Weeks 10/11 - ATP Masters 1000 Series - Indian Wells: doubles

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RE: Weeks 10/11 - ATP Masters 1000 Series - Indian Wells: doubles

The Knight · Challenger qualifying

Wow, not been a tournie for the doubs specialists! and if Rafa helps beat the bryans...

Mikeduke · County player

Wow, wasn't expecting that. Thats a really great victory. Well done guys.

Mikeduke · County player

QF: Andy/Ross vs M. MIRNYI/A. RAM

Indeed, it is not a great tournament if you are a seed.

There are only 2 left, the bryan brothers and the 5th seeds. They play each other in the quarters (if the Bryans beat Nadal).

wolf · Tennis legend

For some reason I was expecting them to win although maybe not quite so easily!

I wonder why Ross does so well after losing in the DC when everyone else just seems to go into free fall?

Drew · Mar 17, 2009

Ross has such a good self belief. Its not fluke that he can turn things around after defeat.

I think that Ross has the better all round game than Jamie.

Well done to both.

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

Great win for Ross and Andy, although almost all the teams left in the draw involve singles players, which must be very disheartening for all the doubles specialists.

To win so comfortably though must be great for them, and the confidence boost must be huge for Ross to be going deep in these bigger events and it will help his ranking as well, hopefully allowing him and Huss to play the 1000 series events (Huss won his first round match in Sunrise as well today)

DUSTY DICK · Club Coach

Well done guys. Great victory.

James · Satellite level

Impressive win. It must be detriment to Andy and Ross' friendship that the former is eager to go deep in the dubs to help the latter rise up the rankings

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

James wrote:

It must be detriment to Andy and Ross' friendship that the former is eager to go deep in the dubs to help the latter rise up the rankings

Sorry, James. Not sure I get the sense of that comment...! confuse

James · Satellite level

Reading back I'm not sure I do either! disbelief

I was trying to convey that Andy does not usually set aside so much of his efforts for doubles but he appears to be doing so in this instance. And I pondered whether that was due to the friendship between him and Ross.

Regardless of whether you agree or not, does that make any more sense? smile

Smidster · Challenger level

Great Result for the guys.

Hopefully it will get Hutch up the rankings so he can enter these events with his proper doubles partner and not have to rely on Andy.

steven · Tennis legend

James wrote:
Reading back I'm not sure I do either!

I was trying to convey that Andy does not usually set aside so much of his efforts for doubles but he appears to be doing so in this instance. And I pondered whether that was due to the friendship between him and Ross.

Regardless of whether you agree or not, does that make any more sense?

I wonder whether you meant "testament to" their friendship (and possibly to the detriment of brotherly love between the Murrays wink

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The Knight · Challenger qualifying

Drew wrote:

Ross has such a good self belief. Its not fluke that he can turn things around after defeat.

I think that Ross has the better all round game than Jamie.

Despite being both an AM and a JM.commer, i have to agree with you. Some of Ross's reflexes at net were so impressive during DC, his serve is pretty strong and his returns are improving, if he needs to learn to mix it up e.g. learn the Cara Black "dink" return

James · Satellite level

steven wrote:

I wonder whether you meant "testament to" their friendship (and possibly to the detriment of brotherly love between the Murrays )

Yes, that's the one! I don't know how I got those two confused.. confuse