Weeks 10/11 - ATP 1000 series: Indian Wells (hard) - doubles

Julia Carrot · All-time great

RE: Weeks 10/11 - ATP 1000 series: Indian Wells (hard) - doubles

Josh · Challenger level

1*-2 in the 2nd set

-- Edited by Josh on Monday 14th of March 2011 12:11:03 AM

Josh · Challenger level

Andy and Jamie broken on the deciding point after missing a few game points

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Yanks hold, in a flash, and Scots serving again (but no idea which one)

*1-2

broken 1-3*

see, said it was early days

and the tall one has just found another Ace

but 15-15

15-30

15-40

surely they are not going to break on Isner's serve

30-40

40-40

nah (oh well good try!!

*1-4

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Cmmon boys

Ah, an ace on 2nd serve . Nice.
40-30

2-4*

Julia Carrot · All-time great

40-0

*2-5 (that was a bit quick)
Looks like we're going for one of those long new tie break thingies

0-15
15-15
30-15
40-15

3-5* on an Ace. They're no keeling over by any means

Julia Carrot · All-time great

OOOO save 1 set point

but don't break

3-6

MTB time

Josh · Challenger level

6-3 up, just the 1 break though...

Julia Carrot · All-time great

1-0
2-0

*2-1
*3-1
3-2*
3-3*
*4-3
*5-3
6-3*
7-3*

*8-3
*9-3
just a few mp's here

and

2nd serve

10-3

piece of cake !!!!!

indiana · Tennis legend

Aye, nae bad ataw smile

I don't know, but should we be getting ever so slightly concerned that Andy seems to be enjoying playing doubles with bruv more than his singles these days, and it looks as if they are potentially ( to an extent are already ) very good ?

And here at the ATP Finals in the O2 Arena we introduce the Murray Brothers

-- Edited by indiana on Monday 14th of March 2011 01:09:22 AM

daisy · County player

indiana wrote:

Oh, nae bad indeed

I don't know, but should we be getting ever so slightly concerned that Andy seems to maybe be enjoying playing doubles with bruv more than his singles these days, and it looks as if they are potentially ( to an extent are already ) very good

And here at the ATP Finals in the O2 Arena we introduce the Murray Brothers

Well done the Muzzahs!!!
smile

Having gone out in the singles at least the continuing participation in the doubles gives Andy both match practice and something to be 'relaxed' at winning regardless of whether he is doing it to help Jamie into a better ranking position. A win is a win and it's to be hoped it'll contribute to some restoration of confidence.

The 180 points earned for a Quarter Final place would take Jamie up 4/5 places to the low 40's in ranking and shunt Andy from the 90's to the 70's. So, erm, WTF - lol.

Assuming the Bryans beat Dolgopolov/Malisse (with whom Jamie is likely to fail to get into the Miami Masters .....) when was the last time 2 pairs of brothers faced each other in a tourney?

Nasty feeling I've asked that question before .........

indiana · Tennis legend

OK, I admit I am to an extent just having a bit of fun re these doubles thoughts

Anyway though...... smile

In the Doubles Team Rankings "race" which is what matters for the WTF, they are currently joint 35th with their 180 points from their semi final outing in Rotterdam.

Now just say they went silly and won the title here, another 1000 points and they'ed soar into the top 10 for the year to date.

Then just fit in another couple of Masters titles some time later in the year and just over 3000 points might just about seal the deal looking at last year's rankings.

Ah, the Bryan bros will probably stop these nighttime fantasies, but anyway WTF

-- Edited by indiana on Monday 14th of March 2011 02:21:21 AM

steven · Tennis legend

daisy wrote:
Assuming the Bryans beat Dolgopolov/Malisse (with whom Jamie is likely to fail to get into the Miami Masters .....) when was the last time 2 pairs of brothers faced each other in a tourney?

Nasty feeling I've asked that question before .........

At ATP level it must be when the Bryans beat the Ratiwatanas in R1 at San Jose in February 2009, I'd have thought. It may have happened more recently in DC, but only at the lower levels, or in Challengers or Futures.

The last time it happened in an top level match involving Brits was probably when John and Tony Lloyd beat Alejandro and Carlos Gattiker of Argentina in 5 sets at Wimbledon in 1980.

Perhaps the greatest concentration of siblings came at the Knoxville Challenger in 2008, when Davey and Tennys Sandgren (*) beat Brian and Dann Battistone (the ones with the double-handled rackets) in R1 only to face (and lose to) another pair of brothers, the Ratiwatanas, in the following round.

(*) I noticed from a zootennis tweet the other week that Tennys plays tennis for (the university of) Tennessee. You couldn't make it up

-- Edited by steven on Monday 14th of March 2011 08:47:10 AM

indiana · Tennis legend

I see Nadal, Federer, Djokovic and Murray are all through to separate QFs ! biggrin

stevemcqueen · Futures qualifying

Dolgo and Malisse beat the Bryans in an MTB. I imagine the Bruvs are happy not to play the no.1 seeds.

The match is 4th on Stadium court 2. Middle of the night for us....