BEEB report

Britain's Jamie Murray is to end his doubles partnership with American Eric Butorac after the US Open.
The pair are ranked 13th in the ATP doubles race, which covers performances in the calendar year.

"Booty and Stretch will be no more after the US Open. We will be heading our separate ways," said a statement on their website.

They certainly haven't been doing very well lately. I wonder who Jamie will team up with now?

RobC wrote:

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mmmmmmm.......Bjorkman and Stretch........Stretch and Mirnyi.........Zimonjic and Stretch......Stretch and Santoro......


- all sounding good so far.

(Bryan and Booty and Stretch & Bryan for the Wimbledon final 2008 anyone?)

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Oh Dear Robs been taking that stuff again

thats nice seagull, but surely you should keep those kinda things private

Count Zero wrote:

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thats nice seagull, but surely you should keep those kinda things private

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ARRGGHH my secrets out...it's the teeth that do it for me! 

Maybe Colin Fleming is coming back and had an option on him!

Sad to see them split up, but things haven't been working for them recently, but this does appear to be a kneejerk reaction to a couple of close losses against quality doubles teams

Lipsky/Martin and Moodie/Perry are both probably amongst the top 15 doubles teams in the world, and with a bit more lcuk they would have beaten them, so it cannot be because of the ability they have.

There has to be something more to this that hasn't been revealed, as the split doesn't make sense otherwise

As for his new partner???

Hutchins is ranked far too low for it to be worthwhile teaming up on a regular basis, as they won't ever be seeded, and will miss a lot of cuts.

Henman doesn't play enough tournaments really, and his ranking is slipping as well, so again they won't be seeded (although it could be worth a look in a couple tournaments for Davis Cup reasons)

Playing a bit with Andy Murray could be an option, as they want to win the Olympics next year, so could do with playing together on a more regular basis than they do at the moment.

Auckland is always a possibility, especially as he and Huss haven't been playing well together recently, but 1 of them would have to change sides, and that is never ideal

Knowles becomes available after the US Open, so that could be a good little short-term partnership, but don't see it lasting more than a year, if that.