Seems Korolev ran out of steam

Still a win is a win - and much needed for Ross

Little report from ATP Website:

In just their second outing together, Ross Hutchins and Jordan Kerr made a winning start to their Open de Moselle campaign by defeating Russian duo Evgeny Korolev and Dmitri Sitak 4-6, 6-0, 10-4 Tuesday at the ATP World Tour 250 tennis tournament in Metz.

The British-Australian duo saved 11 of the 12 break points it faced, while converting three of the eight break points it created in the 73-minute match, to rally from a one-set deficit. Hutchins and Kerr made their partnership debut earlier this year at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, where they reached the quarter-finals (l. to Knowle-Melzer). Both are playing in Metz for the first time.

-- Edited by Smidster on Tuesday 22nd of September 2009 06:37:44 PM

Smidster wrote:

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Little report from ATP Website:

In just their second outing together, Ross Hutchins and Jordan Kerr made a winning start to their Open de Moselle campaign by defeating Russian duo Evgeny Korolev and Dmitri Sitak 4-6, 6-0, 10-4 Tuesday at the ATP World Tour 250 tennis tournament in Metz.

The British-Australian duo saved 11 of the 12 break points it faced, while converting three of the eight break points it created in the 73-minute match, to rally from a one-set deficit. Hutchins and Kerr made their partnership debut earlier this year at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, where they reached the quarter-finals (l. to Knowle-Melzer). Both are playing in Metz for the first time.

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Thanks for that, Smidster.  I have to confess to being (not for the first time!):  according to the DS, the pairings of both Ross & Jordan and Arnaud Clément & Michaël Llodra are ranked 72nd in the world, yet the latter are the top seeds & Ross & Jordan the second.  Can anyone explain to me which criterion/criteria is/are used to determine seedings when it's neck & neck like that?  The number of times they've played together perhaps (I seem to remember that Clément & Llodra have played together more than twice in the past...)?

I think it's the pair with highest ranked single player, so in this case Llodra has a ranking of 24 so he and Clement take the top slot.

Good for Ross.  Where can we find scores please?

Tim wrote:

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Good for Ross.  Where can we find scores please?

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There's a link to the live scoreboard near the bottom of this page, Tim.

 

They must have finally blown away the cobwebs:  they retrieve the second break to level at 5-5, then hold their own service to lead for the first time in the set:  6-5*.