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

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

 In that case you have no excuse for not knowing that those who come through qualifying get ranking points wink



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What is so important to acknowledge is the fact these guys have been desperate to play challengers this year.

This week they've finally had the chance, coming through quals to do it. They've gone on to draw the second seeds (a very good pair) and they've beaten them convincingly without any sign of nerves. Such a great effort after an unlucky year in terms of tournament cut offs.

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spud wrote:

What is so important to acknowledge is the fact these guys have been desperate to play challengers this year.

This week they've finally had the chance, coming through quals to do it. They've gone on to draw the second seeds (a very good pair) and they've beaten them convincingly without any sign of nerves. Such a great effort after an unlucky year in terms of tournament cut offs.

I agree Spud. I am fairly sure they have missed out by one place in two French, a Mexican and a USA Challenger this year, all but one of which their ranking would have got them into the main draw last year. In fact they were really unlucky this week as had there not been a qualifying event they would have got in by right as they were next in line. So as Spud says, to qualify and then despatch the second seeds having had so much bad luck previously is a credit to them. Unlike singles, they do not know in advance who is due to play the main draw so they travel to events on a wing and a prayer on the hope they will get in and if they dont, they have wasted the travel costs etc. I believe that is why they didnt hang around in Mexico and instead travelled to the USA for two $15K Futures.

Their quater final is not till Friday.



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Stircrazy wrote:

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

It didn't even get that far:  it appears that the Hispano-Argentine pair has been handed a walkover... hmm



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Hurrah for Messrs Rice and Thornley. Well done.

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Bob wrote:
spud wrote:

What is so important to acknowledge is the fact these guys have been desperate to play challengers this year.

This week they've finally had the chance, coming through quals to do it. They've gone on to draw the second seeds (a very good pair) and they've beaten them convincingly without any sign of nerves. Such a great effort after an unlucky year in terms of tournament cut offs.

I agree Spud. I am fairly sure they have missed out by one place in two French, a Mexican and a USA Challenger this year, all but one of which their ranking would have got them into the main draw last year. In fact they were really unlucky this week as had there not been a qualifying event they would have got in by right as they were next in line. So as Spud says, to qualify and then despatch the second seeds having had so much bad luck previously is a credit to them. Unlike singles, they do not know in advance who is due to play the main draw so they travel to events on a wing and a prayer on the hope they will get in and if they dont, they have wasted the travel costs etc. I believe that is why they didnt hang around in Mexico and instead travelled to the USA for two $15K Futures.

Their quater final is not till Friday.

I must endorse the comments of both spud and Bob. Like quite a few on this forum I often criticise players for being too conservative with their schedules, it is nice to see a couple of guys taking a risk.



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Yeah, scrub that. I just can't seem to read today...

David/Sean up tomorrow (Doh!) on ct 6 (not streamed) not before 3pm local (8pm BST)

 

 

Edit: Cant read or spell it seems



-- Edited by Reeltime on Thursday 25th of April 2013 10:22:38 PM

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QF:  Teymuraz Gabashvili & Denys Molchanov (RUS/UKR) WR 542 vs (Q) David Rice & Sean Thornley WR 444



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Very well done to Messrs. Rice & Thornley, and more power to them.

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Very well done to David and Sean.

From what you guys are saying ( and I don't know what alternatives they had available ) they seem to have been the victims of quite a bit of sheer damned bad luck lately rather than particular bad planning, in their pursuit of Challenger level competition.

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I'm assuming that the inclement weather in Georgia has stopped any play today.

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Court 6 is streamed just not on USTA site.

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It would be a real pleasure to see these two players do well. They seem to have been handed every obstacle in the book: recommended for a Wimbledon WC but not given one, deciding to make the shift to challengers at precisely the point where there are fewer tournaments and they keep getting shut out (even when having traveled quite a distance for the privilege - really the system for entering doubles tournaments is rather deeply unfair to doubles teams), etc. At each stage, their response has appeared to be very professional - don't get a WC? Very well, we'll qualify. Don't get into a run of challengers? Very well, we'll do a futures tournament and then try again. Knowing little to nothing about them personally and never having seen them play, I still admire the way they seem to be very consistent, stick to things and get jobs done.

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Unbelievable!  Semi-finalists without striking a ball!  disbelief  The team to which Daniel Regan & Georgi Rumenov Payakov gave a walkover the day before yesterday, Facundo Argüello & Rubén Ramírez, has done it again, this time progressing courtesy of a walkover against the third seeds, Alex Bogomolov & Bobby Reynolds.  That means that there are no seeds left in the draw.  'Twould be nice to think that Sean & David could capitalise...



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Bugger!  Broken to 15 in the eighth game of the second set:  3-5*. cry



-- Edited by Stircrazy on Friday 26th of April 2013 09:36:11 PM

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