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Stircrazy


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The draw hasn't appeared on the site yet, but the Beeb must have got hold of the entry, as these paragraphs appear at the end of its report on James Ward's & Laura Robson's respective QR1 wins:

There are two all-British pairings in the men's doubles draw, Colin Fleming and Ross Hutchins and Jamie Delgado and Jonny Marray.

Jamie Murray partners Australian, Paul Hanley, while Ken Skupski is playing with Belgium's Xavier Malisse. smile



-- Edited by Stircrazy on Thursday 12th of January 2012 10:43:31 AM

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See Week 3 Entry List - already known

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Looks as if we will just miss out on having any British seeds. Fleming & Hutchins and Hanley & Murray were 18th and 19th on the entry list respectively based on the 02.01.12 rankings, and they haven't moved up the list based on the 09.01.12 rankings.

Just hope that they and the others get decent draws.



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^^^ Fletch will be seeded 16th because Chela and Bellucci are ahead on singles ranking, which doesn't count for seeding.

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wolf wrote:

^^^ Fletch will be seeded 16th because Chela and Bellucci are ahead on singles ranking, which doesn't count for seeding.

That's good news! biggrin



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wolf wrote:

^^^ Fletch will be seeded 16th because Chela and Bellucci are ahead on singles ranking, which doesn't count for seeding.

 

Hey, good stuff.  I hadn't considered that.



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BRYAN USA / BRYAN USA [1] v ERLICH ISR / RAM ISR
HEWITT AUS / LUCZAK AUS (W) v BACHINGER GER / KOHLSCHREIBER GER
BOGOMOLOV JR. RUS / KUNITSYN RUS v KUKUSHKIN KAZ / TURSUNOV RUS
HARRISON USA / SWEETING USA v FLEMING GBR / HUTCHINS GBR [15]

CERMAK CZE / POLASEK SVK [11] v BENNETEAU FRA / MAHUT FRA
ELGIN RUS / KUDRYAVTSEV RUS v HAASE NED / NIEMINEN FIN
ANDUJAR ESP / GARCIA-LOPEZ ESP v LU TPE / TIPSAREVIC SRB
DELGADO GBR / MARRAY GBR v FYRSTENBERG POL / MATKOWSKI POL [6]

BHUPATHI IND / BOPANNA IND [4] v EBDEN AUS / GUCCIONE AUS (W)
KARLOVIC CRO / MOSER GER v BALL AUS / HUEY PHI
MERTINAK SVK / SA BRA v DOLGOPOLOV UKR / MOLCHANOV UKR
MONTANES ESP / RAMOS ESP v LIPSKY USA / RAM USA [13]

MARACH AUT / PEYA AUT [9] v HANESCU ROU / ROCHUS BEL
FALLA COL / GIRALDO COL v ANDERSON RSA / DE VOEST RSA
EBELTHITE AUS / MATOSEVIC AUS (W) v SAVILLE AUS / WHITTINGTON AUS (W)
SILJESTROM SWE / ZELENAY SVK v LINDSTEDT SWE / TECAU ROU [7]

QURESHI PAK / ROJER CUW [8] v LJUBICIC CRO / STEBE GER
BELLUCCI BRA / MELO BRA v MARX GER / SHAMASDIN CAN
DUCKWORTH AUS / FEENEY AUS (W) v CIPOLLA ITA / ISTOMIN UZB
CLEMENT FRA / DLOUHY CZE v BUTORAC USA / SOARES BRA [10]

BOLELLI ITA / FOGNINI ITA [14] v MACHADO POR / ROSOL CZE
PAES IND / STEPANEK CZE v JONES AUS / SMITH AUS (W)
LOPEZ ESP / MARRERO ESP v SEPPI ITA / VAGNOZZI ITA
KERR AUS / YOUNG USA v LLODRA FRA / ZIMONJIC SRB [3]

MELZER AUT / PETZSCHNER GER [5] v ALMAGRO ESP / RIBA ESP
BROWN GER / DODIG CRO v CHELA ARG / SCHWANK ARG
CERRETANI USA / NORMAN BEL v BERLOCQ ARG / MAYER ARG
GRANOLLERS ESP / KUBOT POL v GONZALEZ MEX / KAS GER [12]

HANLEY AUS / MURRAY GBR [16] v KNOWLE AUT / KOHLMANN GER
MALISSE BEL / SKUPSKI GBR v BRACCIALI ITA / STARACE ITA
STAKHOVSKY UKR / YOUZHNY RUS v CABAL COL / FARAH COL
MITCHELL AUS / REID AUS (W) v MIRNYI BLR / NESTOR CAN [2]



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Hadn't realised Stepanek was so low down the doubles rankings, that means Hanley/Murray scraped a seeding.

Fletch should be favourites to reach the third round from their section of the draw, but can't see them getting further unless the Israelis beat the Bryans.

Delgado/Marray face the team that beat them at US Open third round last year and the team that ALWAYS beat the Brits, but the Poles had a terrible last year except for the final in New York and lost to a pair of Aussie wild cards last week in Sydney.

I would say a better than 50% chance that one of Hanley/Murray or Malisse/Skupski reach the third round.

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wolf wrote:

I would say a better than 50% chance that one of Hanley/Murray or Malisse/Skupski reach the third round.

If Ken & Xavier even get to the first round:  I see that ERV defeated the latter in the first round of the singles by 7-6(6) retired.  I sincerely hope that doesn't mean he's picked up a serious injury which will force them to scratch & thus deprive Ken of his third AO campaign!



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wolf wrote:
DELGADO GBR / MARRAY GBR v FYRSTENBERG POL / MATKOWSKI POL [6]

J&J have the "distinction" of being the first British men's doubles team to bow out of the AO, by 4 & 4. cry  Bloody Poles...



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Fleming & Hutchins won.

R1:  Ryan Harrison & Ryan Sweeting (USA/USA) (*) lost to (15) Colin Fleming & Ross Hutchins by 5-7 6-7(2) smile

(*)  First the Yanks gave us the Bryans.  Now it's the Ryans! wink

Whoever's reponsible for the content of the LTA site thinks the boys won by 4 & 4! disbelief

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R2:  Alex Bogomolov & Igor Kunitsyn (RUS/RUS) vs (15) Colin Fleming & Ross Hutchins



-- Edited by Stircrazy on Wednesday 18th of January 2012 02:24:08 PM

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Fleming & Hutchins won.

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well done Colin and Ross!

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Not doing too well in the tiebreak stakes or generally  :

Hanley & Murray (16) vs Knowle & Kohlmann  :  6 - 7 (2)   * 0 - 1

Malisse & Skupski vs Bracciali & Starace :  6 - 7 (4)   * 1 - 4

Winners meet in the last 32. 



-- Edited by indiana on Thursday 19th of January 2012 01:27:04 AM

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Not to be for the doubles guys today  cry

Hanley & Murray (AUS/GBR) (16)  lost to  Knowle & Kohlmann (AUT/GER)   7 - 6 (2)   4 - 6   7 - 6 (5)

Malisse & Skupski (BEL/GBR)  lost to  Bracciali & Starace (ITA/ITA)   7 - 6 (4)   6 - 3

So the only main draw wins by Brits so far have had Ryan Harrison on the other side of the net.

I sincerely hope Muzza changes that later today !



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