Week 45 - ATP World Tour Finals - London (Indoor Hard)

RBBOT · Futures qualifying

Week 45 - ATP World Tour Finals - London (Indoor Hard)

wolf · Tennis legend

Group B

(2) Max Mirnyi & Daniel Nestor (BLR/CAN)

(4) Robert Lindstedt & Horia Tecau (SWE/ROU)

(5) Mahesh Bhupathi & Rohan Bopanna (IND/IND)

(8) Jonathan Marray & Frederik Nielsen (GBR/DEN)

Fleming & Hutchins are the first alternates after the Poles said they didn't want to come.

wolf · Tennis legend

Marray & Nielsen open their campaign at 12 noon on Tuesday against Bhupathi & Bopanna.

Spectator · All-time great

Who knows? But great for Fleming and Hutchins. A pleasant financial boost, to say the least. And really good for them to experience it, even if they don't play, so that if they are there next year, they know what to expect.

steven · Tennis legend

I see Jonny Marray has broken into the doubles top 20 today for the first time!

(up 2 at 20)

indiana · Tennis legend

Jonny Marray has moved up two places to WR 20 after last week in Paris.

He is the first of the current group of British doubles players to get into the top 20, though there are other CHs in the 20s :

Jamie Murray CH 23 ( current WR 79 ), Colin Fleming CH 24 ( current WR 27), Ross Hutchins CH 26 ( current WR 28 )

wolf · Tennis legend

Mirnyi & Nestor win the first match in Jonny's group 4-6 7-6(1) [12-10], Tecau unlucky to be on the losing side despite being the best player on court.

Stepanek is apparently struggling with injury, so if he and Paes lose their first two matches, I think they might withdraw and give Fletch a match as Stepanek has the Davis Cup final to play next week.

indiana · Tennis legend

I see they had MP at 6 - 4 6 - 5 * 40 - 40 ( don't know if they've had any others, edit : I assume not since stats just show one BP in the second set ). Saved to take it into the TB

So now either the second set TB or the MTB please !

-- Edited by indiana on Tuesday 6th of November 2012 01:34:29 PM

indiana · Tennis legend

Great recovery in the MTB.

* 1 - 5 down to 8 - 7 * up to * 8 - 9 MP down and 9 - 10 * MP down to winning both points against serve so * 11 -10 MP up and 12 - 10 smile

With that win Jonny moves past another 3 players in the doubles rankings ( that are not here ) to provisional WR 17 ( edit : ah, I see that I am on the same wavelength as seagull, basically he's now behind the other 7 pairs here and the "bloody Poles" )

-- Edited by indiana on Tuesday 6th of November 2012 02:08:40 PM

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

How the Beeb saw the match.

Feature article about Jonny M.

wolf · Tennis legend

Go Jonny and Freddie!!!

They lead 2-1*

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

The boys break to 30 in the tenth game of the first set to take it by 6-4. Keep it up for just one more set, lads!

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

I hope the bubble isn't about to burst: Bops & Bhupathi take the second-set tie-break by 7-1 to level the match. Squeaky-bum time! hmm

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Jonny & Freddie nevertheless make their World Tour Finals debut a winning one, having spurned a match point in the twelfth game of the second set (*) :

(8) Jonny Marray & Frederik Nielsen (DEN) defeated (5) Mahesh Bhupathi & Rohan Bopanna (IND/IND) by 6-4 6-7(1) [12-10] biggrin

(*) Apparently, Jonny caught the net with the return on that match point!

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Why is it that watching numbers tick over on a computer screen can make me feel so nervous ?