SF:  (1) Jonathan Eysseric & Nicolas Renavand (FRA/FRA) WR 523 vs (3) Darren Walsh & Adham El-Effendi (USA) WR 692

On the point about threads. I do try and make it clear in my posts when I am talking about doubles and so do most people so I don't really so how confusion could occur.

Obviously in the case of very old people, like Madeline, I accept that confusion comes easily

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Jaggy1876 wrote:

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Just a wee point here but is the policy about threads that if there is a singles and doubles tournament the same thread is used. I don't have much interest in doubles and I'm sure others are the same. Sometimes can be confusing when players are in both.

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Yes, but not so much a policy as a convention that has developed over the years.

There are pros and cons both ways round, even to those of us who aren't equally interested in both. I can't say I ever find it confusing, but if the threads were split I could happily ignore the doubles ones until late in the week instead of opening a thread when there has been an update only to find the update was only for a doubles result. However, in busy weeks like this, it would get harder to find tournament threads when there was a new result to post, not least because the threads for current tournaments would run over more than one page on the the "Recent Posts" list.

On balance, I'd prefer to keep things as they are and just split the threads when it is obvious that they are likely to get very long, which is exactly what already happens for tournaments like Wimbledon that have a lot of Brits in both singles and doubles draws.

steven wrote:

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[...] On balance, I'd prefer to keep things as they are and just split the threads when it is obvious that they are likely to get very long, which is exactly what already happens for tournaments like Wimbledon that have a lot of Brits in both singles and doubles draws.

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I seem to remember making a conscious decision to start a separate thread for the doubles for the Nottingham Challenger a few years back (can't remember exactly how many or even if it was actually Nottingham! ) when I saw how many Brits were going to be involved & feared their results would be buried among the singles qualies & singles main draw posts.

It should also be borne in mind that most threads relating to ATP tour events are doubles only because it's rare, if not, in fact, actually unheard of, for there to be a Brit other than Andy Murray (currently)  ranked highly enough to go straight into the main draw or even to enter the qualifying events for them ( ), whereas the doubles boys are rather more successful on that score & therefore tend to feature rather more often ( )...  The same, sadly, frequently applies to non-UK Challengers.

Even at Futures level, there are usually too few Brits involved in any one particular event to justify separate singles & doubles threads.  The obvious exception is when one takes place in the UK.  Even then,however,  Brit success in the singles is the exception rather than the rule ( ), so posts about the doubles inevitably often end up domininating.   I therefore endorse Steven's preference for the status quo.  I also dispute the contention that "doubles specialists are basically players not good enough at singles".