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QF:  (1) Santiago González & Scott Lipsky (MEX/USA) vs (WC) Ken Skupski & Neal Skupski WR 616 bleh

Tough, but I don't think the alternative would have been very much easier!



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R1:  (WC) Lewis Burton & Dan Evans WR 886 vs (3) Jamie Murray & John Peers (AUS) WR 133

First set in the bag for the third seeds by 6-3.



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Up the Skupski's! They thrash the #1 seeds.

QF: (WC) Ken Skupski & Neal Skupski WR 616 defeated (1) Santiago González & Scott Lipsky (MEX/USA) 6-4 6-2

SF: (WC) Ken Skupski & Neal Skupski WR 616 vs. (4) Sanchai Ratiwatana/Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA/THA)


Edit: add in SF details



-- Edited by blob on Thursday 6th of June 2013 05:04:45 PM

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Up the Skupski's! They thrash the #1 seeds.

QF: (WC) Ken Skupski & Neal Skupski WR 616 defeated (1) Santiago González & Scott Lipsky (MEX/USA) 6-4 6-2

SF: (WC) Ken Skupski & Neal Skupski WR 616 vs. (4) Sanchai Ratiwatana/Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA/THA)

I never saw that coming!   What a super win & great news to get home to!   If they can brush aside the top seeds so easily, the "Ratis", as I call them, should be a pushover! wink  33 guaranteed ranking points in the bag! biggrin



-- Edited by Stircrazy on Thursday 6th of June 2013 06:40:31 PM

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QF:  (3) Jamie Murray & John Peers (AUS) WR 133 defeated Jamie Delgado & Matt Ebden (AUS) WR 166 by 7-6(3) 6-0

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Jamie's most enduring former partner on the opposite side of the net in the semi:

SF:  (3) Jamie Murray & John Peers (AUS) WR 133 vs (2) Eric Butorac & Rajeev Ram (USA/USA) WR 88



-- Edited by Stircrazy on Thursday 6th of June 2013 06:21:13 PM

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The Skupski's claim the first set 6-4

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Also a break up in the second - the Skupski's are the ones in the black shorts and bright yellow tops
6-4 3-1*

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It won't be long before Neal has a decent doubles ranking and then will not need a wildcard to play with Ken

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That's a really good win. Well done the Skupskis!

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Have Ken or Neal explicitly ruled out the idea of a long term partnership with each other? If they are able to compete so well at challenger level it must be a viable option financially - and surely both would be more relaxed room sharing, practising etc. with each other than a partner?

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Have Ken or Neal explicitly ruled out the idea of a long term partnership with each other? If they are able to compete so well at challenger level it must be a viable option financially - and surely both would be more relaxed room sharing, practising etc. with each other than a partner?

The fact that they have set up a SkupskiBros account on Twitter makes it seem more likely that they have explicity ruled it in! I would guess they are hoping to get WCs throughout the grass court season and to pick up enough points over the next few weeks for them to get into Challengers together direct.



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murray_2k9 wrote:

Have Ken or Neal explicitly ruled out the idea of a long term partnership with each other? If they are able to compete so well at challenger level it must be a viable option financially - and surely both would be more relaxed room sharing, practising etc. with each other than a partner?

The fact that they have set up a SkupskiBros account on Twitter makes it seem more likely that they have explicity ruled it in! I would guess they are hoping to get WCs throughout the grass court season and to pick up enough points over the next few weeks for them to get into Challengers together direct.

 http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/other-sport/tennis/grand-slams-target-tennis-stars-4029523



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Brilliant - nice to see a stable, all-British partnership get off to a strong start. Thanks for the article wolf - good read! I hadn't considered the logistical issue of the age gap, which seems to be the main reason the partnership is just coming together now.

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Stircrazy got there first



-- Edited by blob on Friday 7th of June 2013 04:16:21 PM

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Wonderful results. Well done, Mr Murray, and welcome to a good new team. (Might this lead to more WCs for Skupskis?)



-- Edited by Spectator on Friday 7th of June 2013 04:56:52 PM

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