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Stircrazy


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R1:  Carlos Berlocq & Ricardo Mello (ARG/BRA) vs Jamie Delgado & Jonny Marray

R1:  Mikhail Kukushkin & Michael Russell (KAZ/USA) vs (WC) Dan Cox & James Ward

R1:  (8) Robert Lindstedt & Horia Tecau (SWE/ROU) vs (WC) Chris Eaton & Josh Goodall bleh

R1:  Jamie Murray & Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) vs (Q) David Rice & Sean Thornley disbelief

R1:  (7) Mariusz Fyrstenberg & Marcin Matkowski (POL/POL) vs Colin Fleming & Ross Hutchins bleh

I suppose the Murray/Stakh vs Rice/Thornley tie at least means a guaranteed Brit presence in the second round...! hmm



-- Edited by Stircrazy on Wednesday 22nd of June 2011 09:05:45 PM

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I see that renowned established pair of Cox & Ward ( doubles rankings on 06/06 616 & 258 ) got a MD WC while Rice & Thornley ( 280 & 266 ) missed out    disbelief

I know that they were higher on the alternates entry list ( because singles rankings can be used for doubles and these were 273 & 216  i.e. totalling within the magic 500, but c'mon... )

Anyway, Rice & Thornley did their talking in qualifying and may be licking their lips at that first round tie  smile

PS :  By the way no major problem with Cox & Ward getting a WC, but to get it in preference to Rice & Thornley, joke !   Eaton & Goodall,  perfectly fair enough.



-- Edited by indiana on Friday 17th of June 2011 12:49:00 PM

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Marray/Delgado should win their first round

Havent seen much of Cox/Ward but probably have the best draw

Tough draw for Goodall/Eaton but if they serve well then they have a very good chance against anyone

I think Murray/Stak will have too much for Rice/Thornley but wouldnt be surprised to see these two sneak it with the year they're having

Our best pair gets the worst draw! Gunna be very tough to beat the experienced Poles :/

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any word on who's playing mixed? someone please say Boggo/South...they both need a pick-me-up after all

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There is also on more Brit in the draw...

R1: Robin Haase & Ken Skupski (NED/GBR) v Arnaud Clement & Lukas Dlouhy (FRA/NED)

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indiana wrote:

I see that renowned established pair of Cox & Ward ( doubles rankings on 06/06 616 & 258 ) got a MD WC while Rice & Thornley ( 280 & 266 ) missed out    disbelief

I know that they were higher on the alternates entry list ( because singles rankings can be used for doubles and these were 273 & 216  i.e. totalling within the magic 500, but c'mon... )

Anyway, Rice & Thornley did their talking in qualifying and may be licking their lips at that first round tie  smile

PS :  By the way no major problem with Cox & Ward getting a WC, but to get it in preference to Rice & Thornley, joke !   Eaton & Goodall,  perfectly fair enough.



-- Edited by indiana on Friday 17th of June 2011 12:49:00 PM

 Don't disagree with you for one second Indy about Ricey and Sean but I did witness a decent effort by Coxy/Wardy in beating Ken and his partner at Notts. Dan was especially impressive that evening, just hope they give it a decent crack and don't just treat it as an exhibition.



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wolf wrote:

There is also on more Brit in the draw...

R1: Robin Haase & Ken Skupski (NED/GBR) v Arnaud Clement & Lukas Dlouhy (FRA/NED)

How on earth did I miss that one,  especially as I was wondering whether Skups would have a partner for the competition & it's the pairing immediately below Jamie's & Stakh's in the lower half of the draw?!! ashamed  In my defence, I will say only that I was in a bit of a hurry to log off & set off for the north-east to be with my mother for the weekend ('twas her 92nd birthday on Saturday! ) & was reading the draw on screen rather than in hard copy. Always have a problem with that...



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Delgado / Marray are 3rd on court 4 tomorrow.

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Ward / Cox are 2nd on court 15

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Do the players "earn" expenses as well as prize money? Goodall is talking about making more money out of being delayed until Thursday

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Ward/Cox lead 2-0...since when did Mens doubles stop being best of 5?

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The tournaments directors are worried they won't get through all the matches so all men's doubles first round matches will be best of 3 instead of 5.

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seagull wrote:

Ward/Cox lead 2-0...since when did Mens doubles stop being best of 5?

I wasn't aware that they had ( confuse ), so I imagine this is the first year & TPTB at the AELTC simply decided to fall into line with the other Grand Slams. disbelief  Wonder if the final will revert to best of five...

Coxy & Dino surrendered their early break & now stand at 4-3*. hmm



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pieboyjr wrote:

The tournaments directors are worried they won't get through all the matches so all men's doubles first round matches will be best of 3 instead of 5.

Ah, that makes sense.

Danno & Dino have just engineered another break & will serve for the first set at *5-3.  wink 



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Another break to lead *5-3

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