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Separate thread again, given the number of Brits + a former honorary Brit in the draw, serving as yet another new partner for Colin, if not exactly an unfamiliar one! wink

R1:  (1) Eric Butorac & Colin Fleming (USA) CR 122 (40+82) vs (ALT) Hiroki Moriya & Zhang Ze (JPN/CHN) CR 1198 (816+382)
R1:  Yuki Bhambri & Divij Sharan (IND) CR 394 (268+126) vs (WC) Luke Bambridge & Liam Broady CR 550 (273+277)
R1:  Matt Ebden (AUS) & James Ward UNR vs (4)  Fabrice Martin & Purav Raja (FRA/IND) CR 218 (107+111)
R1:  (WC) Sean Thornley & Darren Walsh CR 338 (179+159) vs Somdev Devvarman & Jimmy Wang (IND/TPE) CR 1049 (270+779)
R1:  Ken Skupski & Neal Skupski CR 293 (147+146) vs (2) Johan Brunström & Jonathan Erlich (SWE/ISR) CR  (81+73)

Not sure I understand why Sean & Darren needed a wild card when they're far more highly ranked than their opponents, unless it's the old singles ranking wheeze again! confuse 



-- Edited by Stircrazy on Tuesday 9th of June 2015 04:19:43 PM



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Stircrazy wrote:
Not sure I understand why Sean & Darren needed a wild card when they're far more highly ranked than their opponents, unless it's the old singles ranking wheeze again! confuse 

According to the draw sheet the last DA was CR 324



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R1:  Yuki Bhambri & Divij Sharan (IND) CR 393 (271+122) defeated (WC) Luke Bambridge & Liam Broady CR 519 (256+263) by 7-6(5) 6-4  cry



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R1:  Matt Ebden (AUS) & James Ward UNR defeated (4) Fabrice Martin & Purav Raja (FRA/IND) CR 209 (100+109) by 5-7 6-4 [10-6]  biggrin



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Thoroughly enjoyed seeing the LBs.

They look like they enjoy playing together, they enjoy playing doubles, and they're enjoying their tennis. Really important. The match was close, they lost, not the end of the world.

Completely unlike James and Matt's match which was like going to the dentist.

Both were pretty average in the first set (Matt up and down, James rather slow and 'vacant').

In the second set, James played a hideous set of tennis and luckily Matt had a blinder. It ended up with James practically just covering his tramlines and leaving the rest to Matt.

And then in the MTB, somebody flicked James Ward's switch and he came to life - and played a really excellent MTB.

And thus is the enigma of James Ward .......



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R1:  Somdev Devvarman & Jimmy Wang (IND/TPE) CR 1049 (270+779) defeated (WC) Sean Thornley & Darren Walsh CR 338 (179+159) by 6-4 3-6 [10-5] bleh



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R1:  Ken Skupski & Neal Skupski CR 277 (139+138) defeated (2) Johan Brunström & Jonathan Erlich (SWE/ISR) CR 165 (80+85) by 0-6 ( bleh ) 6-4 [10-4]  biggrin  ban-woohoo.gif

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QF:  Somdev Devvarman & Jimmy Wang (IND/TPE) CR 1049 (272+1194) vs Ken Skupski & Neal Skupski CR 277 (139+138)



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Just what the doctor ordered.

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Great stuff. So glad to see them getting wins again! Devvarman and Wang seriously underranked in doubles, so next round won't be easy ... but if you can beat two of the better doubles players of recent years, why stop there?



-- Edited by Spectator on Tuesday 9th of June 2015 05:53:31 PM

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R1:  (1) Eric Butorac & Colin Fleming (USA) CR 127 (40+87) defeated (ALT) Hiroki Moriya & Zhang Ze (JPN/CHN) CR 1198 (816+382) by 2 & 1  smile
R1:  Yuki Bhambri & Divij Sharan (IND) CR 393 (271+122) defeated (WC) Luke Bambridge & Liam Broady CR 519 (263+256) by 7-6(5) 6-4
R1:  Matt Ebden (AUS) & James Ward UNR defeated (4) Fabrice Martin & Purav Raja (FRA/IND) CR 218 (107+111) by 5-7 6-4 [10-6]
R1:  Somdev Devvarman & Jimmy Wang (IND/TPE) CR 1049 (270+779) defeated (WC) Sean Thornley & Darren Walsh CR 338 (179+159) by 6-4 3-6 [10-6]
R1:  Ken Skupski & Neal Skupski CR 277 (139+138) defeated (2) Johan Brunström & Jonathan Erlich (SWE/ISR) CR 165 (80+85) by 0-6 6-4 [10-4]

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QF:  (1) Eric Butorac & Colin Fleming (USA) CR 127 (40+87) vs Yuki Bhambri & Divij Sharan (IND) CR 393 (271+122)
QF:  Niels Desein & Igor Sijsling (BEL/NED) CR 560 (294+266) vs Matt Ebden (AUS) & James Ward UNR
QF:  Somdev Devvarman & Jimmy Wang (IND/TPE) CR 1049 (272+1194) vs Ken Skupski & Neal Skupski CR 277 (139+138)



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Pity that Ed's injury has presumably been the cause of he and Dan S withdrawing after being back together last week and looking good again.

Welcome win for Colin though, and all the best to any players planning on moving on from their recent regular partnership



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Certain players have gone mighty quiet on the tweeting front certainly!
It had run its course though in all honesty....as indy says, all the best to them for the future.

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Colin Fleming seems to have a genius for playing with lovely partners: couldn't get a much nicer group of people than Ken Skupski, Ross Hutchins, Jonny Marray and Eric Butorac (whether that's a one-off or more).



-- Edited by Spectator on Wednesday 10th of June 2015 02:28:13 PM

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Colin & Eric continue (fairly - they were broken while serving for the match at 5-4!) serenely on their way:

QF:  (1) Eric Butorac & Colin Fleming (USA) CR 127 (40+87) defeated Yuki Bhambri & Divij Sharan (IND) CR 393 (271+122) by 6-4 7-6(3)   smile



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QF:  Ken Skupski & Neal Skupski CR 277 (139+138) defeated Somdev Devvarman & Jimmy Wang (IND/TPE) CR 1049 (272+1194) by 1 & 4  bounce2.gif



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