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freerider


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ughhhh horrible third set from Gabb

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First time I've seen Rich play - the stream was very patchy, but very reliant on the first serve and a reasonable forehand, but far too many errors.

Raja is a typical doubles player. Took the serve very early and came to the net at every opportunity. He didn't make too many mistakes in the final set.

If that is the normal Mr. Gabb, 350 ranking is about the best he will get for now.

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FQR: (q2) Richard Gabb WR 425 lost to Purav Raja (IND) WR 1078 (CH 813 in 2007) by 6-3 2-6 6-2

He will be first in line for a lucky loser place though.

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@JohnnyParkes1 on Twitter tells me that Richard and Purav went to the same secondary school in the UK! (though Purav must have been close to leaving when Richard started!)

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There are 5 qualifier spots in the main draw now. Richard is in and plays Krajicek

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Oh, I love LL spots !

And Purav gets the number 2 seed, Bogomolov !

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L32: (LL) Richard Gabb WR 425 v Austin Krajicek (USA) WR 211 (CH 210 in Jul)

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Richard 1-4 down

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Rich loses the first set by 3-6. cry



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L32:  Austin Krajicek (USA) WR 211 defeated (LL) Richard Gabb WR 425 by 3 & 1 hmm

Bogomolov about to defeat Raja by 5 & 3...



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Thought it was going to be lambs to the slaughter after the first set, but the boys seem to have acquitted themselves rather well:

R1:  Richard Gabb & Nicolas Meister (USA) CR 707 (317+390) defeated (1)  Purav Raja & Divij Sharan (IND/IND) CR 136 (73+63) by 2-6 7-5 [14-12] biggrin 

The boys consistently trailed by one or two points in the MTB & were unable to convert their first match point at 9-8, but simply refused to lie down!  Wonder how much of an incentive Richard's defeat at Raja's hands in the FQR of the singles was...

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QF:  Richard Gabb & Nicolas Meister (USA) CR 707 (317+390) vs Kevin King & Austin Krajicek ( disbelief ) (USA/USA) CR 267 (184+83)



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Delgo & Gilles make it two out two (or even three out of two... wink ):

R1:  Jamie Delgado & Gilles Müller (LUX) CR 606 (109+497) defeated Vahid Mirzadeh & Eduardo Struvay (USA/COL) CR 419 (172+247) by 6-3 7-6(4)

Touch & go for most of the second set.  Lost count of the number of service breaks...

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QF:  Jamie Delgado & Gilles Müller (LUX) CR 606 (109+497) vs (2) Sam Groth & Chris Guccione (AUS/AUS) CR 147 (80+67)

 



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So that's five all or part GB doubles pairings winning at least one match at Challenger level this week. Not bad. Very nice win for Mr Gabb in particular.

Krajicek is one of the few people the Bryans mentioned when they were asked about "next-generation" doubles players (along with Neal and Ken Skupski!).

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Excellent persistence from Gabb right there, determination winning matches. Nice win for Jamie too, but tough draw for the QF.

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QF:  (2) Sam Groth & Chris Guccione (AUS/AUS) CR 147 (80+67) defeated Jamie Delgado & Gilles Müller (LUX) CR 606 (109+497) by 7-6(5) 6-4 cry



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