Week 11 - Challenger ($125,000+H) - Irving TX, USA (Hard)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

RE: Week 11 - Challenger ($125,000+H) - Irving TX, USA (Hard)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

R1: (4) Ken Skupski & Neal Skupski CR 138 (66+72) defeated (WC) Alex Kuznetsov & Mischa Zverev (USA/GER) CR 796 (380+416) by 3 & 4

Weird to hear a "Yank" & a "German" talking to one another in Russian...! wink

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QF: (4) Ken Skupski & Neal Skupski CR 138 (66+72) vs Sam Groth & Chris Guccione (AUS/AUS) CR 148 (80+68)

Spectator · All-time great

Great live stream, isn't it. Nasty next match-up. Will have to up the game a bit - those two certainly aren't going to give much away on serve.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Oh dear! cry

QF: Sam Groth & Chris Guccione (AUS/AUS) CR 148 (80+68) defeated (4) Ken Skupski & Neal Skupski CR 138 (66+72) by 7-6(3) 6-4

What a pity! The boys came from *1-5 to *4-5 only to get broken in the tenth game of the second set. hmm That said, as Spectator suggested in the preceding post, it was always going to be tough agin the powerful Aussie semi-veterans. hmm And yes, the ATP live stream is a wonder to behold compared with "dodgyvision"! Grateful to CD for reminding me that it was available - & free!

Spectator · All-time great

Hmm. Not wholly surprised. There was some nice, sharp play in what I saw of the first match, but there were also some less lovely games. Not a huge issue with Kuznetsov and Zverev, but Messrs Groth and Guccione are more than slightly scary. Unfortunate to face them in the QFs.