Week 34 - ATP 250 - Winston Salem (Hard) - Doubles

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Week 34 - ATP 250 - Winston Salem (Hard) - Doubles

Spectator · All-time great

So Inglot/Huey get a replay of Wimbledon, too!

Do sometimes have to think how far things have moved in the past five years or so. We would once have been ecstatic/stunned to see a Tour-level draw with four pairs w/Brit interest, 5 Brit players involved. Now it's just another tournament ....

Well done to all who have managed to get things to this state!

-- Edited by Spectator on Monday 20th of August 2012 01:06:33 PM

-- Edited by Spectator on Monday 20th of August 2012 08:48:11 PM

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

RJA wrote:
L16: (3) Colin Fleming / Ross Hutchins WR 55 v Santiago Gonzalez / Scott Lipsky (MEX/USA) WR 66

So far, not so good: first set down the pan by 6-7(7).

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Second set goes the way of the first:

L16: Santiago González & Scott Lipsky (MEX/USA) WR 66 defeated (3) Colin Fleming & Ross Hutchins WR 55 by 7-6(7) 7-6(3) cry

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Another Brit bites the dust:

R1: (WC) Jonathan Erlich & Andy Ram (ISR/ISR) WR 95 defeated Dominic Inglot & Treat Conrad Huey (PHI) WR 89 by 6-3 7-6(10) cry

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The misery continues

L16: Jamie Murray / Frantisek Cermak (CZE) WR 73 lost to Jurgen Melzer / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (AUT/FRA) WR 67 6-4, 6-4

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It's at times like these that I am glad that I don't really care apart from at Grand Slams.

EDIT: Not because I don't like doubles but because of the joke of "no ad scoring"

-- Edited by RJA on Wednesday 22nd of August 2012 06:42:56 PM

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

And the Brits draw a complete blank in North Carolina disbelief :

R1: David Marrero & André Sá (ESP/BRA) WR 79 defeated (2) Jonny Marray & Frederik Nielsen (DEN) WR 47 by 6-3 7-6(3)

What a disappointment, to put it mildly! bleh

indiana · Tennis legend

Yep, a wonderful scoring system evolves and they muck it up for doubles.

Should be as for Slams and Davis Cup, although arguably best of 3 sets as in some ( most ? ) Slams, and I have long felt that you should have final set tiebreakers in all singles and doubles, i.e. at 6 games all ( one thing the Americans have got right at the US Open ! smile )

-- Edited by indiana on Thursday 23rd of August 2012 01:47:36 PM

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

RJA wrote:
EDIT: Not because I don't like doubles but because of the joke of "no ad scoring"

Wow, is it only at slam level they don't have it? That's crap!

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Helen40 wrote:
RJA wrote:
EDIT: Not because I don't like doubles but because of the joke of "no ad scoring"
Wow, is it only at slam level they don't have it? That's crap!

Yep, Every single ATP, challenger and future event has "no ad scoring" and a "match tie break" in place of a third set. Grand Slams and Davis Cup seem to be the only time that the game is still played properly.