Week 4 - Challenger (€106,500) - Heilbronn, Germany (Hard) - doubles

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

RE: Week 4 - Challenger (€106,500) - Heilbronn, Germany (Hard) - doubles

wolf · Tennis legend

Jamie just started on live stream - http://new.livestream.com/accounts/5057055/events/2640754/player_pop_out

Then there is another doubles match then Ken & Neal.

And there is a library for all these matches.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

The Belgian wild cards take the first set by 6-4. cry

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QF: (WC) Ruben Bemelmans & Olivier Rochus (BEL/BEL) CR 686 (303 +383) defeated Jamie Delgado & Mateusz Kowalczyk (GBR/POL) CR 208 (112+96) by 4 & 3 bleh

That's a bad defeat!

RJA · Hall of fame

It is an entirely expected defeat as the current doubles rankings of Bemelmans and Rochus is not remotely reflective of their ability on a tennis court.

Rochus had a singles career high of WR 24 and doubles career high of 29. Oh yes and he did once win the men's doubles at some little tournament called Roland Garros.

-- Edited by RJA on Thursday 23rd of January 2014 06:00:49 PM

Mburnett1 · Social player

Ken & Neal take the first set against the German pair 6-3

Mburnett1 · Social player

After a not so impressive second set, losing it 1-6, Ken and Neal storm into a 7-2 lead in the mtb.

and they close it out 10-4 biggrin

-- Edited by Mburnett1 on Thursday 23rd of January 2014 06:32:16 PM

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QF: (3) Ken Skupski & Neal Skupski CR 162 (76+86) defeated Dustin Brown & Philipp Marx (GER/GER) CR 178 (94+84) by 6-3 1-6 [10-4]

******

So, can Ken & Neal avenge Jamie's & Mateusz's defeat?

SF: (3) Ken Skupski & Neal Skupski CR 162 (76+86) vs (WC) Ruben Bemelmans & Olivier Rochus (BEL/BEL) CR 686 (303 +383)

paulisi · Tennis legend

Saw second set and tie break.
Poor second set.
Big return down the line early on for the break set up the MTB and then they dominated

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
Ken & Neal are now the highest seeds left in the draw, as the top seeds have just been dumped out in straight sets (2 & 5) by the German pair, Kretschmer & Satschko.

Make that the only seeds in the draw, another German pair, Andreas Beck & Benni Becker, having just taken out the fourth seeds, Divij Sharan & Andreas Siljeström, in straight sets...

RJA · Hall of fame

Ken and Neal took the first set 6-3 but lost the second set by the same score. MTB about to start.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

And avenge it they do - just! smile

SF: (3) Ken Skupski & Neal Skupski CR 162 (76+86) defeated (WC) Ruben Bemelmans & Olivier Rochus (BEL/BEL) CR 686 (303 +383) by 6-3 3-6 [10-7] photo phew.gif

We shan't know until tomorrow at the earliest who their opponents in the final will be, as the second quarter QF won't be played until this evening.

paulisi · Tennis legend

That's a good win.

indiana · Tennis legend

Well done the bros, that certainly does look a good win.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Final: Tomasz Bednarek & Henri Kontinen (POL/FIN) CR 181 (58+123) vs (3) Ken Skupski & Neal Skupski CR 162 (76+86)

'Twill be close, methinks...