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

Shhh · Challenger level

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

Shhh · Challenger level

6-6 in the 2nd set. Just the one break point to Sean/Ruben in the lst game but not taken. They were very on top in that set, quite a few points ahead but, tie break it is.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

3 MPs to YME/ZAI - not taken

2 or 3 SPs to GON/THO - not taken

. .

and 12-10 'our' boys take the second set - Championship MTB time

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Saturday 26th of July 2014 10:45:49 AM

Shhh · Challenger level

Wow. At 3-4 on serve, Sean threw in (what looked like from livescores) two double faults to give their opponents 3 match points at 6-3.

All three saved and now 6-6.

Scoreboard keeps moving on in two points!

7-7.................now 8-8

Sean/Ruben set point 9-8.

9-9

9-10* MP

10-10*

11-10

12-10 Yes!

DWH · Club Coach

Tuned in from the start of the tiebreak.

There's a stream... http://new.livestream.com/ATP/tampere2014centrecourt

Spectator · All-time great

Well fought, and well won.

Shhh · Challenger level

Sean and Ruben the winners! 6-7(5) 7-6(10) 10-8

5 match point, so they take the 5th one..........too easy! (Certainly earnt his LTA bonus now!)

Jaffa · Challenger level

That's one of the best matches I've watched in a few months. Well done boys, clearly meant a lot!

DWH · Club Coach

Well Done Sean and Ruben! biggrin

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

And what a roar from the two of them when they took that last point ! That came from the heart :::)))

Brilliant . . .

TMH · Futures qualifying

Wow brilliant stuff, very clutch. Well done boys.

steven · Tennis legend

With pic:

twitter.com/seanthornley31/status/492995000587022336/photo/1

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Tremendous news to come back to (if I hadn't gone out to do my shopping earlier, I'd probably have ended staying at home all day or gojne out late & risked not finding all the food items I wanted!). Judging by the scoreline, it was quite a tussle!

Nice photo, too. biggrin

For the record:

Final: (3) Ruben Gonzales (PHI) & Sean Thornley CR 421 (201+220) defeated Elias Ymer & Anton Zaitcev (SWE/RUS) CR 2058 (1403+655) by 6-7(5) 7-6(10) [10-8] in 1:52:32

Sean & Ruben deserved s & champions.

indiana · Tennis legend

Well done and well fought :)

"Clutch" wouldn't have looked the word if that second TB had been lost on the back of two DFs at such a stage. But they kept with it.