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Stircrazy


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R1:  Santiago Giraldo & Joćo Sousa (COL/POR) CR 182 (102+80) vs Dom Inglot & Florin Mergea (ROU) CR 71 (47+24)
R1:  Jamie Murray & John Peers (AUS) CR 84 (42+42) vs (4) Raven Klaasen & Leander Paes (RSA/IND) CR 47 (19+28)



-- Edited by Stircrazy on Saturday 10th of January 2015 10:52:27 AM

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It's Mergea, not Mergeat, SC - I'd have assumed it was just a typo but it's not the first time I've seen Mergeat on here and since he seems to be Dom's new regular partner, I thought I should mention it.

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Thanks for pointing that out, Steven.  I think the first time it happened, on the Doha thread, it was a typo, as I've spelt it correctly in text messages to Helki reporting match results.  It kept recurring because I was simply copying & pasting the original entry without spotting the error! 



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I can't believe Marcus Daniell doesn't have a wild card. 108 in the world and former champion here!



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Dom Inglot & Florin Mergea beat Santiago Giraldo & Joćo Sousa 6-3, 7-6 (10)

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R1:  (4) Raven Klaasen & Leander Paes (RSA/IND) CR 44 (19+25) defeated Jamie Murray & John Peers (AUS) CR 77 (48+39) by 7-6(3) 4-6 [10-6] cry



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QF:  (WC) Artem Sitak & Michael Venus (NZL/NZL) CR 128 (67+61) vs Dom Inglot & Florin Mergea (ROU) CR 73 (49+24)

The Kiwis took out the Colombian third seeds, Cabal & Farrah, in three in their first-round match, which is no mean feat...



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Wondered whether they might, though. They're not your usual WC pairing ... and it's their home tournament. Rather glad for them (though not glad enough to hope they make the SFs)

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Well done, Dom and Florin and hard luck, Jamie and John, the existing joint doubles race leaders.

As an aside re the singles here, the tournament director seems to be trying to remain diplomatic, but I think is in slight meltdown re the variously timed pre draw withdrawals, post draw withdrawals and retirements. Before his eyes what seemed a pretty strong field, knocking Sydney out of sight re the top seeds, has all too quicly essentially turned into Kevin Anderson.

He was saying that with anyway the top 10 essentially not playing ATP nowadays in Week 2, all in all discussions perhaps need to be held.

I would have thought that it would be a very good idea for the Aussie Open to do a Wimbledon and go a week later, in Weeks 4 and 5.


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QF:  Dom Inglot & Florin Mergea (ROU) CR 73 (49+24) defeated (WC) Artem Sitak & Michael Venus (NZL/NZL) CR 128 (67+61) by 2 & 3 smile

That looks as though it was quite a bit easier than I expected it to be!



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Got a good feeling about Dom and his new partner this year ......



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It ain't getting any easier...

SF:  Marcelo Melo & Max Mirnyi (BRA/BLR) CR 54 (7+47) vs Dom Inglot & Florin Mergea (ROU) CR 73 (49+24)



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Stircrazy wrote:

It ain't getting any easier...

SF:  Marcelo Melo & Max Mirnyi (BRA/BLR) CR 54 (7+47) vs Dom Inglot & Florin Mergea (ROU) CR 73 (49+24)

 .....but it is the best draw they could get. Other semi-finalists are  CR20 and CR45, and of course they could have been facing the Bryan brothers in the semis



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SF:  Dom Inglot & Florin Mergea (ROU) CR 73 (49+24) defeated Marcelo Melo & Max Mirnyi (BRA/BLR) CR 54 (7+47) by 6-4 3-6 [14-12] biggrin

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Final:  Dom Inglot & Florin Mergea (ROU) CR 73 (49+24) vs (4) Raven Klaasen & Leander Paes (RSA/IND) CR 44 (19+25)

Klaasen & Paes beat the second seeds, Peya & Soares, in three in their semi.



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Another good start! Paes and Klaasen a tough ask ... but I thought that last time

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