Indian Wells Doubles

john · Top national player

Indian Wells Doubles

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Damn.

Nice try, lads, but the end of the winning streak.

GC77 · County player

Booray to serve 1st (so first in scores below)

0-1, mini break K/M

Austrians serving,

0-2
0-3

Booray,

0-4, double mb
0-5, triple mb, needs a superhuman effort now

Austrians,

0-6, lets change ends and start the comeback
1-6, one break back

Booray,

2-6
2-7, triple mb again

Austrians,

2-8, looking dead and buried now
3-8, one break back but will need an incredible run of points

Booray,

4-8
4-9, 5 match points Knowle/Melzer (who incidently have 100% of first serves in the ctb)

Austrians,

5-9

GSM Knowle & Melzer 6-2, 5-7, 10-5.

Great run from Booray while it lasted, hopefully they'll squeeze into the Miami draw next week

scoobsuk · Club Coach

Well there had to be a letdown at some point.

it will be interesting to see where they go from here and if they can continue with a lot of success or if the aura has now worn off...I very much hope it's the former.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

It was the second time these two pairs had met in a short space of time. I suspect the first time Bootie and Stretch had the advantage that their opponents didn't have a clue how they played, but this time used their knowledge to good advantage.

Close, though. Better luck next time.

GC77 · County player

Live rankings updated here (Britishtennis.net)

Allegro, Wassen, Haggard all go out (as well as Jamie and Butorac).

Lindstedt advances up the table.

Nieminen appears on the bottom of the table.

Garcia and Vliegen playing challenger matches tonight.

GC77 · County player

Indian Wells "what if" for Jamie

Jamie currently WR43 on the latest ATP doubles rankings (10th with Butorac in the race)
Jamie currently WR43 on the latest live ranking (8th= with Butorac in the race)

His highest possible ranking next week is 43.

He can be overtaken by -
Lindstedt if he reaches the semis in Indian Wells.
Benneteau if he reaches the semis in Indian Wells.
Nieminen if he wins Indian Wells.
Coetzee if he wins Sunrise Challenger.

His lowest possible ranking is 47.

GC77 · County player

Andy moves up to 89 in the world after their win today.
Tim moves up to 269.

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

shame they couldn't continue to win, oh well. Will they get into Miami? (Or will they get a wildcard?)

Am I right in saying this was the first time they have played a team they'd already beaten? - If so I think Madeline's point will have been quite important (I think it is even if I'm wrong)

GC77 · County player

Table updated here (Britishtennis.net) after Wednesday play.

Pavel and Skoch go out.

Benneteau advances behind Jamie.

Jamie drops to 9th= in the race after Erlich and Ram progress.

RobC · All-time great

Ouch. So Linstedt and Benneteau just need to win their next matches to overtake Jamie, and Nieminen just needs his next one to overtake Aucks?

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Pity they lost to someone they'd recently beaten....

Do they have Da for Miami now?

Salmon · Tennis legend

They have only an outside chance of getting into Miami.

Salmon · Tennis legend

Nieminen and Lindstedt lost.

GC77 · County player

Table updated here (Britishtennis.net) after Thursday play.

Good news for Jamie -

Lindstedt, Nieminen and Benneteau all go out.

Alas, Coetzee and Marach both advance behind Jamie in the Sunrise challenger.

Garcia wins in Bogota.

Jamie drops to 10th= in the race after Knowle and Melzer reach the semi finals.