Weeks 26 & 27: The Championships, Wimbledon (doubles)

steven · Tennis legend

RE: Weeks 26 & 27: The Championships, Wimbledon (doubles)

Count Zero · Tennis legend

what shpuld boggo maryr be called marovic? margo? bogarry?
hmm

well thay are 3-2 up on serve, but so far havent got a snif on the baddies sevre. accoridng to bbc the court is packed, but its not on live stream

the serve icon doiesnt say which one is sevring.

josh and bambam are down tho.

Count Zero · Tennis legend

and according to the wimby stats both alex and nestor are playing with Zim, he must be doing a lot of running.

Bladetiger · Pro player

Marovic broken for 45* :(

Bladetiger · Pro player

steven wrote:

I saw the Bloomers/Skupski match, by the way, quite a subdued affair with the crowd not really getting into it (then again, it was on court 4, one of the courts with a few park benches beisde it and no other seating, so there wasn't that much of a crowd anyway.

They certainly weren't outclassed by their seeded opponents (in fact, it was all very even) and had chances to break back in the 4th, but their opponents were just that bit more solid - Ken's serve seemed to be the weakest of the four, as were Richard's groundstrokes whereas the other pair were solid on everything.

However, their opponents were using the odd tactic of firing everything at Bloomers in the net exchanges which, as the person next to me said, was a bit strange given that Bloomers was by far the better volleyer of the two Brits - as I thought when I saw his at Queen's as well, if tennis was a game where nobody was allowed to let the ball bounce, Bloomers would be top 100 for sure!

Its interesting you should say that, Ive always thought volleying was a bit of a weakness for Richard, doesnt seem all that comfortable at the net, and sort of seemed to feel obliged to volley on grass but against his better judgement type of thing.

Did he volley well?

The Hoose · Satellite level

Bamford and Goodall a set down, but a break up in the second.

The Hoose · Satellite level

That soon got thrown away. Back to two games all - same score in the Bog match.

Bladetiger · Pro player

Marovic got to deuce three or four times that last game on the Nest/ Zim serve but couldnt force a break point, augurs reasonably well, have competed pretty well up to now, 46 32 down at moment.

Count Zero · Tennis legend

yeah they seem to have more luck on one of the 2 serve retun games. but to be honest i'd be very suprised if they do anyhting other than lose in 3. its just so liley that nestojic will put the pressure on at the tight end fo each set as they did already

Count Zero · Tennis legend

phew the boys have got them sleves to a TB. good work lads.

so blade went for marovic, i do quite like bogarray as it sounds a bit rude

steven · Tennis legend

Bladetiger wrote:

steven wrote:

I saw the Bloomers/Skupski match, by the way, quite a subdued affair with the crowd not really getting into it (then again, it was on court 4, one of the courts with a few park benches beisde it and no other seating, so there wasn't that much of a crowd anyway.

They certainly weren't outclassed by their seeded opponents (in fact, it was all very even) and had chances to break back in the 4th, but their opponents were just that bit more solid - Ken's serve seemed to be the weakest of the four, as were Richard's groundstrokes whereas the other pair were solid on everything.

However, their opponents were using the odd tactic of firing everything at Bloomers in the net exchanges which, as the person next to me said, was a bit strange given that Bloomers was by far the better volleyer of the two Brits - as I thought when I saw his at Queen's as well, if tennis was a game where nobody was allowed to let the ball bounce, Bloomers would be top 100 for sure!

Its interesting you should say that, Ive always thought volleying was a bit of a weakness for Richard, doesnt seem all that comfortable at the net, and sort of seemed to feel obliged to volley on grass but against his better judgement type of thing.

Did he volley well?

Yes he did, both at Queen's and last night, I thought he was brilliant out of the air (i.e. serves and volleys), and the people I was watching with were saying the same (along with "isn't Skupski small") but in comparison his groundstrokes are woeful - well, something has to be for him to be ranked as low as he is.

Having said that, I seem to remember him trading groundstrokes quite well with Lleyton Hewitt at Wimby last year, but they seem to have been going out more often than in when I've seen him this year.

Perhaps MJD has more of an idea as to whether Richard feels comfortable at the net or not, but he certainly looks to me like he does.

-- Edited by steven at 13:33, 2008-06-26

Count Zero · Tennis legend

they cant make anyhting from the TB :(
get their 1st BP, but cant do anything with it, after a few deueces get a 2nd one but zimtor again saves it. 3rd bp.... saved, thsi game has bene abput 17 points long so far!
and the hold :( such a shame after all that effort. leyts hope the get another chnace

Bladetiger · Pro player

Marovic had 3 break points in that game on nest? Zim serve the whole game went to 18 points, couldnt take any, now need a good solid hold themselves.

Count Zero · Tennis legend

how do we tell who is serving?

well they holsd form 0-30 which is good. was woried there

Count Zero · Tennis legend

grr they are boken after a tight game looks like game over. *3-1

its a shame as it seems they played well and with a kinder draw could have got some wins.