Week 44 Challenger - $125,000 - Astana, Kazakhstan - Hard

daisy · County player

Week 44 Challenger - $125,000 - Astana, Kazakhstan - Hard

Bolt · Lower Club Player

Thanks for the commentary Wolf great result

Tennis36 · Masters Series Champion

Thanks alot for commentry, brilliant

greatunclebulgaria · Lower Club Player

Brilliant

thanks for the commentary Wolf

-- Edited by greatunclebulgaria on Friday 6th of November 2009 02:27:09 PM

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

wolf wrote:

GSM Murray/Marray 4-6, 6-3, 10-5

s Be-rrilliant! biggrin

Well done, boys - & thanks for the commentary, wolf. God alone knows how long we'd have had to wait for the result otherwise.

wolf · Tennis legend

Well done to the pair, they played great tennis and were the better team.

They play together the next couple of weeks, so hopefully they can get Jamie back up into the top 100 and then establish themselves there.

MiloTheCat · Lower Club Player

Excellent commentary - many thanks Wolf

alex03maccy · Grand Slam Champion

thanks for updates wolf, well done JJ!!

daisy · County player

Commentary was REALLY appreciated - thanks a million.

patmoren · Social player

Thanks wolf, great result for the guys.

helki · Futures qualifying

Another splendid win from these two.

I'm pleased to see they will be playing together for the next couple of weeks. More success for the two of them.

Thanks for the detailed commentary, wolf, far more interesting to read than just the score. Don't know how you manage it & watch the match at the same time. wink

-- Edited by helki on Friday 6th of November 2009 03:41:15 PM

daisy · County player

They both now have a rather unique trophy to celebrate the Win..............

A Camel.

From Jamie's website:

Jamie and Jonny Marray are the 2009 Astana Challenger champions after a 4-6, 6-3 10-5 win over top seeds Martin/Wassen.

It's some achievement, given Jamie came down with flu-like symptoms yesterday, and felt "very rough" before the match.

Speaking after the match, Jamie said:

"Big win for the boys!

"Really happy to get the win after struggling through the day with a fever and terrible sore throat.

"Looking forward to getting home tomorrow.

"Loving the trophy - it's a Camel!"

-- Edited by daisy on Friday 6th of November 2009 04:01:30 PM

DUSTY DICK · Club Coach

Well done to The 2J's.

Smidster · Challenger level

Good stuff...really good over these past few weeks to see Jamie performing again

indiana · Tennis legend

I think it's good to hear in Scotland on Sunday that Jamie is joining Andy, Ross and the crew for their off-season training in Florida.

http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/sos-sports-columnists/Andy-Murray-Lonely-this-Christmas.5805168.jp

"He will have more than enough time to pick Jamie's brains as the two slog around the track in Miami when Jamie joins his little brother for off-season training. It is the first time he has joined the rest of the Murray gang for the weeks of graft and Jamie's renewed appetite for hard work has impressed his brother. After picking up his fourth Challenger title in three months together with Jonny Marray, Jamie won the Kazakhstan event on Friday he is steadily climbing the doubles rankings again after a difficult year.

"He went off the boil a bit in the first six or seven months of the year," Andy explained. "But it's amazing, when you start putting the work in, what happens to the results. He's going to train with me in Miami at the end of the year for the first time, and I think he's got his focus back.

"He kind of realised that when he started to drop down the rankings that he needed to be more serious to get back up there. It's that sort of dedication to go to Kazakhstan for a week to play a tournament and then come back, it's a long way. But he's back around the top 100 and I think he'll get ranked higher again."