Week 12 Challenger - (€42,500) - Jersey, Great Britain - DOUBLES

spud · Challenger qualifying

RE: Week 12 Challenger - (€42,500) - Jersey, Great Britain - DOUBLES

spud · Challenger qualifying

6-7(3) 0-0*.

Lose the 1st set :(

Start again now.

spud · Challenger qualifying

6-7(3) 1-1*. Two break points!

spud · Challenger qualifying

2 saved sudden death duece.

spud · Challenger qualifying

They break!!

6-7(3) *2-1.

TimProper · Junior player

a break and a consolidation - just what the doctor ordered! smile

but let's have another just to be sure. (although I dare not think of the super tiebreak at this point)

also chuffed that m*rray and bopski won earlier against opponents who aren't pushovers by any means.

TimProper · Junior player

wellp, looks like another tb is the best we can hope for at this point.

TimProper · Junior player

and so it transpires. c'mon dom, let's bag yer first tb of the day. (then we'll move on to bigger tb's)

sound like a good plan? let's hope so. 1-all in the breaker.

TimProper · Junior player

all points to serve so far. eatlots serving at 2-3.

TimProper · Junior player

big eats aces to 3-all.

TimProper · Junior player

sb says df to osw, but that can't be the case as he serves at 4-3 up a mb. let's hope its a portent.

nope - instead we get an ace on 2nd serve to 5-3.

and now poor dom serves down triple match point. triple four-tb-lost-in-a-day point.

saves one.

TimProper · Junior player

saves 'em both! now the match is on fischer's racket, serving at 6-5.

second serve.

annnnnd damn it - GSM to fischer/oswald 76(3) 76(5). disbelief

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

So near, yet so far for the second time today for Dom, who must be both knackered & just a wee bit demoralised! bleh

Ah well, it obviously wasn't to be. The only good thing to be said about the defeat is that there'll be no question of divided loyalties for us Brits as far as the top-half SF is concerned. A 75% Brit doubles final would be something to shout about, too... wink

indiana · Tennis legend

Pity for Eaton & Inglot and a cruel day for BBD in particlar.

There is clearly real potential in that partnership and I would have quite liked to see how they got on against Bopski.

Anyway, let's now hope for a Bopski v JJ final.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:

So near, yet so far for the second time today for Dom, who must be both knackered & just a wee bit demoralised! Ah well, it obviously wasn't to be. The only good thing to be said about the defeat is that there'll be no question of divided loyalties for us Brits as far as the top-half SF is concerned. A 75% Brit doubles final would be something to shout about, too...

The two semi-finals will be played one after the other, the fourth & fifth matches on Court 2 tomorrow afternoon. Fingers crossed...