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Stircrazy


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RJA wrote:

FQR: (q1) David Rice / Sean Thornley WR 443 v (q2) Suk-Young Jeong / Yong-Kyu Lim (KOR/KOR) WR 1314

The boys were broken to 40 in their opening service game & their Korean opponents then consolidated the break:  *0-2.  cry



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First set down the pan by 2-6.  cry



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Oh dear. And there was I, so confident in them that I was giving them the victory without their even having played! (Misread RJA's post ... thank you, RJA, for the correction!)

Still, hope springs eternal.

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Nicolas Massu on his umpteenth comeback just walloped the guy who beat Kyle very easily yesterday. 6-0 6-2! Of course Massu has great pedigree, but he has NOT been playing at a high level at all for a long long time - certainly not even CH level, and I think the scoreline confirms that the Spanish/Bulgarian wasn't really a ringer - wonder what happened to Kyle yesterday? 

 



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Very good news having seen they'd lost the first set... the boys won 2-6 7-6(3) 10-4 and will play in the main draw

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Hurrah! Thanks for the good news, Spud! (I knew it all the time. Cough. Cough.)

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spud wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:

They've only been & gone & done it!

R1:  (Q) David Rice & Sean Thornley WR 444 defeated (2) Carsten Ball & Ryan Harrison (AUS/USA) WR 296 by 4 & 4

15 points in the bag for that win! biggrin

 Totally outclassed them, Harrison couldnt put a return in court and Ball was very average. Very good win for the lads!

+ the 3 points for qualifying??

Yes, in the rare event that there is a qualifying event for the doubles ranking points are awarded in line with singles qualifying. Therefore 18 points so far for Dave and Sean.



-- Edited by RJA on Wednesday 24th of April 2013 08:40:11 PM

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R1:  (Q) David Rice & Sean Thornley WR 444 vs (2) Carsten Ball & Ryan Harrison (AUS/USA) WR 296

So far, so good:  first set in the bag by 6-4.  *0-1 in the second...   fingers crossed smiley photo: Fingers Crossed smiley_goodluck_yellow.gif



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They've only been & gone & done it!

R1:  (Q) David Rice & Sean Thornley WR 444 defeated (2) Carsten Ball & Ryan Harrison (AUS/USA) WR 296 by 4 & 4

15 points in the bag for that win! biggrin



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Looking good for Daid and Sean with a break in the second set.

I guess it must be a really difficult decision as to where their careers lie - their doubles ranking is so superior to their singles ranking in that they could only play both at $15K or lower otherwise it will be doubles at high challenger level.

Does challenger doubles pay the bills?

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Stircrazy wrote:

They've only been & gone & done it!

R1:  (Q) David Rice & Sean Thornley WR 444 defeated (2) Carsten Ball & Ryan Harrison (AUS/USA) WR 296 by 4 & 4

15 points in the bag for that win! biggrin

 Totally outclassed them, Harrison couldnt put a return in court and Ball was very average. Very good win for the lads!

+ the 3 points for qualifying??



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When I saw Rice & Thornley lost the first set in MDs qualification a couple of days ago, I was very tempted to go on a rant about how I felt they've wasted the last month or two with bad planning etc. Some of that still stands in my opinion, but that is a great result, well done to them.

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spud wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:

They've only been & gone & done it!

R1:  (Q) David Rice & Sean Thornley WR 444 defeated (2) Carsten Ball & Ryan Harrison (AUS/USA) WR 296 by 4 & 4

15 points in the bag for that win! biggrin

 Totally outclassed them, Harrison couldnt put a return in court and Ball was very average. Very good win for the lads!

+ the 3 points for qualifying??

Meant to ask whether they picked up any for that & if so how many.  Draw sheet doesn't say.



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One that seems to have been overlooked:

R1:  Facundo Argüello & Rubén Ramírez (ARG/ESP) WR 467 vs (WC) Daniel Regan & (that curiously named Spaniard) Georgi Rumenov Payakov UNR

Lambs to the slaughter... disbelief



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RJA wrote:
[...] in the rare event that there is a qualifying event for the doubles [...]

Doubles qualies seem to be the norm in US Challengers. wink



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