Week 5 - ATP (462k+H) - Vina del Mar, CHI (red clay)

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Week 5 - ATP (462k+H) - Vina del Mar, CHI (red clay)

Count Zero · Tennis legend

seems he got better as the match progressed tho.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Oh dear. Beaten by an Argentinian who isn't considered nearly good enough to play Davis Cup. . .

But then I was never expecting to win the DC tie!

-- Edited by Madeline at 22:02, 2008-01-27

Silver · County player

Oh dear :( That's a little depressing :(

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Jamie Murray and partner Nicolas Lapentti are at the moment playing the second seeds, Cuevas and Garcia. They won the first set 6-3 and are at present playing a tiebreak in the second. . .

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

They lost the second set tiebreak, now going into one of these Champions tiebreaks or match tiebreaks or whatever they call 'em - I'll get the hang of these new doubles scoring rules one of these days. . .

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Madeline wrote:

Jamie Murray and partner Nicolas Lapentti are at the moment playing the second seeds, Cuevas and Garcia. They won the first set 6-3 and are at present playing a tiebreak in the second. . .

And Hutch & Juan Pablo Brzezicki served for the match against Oscar Hernández & Sergio Roitman (ESP/ARG) at 7-6(6) 6-5, but proceeded to drop service & lose the tie-break 2-7, so it's now gone to a match tie-break...! cry

At least he's getting some practice on clay, too! wink

Edited in at 23.55: This is a new one in tennis! Match suspended before the MTB got under way because of "darkness", so in cricketing terms, blsp! Jamie's match still going, however...

-- Edited by Stircrazy at 00:03, 2008-01-30

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Madeline wrote:

They lost the second set tiebreak, now going into one of these Champions tiebreaks or match tiebreaks or whatever they call 'em - I'll get the hang of these new doubles scoring rules one of these days. . .

Match tie-breaks! They can hardly be champions' tie-breaks in the first round! wink

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Hutch's match has been suspended for bad light.

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

I hadn't realised Hutch got into the draw, is that as a LL or was I being blind again?

That'll be really tough to come out and play a MTB straight off the bat, what a silly time to stop play. Though I suppose if you can't see the ball anymore then it's a fair enough reason. And it does happen, for example when Wimbers is trying desperately to catch up after a week of rain, they stop about 9:30pm at the latest I think.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Yay - Jamie and Nicolas take the tiebreak 11-9!

Maybe have better nightsight than their opponents!

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:

Madeline wrote:

They lost the second set tiebreak, now going into one of these Champions tiebreaks or match tiebreaks or whatever they call 'em - I'll get the hang of these new doubles scoring rules one of these days. . .

Match tie-breaks! They can hardly be champions' tie-breaks in the first round!

But they won that [11-9]!

Well done, Jamie & partner! smile

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

Great result, and one I really wasnt expecting. Hopefully that instills a bit of confidence in Murray - which, lets face it, is what they're in need of for the DC (unless any of you can magic them all clay playing abilities and none for the Argentinians)!

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

I'm going to try sending Nalby a large consignment of doughnuts just before the match. That might help.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

imoen wrote:

Great result, and one I really wasnt expecting. Hopefully that instills a bit of confidence in Murray

I doubt anybody was expecting it! biggrin

And the win should give him a bit of a confidence-booster: those were the second seeds they dumped out!

It also means that there's only one seeded pair left in the competition now, the Argentines, Acasuso & Prieto (4), as Melo & Sa (1) & Granollers-Pujol/Ventura (3) lost on Monday! wink

If Ross & JPB could only follow suit, which in theory, as the more highly ranked pair, they should, when the match resumes, it'll be the perfect start to Team GB's acclimatisation in advance of the DC...