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

RJA · Hall of fame

A good result and some desperately needed points for Jonny.

Incidentally how does one pronounce Dlouhy?

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

RJA wrote:
Incidentally how does one pronounce Dlouhy?

Try here. Pretty much as I expected.

RJA · Hall of fame

Stircrazy wrote:
RJA wrote:
Incidentally how does one pronounce Dlouhy?
Try here. Pretty much as I expected.

Thank You

In the SF Jonny and Lukas have taken the first set 6-3.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Injury break at 3-2* in the second. hmm I don't wish their opponents ill, but I sincerely hope it's not Jonny or Lukas.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

SF: Henri Kontinen & Jarkko Nieminen (FIN/FIN) CR 165 (62+103) defeated Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) & Jonny Marray CR 133 (66+67) by 3-6 7-6(4) [10-7] cry

Spectator · All-time great

Very sorry indeed that Mr Marray lost (though it wasn't a bad run for a new pairing ... and so close!) ... but if he has to go out, I'd rather it be to Nieminen (who has always seemed one of the nicest players on the tour) and Kontinen than to most.

Do we know if he's all right?

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Spectator wrote:
Very sorry indeed that Mr Marray lost (though it wasn't a bad run for a new pairing ... and so close!) ... but if he has to go out, I'd rather it be to Nieminen (who has always seemed one of the nicest players on the tour) and Kontinen than to most.

And the flying Finns went on to take the title, beating Bracciali & Golubev in the final by 1 & 4.

Spectator · All-time great

Does anyone else hear the siren song of Rio 2016? Wouldn't be surprised if we got more in-country pairings over the next two years ...

indiana · Tennis legend

Not particularly for the Brits.

I still think just finding a partner from anywhere that they are comfortable playing with will be much the main priority.

Yes, all things being nearly equal, probably best to have all Brit partnership. But tennis is about very much more than the Olympics, plus Rio no doubt being on clay will problably also lessen its focus a bit for the Brits.

I would guess pretty much as is, and dealing with potential Olympic ( and Davis Cup ) partnerships much closer to the event.

Spectator · All-time great

Sorry, Indiana - I should have been clearer. I was referring to the Finns ... where I rather suspect that the hope of a good Davis Cup and potential Rio pairing may lead Nieminen and Kontinen to play together more when opportunities arise. Wouldn't be surprised if the same were true in some other country contexts as well. Of course, as the Qureshi/Bopanna (Paes/Bhupathi) debacle demonstrated, splitting up a successful partnership for the sake of Olympic hopes is not really a good idea!

-- Edited by Spectator on Monday 4th of August 2014 01:04:03 PM