Week 16 - Challenger ($100,000) - Sarasota, FL, USA (clay)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

RE: Week 15 - Challenger ($100,000) - Sarasota, FL, USA (clay)

steven · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
Jamie's sticking with John at least for this coming week.
R1: (qualifier) (*) vs (2) Jamie Murray & John Peers (AUS) WR 153 (**)
(*) perm any one from Christian Harrison & Michael Venus/Bozo & Dev or Dino & Chad Rhoden (who he? Some Yank or other!)/Roman Borvanov & Marek Michalicka...
(**) though they will of course by ranked more highly than that after their triumph in Houston yesterday when the new rankings are released tomorrow. The top seeds are Booty & Johan Brunström (current WR 101).

(*) Florida is infamous for its hanging chads wink

(**) Yes, they should be in the 120s combined tomorrow

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

steven wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
Jamie's sticking with John at least for this coming week.
R1: (qualifier) (*) vs (2) Jamie Murray & John Peers (AUS) WR 153
(*) perm any one from Christian Harrison & Michael Venus/Bozo & Dev or Dino & Chad Rhoden (who he? Some Yank or other!) [...]
(*) Florida is infamous for its hanging chads

Good one!

indiana · Tennis legend

Week 16 me thinks.

steven · Tennis legend

RE: Week 16 - Challenger ($100,000) - Sarasota, FL, USA (clay)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
R1: (qualifier) (*) vs (2) Jamie Murray & John Peers (AUS) WR 153
(*) perm any one from Christian Harrison & Michael Venus/Bozo & Dev or Dino & Chad Rhoden (who he? Some Yank or other!)/Roman Borvanov & Marek Michalicka...

Well, it ain't gonna be Dino & Chad: they lost to to the q2s by 3 & 2 ( cry ), nor Harrison & Venus (q1), who lost to Bozo & Dev by 4 & 4...

Spectator · All-time great

Would be stunned if Bozoljac and Devvarman weren't the qualifiers. And rather a dangerous pairing they are, too, for a first round match.

RJA · Hall of fame

James and Kyle play first match tomorrow at 11:00 local time (17:00 BST).

Tennis36 · Masters Series Champion

this will be streamed, really looking forward to this one. Actually get to see kyle play for the first time in a long long time

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Spectator wrote:
Would be stunned if Bozoljac and Devvarman weren't the qualifiers. And rather a dangerous pairing they are, too, for a first round match.

My sentiments exactly, US Clay Court doubles champs or no! hmm

RJA · Hall of fame

steven wrote:
RJA wrote:
James and Kyle play first match tomorrow at 11:00 local time (17:00 BST).
16.00 BST I think (just so you don't miss it!)

Indeed. For reasons that escape me I was using the time difference between the UK and Little Rock.

-- Edited by RJA on Tuesday 16th of April 2013 10:21:00 AM

steven · Tennis legend

I thought James might be a bit tentative here, since despite this being a good draw for him, in some ways he has everything to lose, but he's being very businesslike at the moment *4-0

-- Edited by steven on Tuesday 16th of April 2013 03:28:31 PM

steven · Tennis legend

*5-2 to James.

James has taken 2/2 bps so far to Kyle's 1/2

1st serve %s James 48% (winning 83% on 1st, 38% on 2nd, with 2 aces and 3 dfs) and Kyle 53% (winning 70% on 1st, just 11% on 2nd, with 0 aces and 4 dfs)

-- Edited by steven on Tuesday 16th of April 2013 03:36:18 PM

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

James' superior serving seemed to be the difference. Both played some super tennis at times but mixed in with rather too many ugly shots. Though the Bet365 stream wasn't the best view to get a sense of what was actually happening.

-- Edited by kundalini on Tuesday 16th of April 2013 04:30:52 PM

steven · Tennis legend

L32: James Ward WR 214 beat (WC) Kyle Edmund WR 515 by 3 & 4

Not spectacularly good from either but decent from both in the end, and the kind of scoreline I'd have bet on before the match if I did that kind of thing. 7 break points each, James took 4, Kyle 2.

-- Edited by steven on Tuesday 16th of April 2013 04:41:01 PM