loses the next, and then double faults, handing the break straight back to Baghdatis. Second set: Murray 7-5, 2-1 Baghdatis*: Murray, his tail up, wheechs into a 0-30 lead. Then at 15-30 a quite outstanding shot, a sliced effort from the back of the court which drops just over the net - OFFICIAL GUARDIAN OH-I-SAY-OMETER™ H to D - and forces Baghdatis, rushing to the net in panic, to balloon long. He's got two break points, but can't take either, Baghdatis winning the first with a blistering cross-court forehand from his left service court to Murray's left-hand sideline, then coming out on top in a 975-shot rally, both players looking at one point like they'd bagged it. Murray works himself another chance with a backhand down the left-hand sideline followed by a whip through the open court, and it's third time lucky, Baghdatis stiffing a return into the net. This game is far from a done deal - it's pretty damn close overall - but Murray's shading the margins. A sense that he's slowly getting on top, though the gap looks bigger on the scoreboard. Second set: Murray* 7-5, 1-1 Baghdatis: Murray takes to the double-handed backhand with relish. He's hitting quite a few of them. Baghdatis wins the first point with a clever drop shot - OFFICIAL GUARDIAN OH-I-SAY-OMETER™ B to F - and takes the game to 30-30 but makes no more inroads, Murray seeing the game out calmly with two decent serves. Seeing we're fiddling around with gadgets, what does this here IBM SlamTracker say? Well, it was pretty level during that first set: Murray hit 12 winners to 10, but Baghdatis served better, getting 59% of his first serves in to Murray's 50%. Neither number is much to boast about, but there is a good old draught blowing through Centre Court, so be fair. Second set: Murray 7-5, 0-1 Baghdatis*: A brilliant rat-a-tat rally, Murray at the net, but Baghdatis still dictating the point from the baseline. Murray scrambles this way and that, but eventually the Cypriot wins the point, his opponent diving full length a la Boris Becker but not quite getting there. Spectacular stuff, and great fun. There's a lot less of this sort of nonsense at Wimbledon these days, and the tournament's not better for it. Baghdatis holds to love. Murray wins the first set 7-5: Murray slices, and advances to the net. The resulting drop shot into Baghdatis' right service court gives him two set points. And he only needs one, claiming the opening set with his first ace of the game. Timely. In the crowd, there are some British tennis fans sitting in lettered t-shirts to support their man: M... Y. Oh dear. Can anyone give them an A? First set: Murray 6-5 Baghdatis*: Baghdatis moves Murray around hither and yon before advancing to the net to claim one point. Murray wafts a loose forehand into the net to concede another. At 40-15, Murray's body language suggests he's given up the ghost in this game, but appearances can be deceptive. He fights back to deuce, then engages Baghdatis in a long rally, waiting for the mistake that comes to give Murray his first break point of the match. He can't convert the first one. But the second one is in the bag, courtesy of an over-ambitious cross-court chip by Baghdatis - D to E - which flies well wide of the left-hand sideline. That wasn't the prettiest game by Murray, but what battling qualities he showed there. If he holds his serve, he's won the opening set. First set: Murray* 5-5 Baghdatis: We're at the business end of the set now, and Murray settles his nerves with his best two first serves of the match so far, the first sliced miles to the left and out of Baghdatis' reach, the second a big boom straight down the middle. He advances to the net to put away the third point of the game, and despite being passed for the fourth, polishes the game off easily enough. First set: Murray 4-5 Baghdatis*: Murray brings it back to 30-30 after losing the first two points, then stiffs a weak return of his opponent's poor second serve into the net. What a chance to earn himself his first break point of the match. He battles to deuce, but after a couple of Homeric rallies - one running to 26 strokes - Baghdatis tucks the game away. That's the closest Murray has got to his opponent's serve; Baghdatis is certainly on top at the moment, even if the margins are small. First set: Murray* 4-4 Baghdatis: Some more British Tennis Hubris, courtesy of Twitter obsessive and sometime footballer Rio Ferdinand: "The pressure on @andy_murray to WIN is through the roof! Good luck fella! Gotta win this now Nadals out though hahahaha! Ah, the myriad delights of our have-your-say culture. And here follow the dangers of Tennis Hubris! After losing the opening point - it happens - Murray carelessly goes 0-30 down by ballooning a forehand miles long. He booms what is basically (but not quite) an ace to grab back one point, but a weak second serve sees him fall 15-40 down. He brings it back to deuce with a marvellous short slice - OFFICIAL GUARDIAN OH-I-SAY-OMETER™ B to F - then a strange mix of passing shot and lob which nearly flies out but lands on the baseline. At deuce, the pair take turns to honk useless forehands into the net, before Murray closes it out. A close shave. Rio would do well to pipe down. First set: Murray 3-4 Baghdatis*: A long rally to open, with Murray eventually duffing a forehand into the net, an unforced error. Then he chases after a ball heading wide right, and slips over in the slapstick banana-skin-under-boot style, the soles of both shoes facing up as he skitters hysterically across the turf. But he's OK. The game soon goes west for Murray, though. Yet another game goes to serve. Here come the new balls! First set: Murray* 3-3 Baghdatis: It is very breezy out there on Centre Court. Both players have been pretty tentative with their serves. Murray in particular seems short of confidence, taking a while to get used to conditions. He falls 15-30 behind, but then plays three staunch points, moving Baghdatis this way and that around the court before polishing him off at the net. The first hint of trouble for either player, and Murray comes