Week 31 - ATP 250: bet-at-home Cup, Kitzbühel, Austria (red clay) - doubles

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Week 31 - ATP 250: bet-at-home Cup, Kitzbühel, Austria (red clay) - doubles

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Colin and Scott were 5-2 up and are now back to 5-5

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

They served for the set at 5-3, but ending up losing it by 5-7. cry

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

The boys save two match points at *1-5 in the second set only for Mother Nature to intervene & prolong the agony with a rain delay!

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

R1: Mate Pavic & André Sá (CRO/BRA) CR 113 (52+61) defeated (1) Colin Fleming & Scott Lipsky (USA) CR 86 (42+44) by 5 & 2 bleh disbelief

Misplaced optimism on my part when I started the thread, clearly! cry

RJA · Hall of fame

Starting to look like a bad year for Colin, his ranking could plummet in the next few weeks.

Spectator · All-time great

In fairness, Pavic and Sa are a tough combination, and Sa knows Fleming's game (and hence presumably his weaknesses) well. But no, it's not been a good year for him. Hope that Mr Marray has more success in his match.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

At last a bit of good news from Kitzbühel, though it was touch & go in the MTB!

R1: Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) & Jonny Marray CR 133 (66+67) defeated Rameez Junaid & Michael Venus (AUS/NZL) CR 137 (65+72) by 7-5 2-6 [11-9] smile

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

I don't suppose it will be of any real consolation to Colin & Scott, but the second seeds, Knowle & Marach, have just gone out in three to Kontinen & Nieminen...

indiana · Tennis legend

What's Ross up to just now ? Maybe I've missed something ?

paulisi · Tennis legend

His ranking isn't high enough to get him into ATP tour events.

I suspect it may be close to the end of his playing days.

wolf · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
What's Ross up to just now ? Maybe I've missed something ?

That World Team Tennis thingy in America.

Spectator · All-time great

He has spent the summer playing World Team Tennis, I think. No points, but at least practice.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QF: Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) & Jonny Marray CR 133 (66+67) vs (4) André Begemann & Robin Haase (GER/NED) CR 102 (49+53)

Winnable - I hope...

RJA · Hall of fame

paulisi wrote:
His ranking isn't high enough to get him into ATP tour events.

I suspect it may be close to the end of his playing days.

The moment Ross accepted the post of tournament director for Queen's it was obvious that he had accepted that his career was effectively over. It was certainly nice to see him come back and play again after his illness but the chances of him ever getting back to his previous level was always going to be pretty remote.