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Montana Doug


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Wow....huge hold for 5-2....that was massive.....was really worried as he didn't seem able to get his first serve in....Young missed a number of break points....wow....huge let off.

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And he does it! Jamie Baker qualifies for the Australian Open (again!)

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Absolutely brilliant ! Just woke up to catch the last 2 games on stream.

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FQR: Jamie Baker WR 246 beat Donald Young (USA) WR 189 (CH 38 last Feb) by 6-4 1-6 6-3 biggrin
FQR: James Ward WR 247 lost to Julian Reister (GER) WR 296 (CH 92 in 2011) by 3 & 5 bleh

Not only has Jamie qualified 5 years to the day after he last did it - he has just said in his interview that he beat Köllerer on the very same court!



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Montana Doug


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Well done Jamie Baker....amazing win!!!!

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A few tweets:

David Law: "Quality celebration from Baker as he seals match point with a Donald Young Forehand long. Baker threw racquet into air. Roared. Great." and "Andy Murray did about 5 TV interviews just now. After every one he asked for a score update on Baker's match."

Piers Newbery: "Star treatment for Jamie Baker, a very happy man... http://lockerz.com/s/276270513 " and "Aaargh! Not quick enough with the camera to snap @andy_murray nipping out of the player's tunnel to give JB a huge hug. People screamed."

Judy Murray: "Separated at birth. Jamie Baker and The Cheshire Cat. #ausopen"

OEM: "Jamie Baker qualifies for @AustralianOpen and second biggest smile in the place (and fist pump as we pass in corridor) is Andy Murray's"

Dan Kiernan: "Do not underestimate just what an amazing achievement that is from Jamie Baker to qualify @AustralianOpen .Chuffed for him #example"



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Can we get Rufin or Berlocq please!

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steven


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Great pic of the winning moment from Ella Ling:

http://pic.twitter.com/EBnjmwJs



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Shall we keep this thread going for the main draw?

L128: (Q) Jamie Baker WR 246 v Lukas Rosol (CZE) WR 75 (CH 65 in 2011)

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Jamie Baker drew Rolsol in the 1st round.

Rd1: Jamie BAKER v Lukas ROSOL WR75 (CH65)



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Jan


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steven wrote:

A bonus for those of you who weren't up early this morning - footage of most of Jamie Baker's 3rd set v Donald Young can be found on youtube at http://bit.ly/ZGxh0a - or just the final game from 4:38:37 and the post-match interview from 4:44:11 biggrin

 excellent! off to find it! Thank you.



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steven


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Beat you by all of 4 seconds LOL (sorry!)

Seriously though, I think that's not a bad draw - apparently Rosol won just 2 games against Petzschner in R1 of last year's AO. Even if Jamie loses, he should rise to around WR 210 after the AO.

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Jan


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Thanks for the link to Jamie's match - really enjoyed it!

(for some reason when I use "quote" and try to post all it does is take me to the first page of the thread!?)



-- Edited by Jan on Saturday 12th of January 2013 03:49:26 PM

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Just brilliant from Jamie - so very very pleased for him biggrin

Shame that James couldn't quite get there cry



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I'm so pleased for Jamie, he deserves it with the bad luck he had getting that serious illness just when he was beginning to make his mark. I hope he has some luck in who he gets to play in the first round - I haven't had time to check the draw to see who is possible.

It's especially nice to have some good news this morning - I have to tell you I am going through a difficult time as my husband had a stroke yesterday, and I will not be able to be on the Forum as much as usual. Not that you will probably notice, I haven't been posting so much recently, but I was on the Forum several times a day reading the threads and that won't be possible for a few months, I don't think.



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