Weeks 25 & 26: Wimbledon (grass) - mixed doubles

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

RE: Weeks 25 & 26: Wimbledon (grass) - mixed doubles

RBBOT · Futures qualifying

BBC have finally decided to stream one of the doubles matches: Heather & Ross about to start.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

RBBOT wrote:
BBC have finally decided to stream one of the doubles matches: Heather & Ross about to start.

Probably because Heather is one half of the British pair, but to be fair, I think the Beeb's actually quite good at covering doubles matches in the early evening once the main singles matches are out of the way. Moreover, if a British pair is scheduled to play on a court where there are no TV cameras, there's bugger all they can do about it anyway!

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Ross served for the first set at 5-4, but was broken to 15, so 5-5*. hmm

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

And the more experienced pair takes the first-set tie-break by 7-5. hmm

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Yes! Ross serves out to love in the ninth game of the second set to square the match for him & Hev at a set all (6-3)! smile

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
R1: (WC) Jonny Marray & Anne Keothavong vs Andreas Seppi & Alberta Brianti (ITA/ITA)
R1: (WC) Jamie Delgado & Mel South vs Florian Mayer & Tamira Paszek (GER/AUT)

Jonny M & AK just under way: 1-2*.

And it looks as though Jamie & Mel have won by 6-2 retired! biggrin

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
R1: (WC) Jonny Marray & Anne Keothavong vs Andreas Seppi & Alberta Brianti (ITA/ITA)

Jonny & AK take the first set by 6-3. smile

seagull · Hall of fame

What a great match to watch Hutch/Watto winning 8-6 in the 3rd after saving a match point

Maza1987 · Challenger level

heather and ross win 8-6 in the finals set :~)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Yes! After 2 hours & 16 minutes, Ross serves out the match at 8-6 in the third to give us four out of six pairs so far through to the second round of the mixed (they survived a match point in the 13th game! wink )! biggrin

-- Edited by Stircrazy on Saturday 25th of June 2011 07:04:25 PM

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
R1: (WC) Jonny Marray & Anne Keothavong vs Andreas Seppi & Alberta Brianti (ITA/ITA)
Jonny & AK take the first set by 6-3.

But lose the second by 4-6, so the match goes into a third & final set. hmm

RBBOT · Futures qualifying

Stircrazy wrote:
Probably because Heather is one half of the British pair, but to be fair, I think the Beeb's actually quite good at covering doubles matches in the early evening once the main singles matches are out of the way.

I don't know why they didn't cover Heather/Jos or Anne/Laura - they only had 3 other streams in use at the time so they had space capacity, but at least the one they did pick was a winning combination.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
R1: (WC) Jonny Marray & Anne Keothavong vs Andreas Seppi & Alberta Brianti (ITA/ITA)
Jonny & AK take the first set by 6-3.
But lose the second by 4-6, so the match goes into a third & final set.

Which they lost by 6-8 after two hours & 10 minutes & spurning a few chances to win it! hmm

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Great pity that they lost that. I was thinking Anne hadn't had a win, but of course she reached 2nd in singles. Thrilled for Heather and Jos to be through to another round in their mixed, and Bally too of course.

-- Edited by Julia Carrot on Saturday 25th of June 2011 08:55:32 PM