through the test with flying colours. His first serve isn't working at all, though. First set: Murray 2-3 Baghdatis*: Baghdatis whistles the first ace of the match past Murray's lugs on his way to an easy hold. "C'mon now, let's not get carried away too early, we're not thinking Murray will make the final," writes Simon McMahon. To be fair, British fans rarely get the chance to entertain themselves with a bit of Tennis Hubris, you can understand us wanting to grab the opportunity before it all goes nipples up. First set: Murray* 2-2 Baghdatis: The first long rally of the match, and it's won by Baghdatis, who suddenly springs into action, moving towards the net and crashing a shot into the far-left corner - OFFICIAL GUARDIAN OH-I-SAY-OMETER™ F to A - and then creaming Murray's desperate return up the left-hand sideline. That's a real belter of a point, Murray rocked back on his heels by a powerful double-whammy. Murray loses another entertaining point, slicing a shot down the right-hand sideline only to be once again pushed into the corner; he manages to return and then, after Baghdatis dinks a ball into Murray's right service court, makes up all the ground and so nearly rescues the point with a cross-court forehand flick. The game goes to the first deuce of the match, though Murray closes it out quickly from there. First set: Murray 1-2 Baghdatis*: Murray needlessly loses his first challenge of the set, questioning a ball that had ballooned into the air and, caught by the swirling wind, landed well wide left of the sideline. No idea why he bothered with that. Baghdatis holds without drama. Both players are feeling each other out at the moment. First set: Murray* 1-1 Baghdatis: An easy enough hold to 15, although Murray's serve needs some more time to warm up: a double fault, and a couple of slow second serves. Baghdatis nets a couple of returns, failing to take advantage. First set: Murray 0-1 Baghdatis* (*denotes server): Murray goes 30-15 up, but despite successfully chasing down quite a few lost causes - including one spectacular hoick from the baseline, spinning through 360 degrees to keep himself in a point that looked gone - he can't do any further damage. Baghdatis looks quite happy to head to the net at every opportunity, taking control of the points. And we're on our way. Baghdatis will serve first. 7.10pm: As the players continue warming up, the crowd amuse themselves with a thoroughly polite Mexican Wave. A gentle oscillation of amusement. They're all flootered on Pimms. Absolutely banjaxed. In other news, the wind's getting up a wee bit, which might jigger Baghdatis's big serve a tad. We'll see about that. 7.05pm: Murray and Baghdatis arrive on court, and begin knocking up. There are a lot of Union Jacks being waved. It's a bit like Ibrox, only they're not playing Penny Arcade by Roy Orbison over the PA, and we know the place will still be here this time next year. 7pm: After a mere six hours of tennis, Serena Williams and David Ferrer have won their Centre Court matches. Which means one thing: it's Murraytime! We're waiting for the players to take to the court. Won't be long now. And of course there's the IBM SlamTracker, which unlike my OH-I-SAY-OMETER™ is an actual thing: According to it, for Baghdatis to have a chance, he'll need to win more than 56% of rallies with two or fewer shots. Murray meanwhile needs to win more than 54% of three-to-eight-shot rallies. So good luck with that, chaps! (The SlamTracker also suggests Baghdatis also needs to have an Aggressive Ratio of more than 1.6. I tell you what, I'll have an Aggressive Ratio of more than 1.6 if this turns into a five-setter, on account of my desire to go home at some point tonight. But I digress.) [Notes on the OH-I-SAY-OMETER™: Between 1927 and 1939, football matches on BBC Radio were described by two commentators. One provided a running description of play. The other followed the ball, and depending on its position on the pitch, called out numbers which corresponded to a grid printed in the Radio Times. It was a perfectly logical system, and it's one we've tweaked - OK, nicked - for the tennis. It's the greatest leap forward in sports commentary for 85 years, and it's been designed to improve our service to you, not to make life easier for any lazy Game By Game hacks, oh no.] Marcos Baghdatis is the first obstacle, and getting past him will be no mean feat. The Cypriot beat a young Murray on the way to the semis here in 2006, while last season he gave eventual champion Novak Djokovic a run for his money in the third round. Baghdatis also has a fair idea of what's inside Murray's box of tricks; his coach is former Team Murray confidant Miles Maclagan. "Andy is a great player so Marcos has to come out and play really well," says Maclagan, "but the pressure is all on Andy. The questions keep coming about when he is going to win a slam and, with Nadal out, there will be a lot of the public who think he is just going to cruise to the final, which of course is just not the case. Well, yes, quite possibly. But like all good British tennis fans we are, of course, getting way ahead of ourselves. The door of opportunity may be ajar, but it's typical of Murray's luck that when Nadal crashes out, it's during a tournament where the Scot has found himself in the toughest quarter of the draw: ladies and gentlemen, please put your hands together for Marcos Baghdatis, Marin Čilić, Sam Querrey, David Ferrer, Andy Roddick, and Juan Martín del Potro! A fourth semi in a row for Murray will be an achievement in itself. Not that any of this will be taken into consideration should he fail to make it. Pity poor Andy Murray! The pressure's always heaped on the unfortunate young chap at Wimbledon. He's Tim Henman multiplied by Greg Rusedski, on the end of a stick whittled by Jeremy Bates. But with Rafa Nadal sensationally cleared out of his half of the draw, expectations have suddenly gone stratospheric. Could this finally be - come on, we're all thinking it - the year a British man gets to the final for the first time since Bunny Austin made it in 1938?