Week 30 - Challenger (€42,500): Aamulehti Tampere Open, Tampere, Finland (red clay) - doubles

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Week 30 - Challenger (€42,500): Aamulehti Tampere Open, Tampere, Finland (red clay) - doubles

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

they're a break down but James C and Darren Walsh are on the nice ATP livestream for anyone (like me) who's no idea what Darren even looks like . ..

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

So is Darren the one with the cap or without.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

You're right, who knows ! -I've been googling pictures -and I THINK he's the one in the cap :::)))

yeah, just googled Cluskey too and I'm definitely going for the one in the cap . . smile

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Wednesday 23rd of July 2014 02:10:17 PM

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:
You're right, who knows ! -I've been googling pictures -and I THINK he's the one in the cap :::)))

My instinct tells me the same. Don't know why. If you can't find any pictures of Darren, perhaps you can find some of Cluskey and we can use a process of elimination.

Either way, they are back on serve and leading 4-3*

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Great minds think alike :)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

The boys finally turn things round & take the first set by 7-6(4). smile

Jaffa · Challenger level

To clarify, it's the guy in the cap because if you look closely, James is wearing Irish wristbands

-- Edited by Jaffa on Wednesday 23rd of July 2014 03:03:40 PM

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
The boys finally turn things round & take the first set by 7-6(4).

Only for Kontinen & Zopp to take the second set by 6-3 to redress the balance. cry

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Jaffa wrote:
To clarify, it's the guy in the cap because if you look closely, James is wearing Irish wristbands

-- Edited by Jaffa on Wednesday 23rd of July 2014 03:03:40 PM

Wow - you can see the wristbands ???

BeefyDeedz · Pro player

Jaffa wrote:
To clarify, it's the guy in the cap because if you look closely, James is wearing Irish wristbands

-- Edited by Jaffa on Wednesday 23rd of July 2014 03:03:40 PM

Good call on the bands, clear as day when he came to the bottom of the camera. biggrin

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

But Darren & James finally wrap it up in the MTB:

R1: (4) James Cluskey (IRL) & Darren Walsh CR 490 (165+325) defeated Micke Kontinen & Jürgen Zopp (FIN/EST) CR 1335 (645+690) by 7-6(4) 3-6 [10-7] smile

*****

On the face of it, they could hardly have hoped for a better draw in the quarter-final!

QF: (4) James Cluskey (IRL) & Darren Walsh CR 500 (178+322) vs Elias Ymer & Anton Zaitcev (SWE/RUS) CR 2058 (1403+655)

Jaffa · Challenger level

Ymer is very under ranked, he won a round at an ATP event a couple of weeks ago and is only 18.

And thanks, I've always had good eyes!

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

R1: (3) Ruben Gonzales (PHI) & Sean Thornley CR 421 (201+220) "defeated" Daniel Muñoz & Rubén Ramírez (ESP/ESP) CR 952 (569+383) by a walkover

*******

QF: Germain Gigounon & David Goffin (BEL/BEL) UNR (*) vs (3) Ruben Gonzales (PHI) & Sean Thornley CR 421 (201+220)

(*) Gigounon's current ranking is 358, while Goffin is currently unranked in doubles, but with a CH of 612 in November 2010.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Very close but some nasty errors by Darren at key moments in the TB give the first set to the SWE/RUS pair, 10-8