Jeepers! A much tougher draw than the singles: Jamie Murray & Jonathan Erlich have a WC & take on the third seeds, Bruno Soares & Kevin Ullyett (BRA/RSA), in the first round, Flemski, also WC, confront the established Brazilian pairing, Marcelo Melo & André Sá, & H&H have drawn the second seeds, Bhupathi & Knowles! It's going to take a miracle for team GB to have anyone in the second round!
Edited to correct spelling of Jonathan's second name out of courtesy to the player.
-- Edited by wolf on Sunday 14th of June 2009 12:44:57 PM
-- Edited by Stircrazy on Monday 15th of June 2009 12:20:18 PM
Tough draw for all the British players, but hopefully one of them will be able to make their way into the last eight.
Flemski must still be a confidence high after their result last week, while I'm sure Hutchins and Huss have a great record against Bhupathi and Knowles, so they could win their matches.
Not looking quite so good for Murray and Erlich, but they've got an outside chance I guess.
And with all the great doubles pairings in the draw, it's a bit disappointing to see Tursunov/Gabashvilli vs. Polasek/Parrott on the OOP for tomorrow. Would have liked a better doubles match to watch, but I suppose it's not a bad match to have on court.
Jamie lost to Ullyett & Soares in the final of Nottingham last year, and I can't see them coming close to producing an upset.
Melo & Sa always do very well on the grass and are in the final of Queen's this week but I guess we still don't know quite how good Flemski can be so there is a chance.
H&H have a 2-0 record over Knowles/Bhupathi with both wins coming on clay, but H&H have a bit of a bad run of form and I really don't see them doing it for a 3rd time.
Tough draws for the boys here. *eek* At one time I'd have put money ( if I was a betting woman ) on H&H, but of late, as Wolf says, their record has been poor. They'll need a return to form to win this one. Jamie and JE are still finding their feet together, so I have my doubts that they'll come out on top. Col & Ken, a difficult one to predict after their good run at Queen's. I'm living in hope.