Weeks 23-23 - French Open Doubles

mkkreuk · Admin:Moderator + ATP qualifying

RE: Weeks 23-23 - French Open Doubles

James · Satellite level

H&H break back to love..! 5-5.

Akhenaten · Pro player

They've broken back! Yay! 5-5

James · Satellite level

Noooooo...

Broken again. T&K lead *6-5

James · Satellite level

Despite saving one MP H&H eventually lose the third set 7-5..

Real shame as going into that final set I was fairly confident that they would pull a win out of the bag. What was the deal with all of those breaks!?

James · Satellite level

Final match score:

Tursunov/Kunitsyn def. Hutchins/Huss 6-4 5-7 7-5

wolf · Tennis legend

Such a shame, but a great run from them. It should move Hutch up to about a 74 in the rankings, a career high.

steven · Tennis legend

Oh dear - those famous clay court lovers Mitya & Evil were the last pair I thought they'd lose to having played so well so far. A good run for Ross though, it must help his ranking a fair bit.

DUSTY DICK · Club Coach

Great to see that Ross will go up to a new career high in doubles. Looks like a promising partnership with Huss if they stick together. Are they planning on playing together at Wimbledon? Also, what about Ross being in the Davis Cup team. Could he not partner Jamie M in that? It would be another option for the team.

DUSTY DICK · Club Coach

Silly me. Ross did partner Jamie against Argentina earlier this year.

helki · Futures qualifying

Pity the guys couldn't manage another round but a good run out in a Slam.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

DUSTY DICK wrote:

Great to see that Ross will go up to a new career high in doubles. Looks like a promising partnership with Huss if they stick together. Are they planning on playing together at Wimbledon?

Let's hope so - & maybe a WC at Queen's...? I suppose it all depends on whether Stephen is prepared to accept Ross's suggestion that they try to make a go of it...!

Such a pity that they couldn't make more of what few chances they had today. The draw has opened up nicely. The only seeds left are Nestor & Zimonjic (2), the top seeds, the Bryans, having been dumped out by Cuevas & Horna 3-6 7-5 6-7, as I speculated yesterday they might be! biggrin

helki · Futures qualifying

Jamie and Liezel take to the court tomorrow, 3rd match on Chatrier. What have they done to deserve such an honour? Their opponents, as yet unknown, they don't play until earlier tomorrow. With a bit of luck whichever of the two pairs win that particular tussle will be a tad tired for the next encounter. wink

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

helki wrote:

Jamie and Liezel take to the court tomorrow, 3rd match on Chatrier. What have they done to deserve such an honour? Their opponents, as yet unknown, they don't play until earlier tomorrow. With a bit of luck whichever of the two pairs win that particular tussle will be a tad tired for the next encounter.

Interesting! Was wondering when that was going to happen! They've been much quicker off the mark with the OoP today than yesterday! Not that that's going to stop me from keepng an eye on developments... wink

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

helki wrote:

Jamie and Liezel take to the court tomorrow, 3rd match on Chatrier. What have they done to deserve such an honour?

I think you'll find that all the serious stuff today is being played on Chatrier, Lenglen & Court 1 (plus a WD SF sandwiched between an over-45s double & a girls double on Court 2), with the outside courts being reserved for the wheelchair events (handisport), the juniors & the under & over-45s - not, I hasten to add, that I'm suggesting for one minute that any of those involved in those other events is less than serious about his/her particular business! wink

That said the first match on Court 1 was an under-45s double, but it involved Guy Forget & Arnaud Boetsch. 'Nuff said... biggrin