Weeks 26 & 27 - Wimbledon - grass - men's doubles

christ · Futures level

Weeks 26 & 27 - Wimbledon - grass - men's doubles

TMH · Futures qualifying

Wasn't earlier.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Yet again the bloody seventh seeds get out of jail in the fifth set, this time more emphatically than against Ken & Neal! furious bleh That said, not bad for a scratch pairing at a Grand Slam.

R2: (7) Marcin Matkowski & Nenad Zimonjic (POL/SRB) CR 28 (17+11) defeated Dom Inglot & Édouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) CR 68 (46+22) by 6-7(4) 2-6 7-6(3) 6-4 6-3

The final set looks more respectable than it might have been, given that the boys broke at *1-6 & then held, but could not break again. hmm

Spectator · All-time great

Edit (since SC was already on the job!): pity, that. At least by the time they get to the next British pair, they should be fairly tired.

-- Edited by Spectator on Saturday 4th of July 2015 04:12:33 PM

savva0122 · Intermediate Club Player

Spectator wrote:
Alas, it went downhill from there:

R2: (7) Marcin Matkowski & Nenad Zimonjic (POL/SRB) CR 28 (17+11) d. Dom Inglot & Édouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) CR 68 (46+22) 6-7(4) 2-6 7-6 (3) 6-4 6-3

Long time reader · Lower Club Player

Inglot and partner had a match point at 5-4 in the 3rd set.

Jonny and Freddie up 2 sets to 1.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

The 2012 champions fare better than Dom & ERV:

R2: (WC) Jonny Marray & Freddie Nielsen (DEN) CR 311 (64+247) defeated (16) Juan Sebastián Cabal & Robert Farah (COL/COL) CR 64 (30+34) by 6-3 5-7 7-5 6-4 biggrin

*****

R3: (WC) Jonny Marray & Freddie Nielsen (DEN) CR 311 (64+247) vs (2) Ivan Dodig & Marcelo Melo (CRO/BRA) CR 7 (4+3)

Long time reader · Lower Club Player

Jonny and Freddie lost 6-1 6-4 7-6(6)

Jamie into a final set having been 2 sets up.

Some very poor sportsmanship/cheating from John Peers at 1-1 in the 3rd set tiebreak, not admitting a ball touching his racquet, which led to Sock and Pospisil getting very angry and they have played much better since.

Long time reader · Lower Club Player

They win 8-6 in the 5th.

babybean · Junior player

Jonny and Freddie were completely outplayed - not helped by Jonny struggling with his calf...
Well done to Jamie and John though, great match!!

babybean · Junior player

OK, I know doubles is the poor relation of tennis, but Murray and Peers have beaten the defending champions to reach the quarter finals, and there is not a single mention of this on the BBC tennis page...and minimal comments on here too! Strange, or is everyone down the pub??

Spectator · All-time great

Agree on the Murray/Peers v Pospisil/Sock match. Well done to Messrs Murray and Peers for reaching the QF. They had some superb play - great teamwork and fine shots (though, in fairness, at times they were also helped by the fact that Pospisil and Sock didn't seem to be firing on all cylinders). If anyone else was watching, am I correct in thinking that Sock called himself out at a key point in the second set tiebreaker? Couldn't quite tell what was going on. If so, good on him.

And I'm sure that Mr Murray (A) is grateful that his next opponent was forced to play ten sets of tennis in one day (poor lad)!

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

R3: (13) Jamie Murray & John Peers (AUS) CR 55 (28+27) defeated (3) Vasek Pospisil & Jack Sock (CAN/USA) CR 11 (5+6) by 6-3 7-5(6) 6-7(5) 6-3 8-6

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QF: (8) Alexander Peya & Bruno Soares (AUT/BRA) CR 30 (16+14) vs (13) Jamie Murray & John Peers (AUS) CR 55 (28+27)

The eighth seeds should be a pushover for a pair that dumped out the third seeds & defending champions yesterday... wink

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

babybean wrote:
OK, I know doubles is the poor relation of tennis, but Murray and Peers have beaten the defending champions to reach the quarter finals, and there is not a single mention of this on the BBC tennis page...and minimal comments on here too! Strange, or is everyone down the pub??

I wasn't at the pub, but at Covent Garden yesterday evening or I'd most certainly have been jumping up & down at Jamie's & John's result. I knew the';d taken the first set before I left work & got to know the outcome during the interval courtesy of a text from a friend. The fact that I was out all evening meant that I was forced to watch Wimbledon 2day ( ) on iPlayer when I got home (thank God the Beeb's finally responded to the barrage of criticism of the new, shambolic & massively dumbed-down format & restored it to something like its former self - & minus pointless live audience! biggrin ). There was a very brief mention of the doubles victory, but only in the context of its implications for Pospisil's potential weariness after having played ten sets of tennis yesterday. hmm

Spectator · All-time great

Saw a bit of Peya and Soares against Nestor and Paes, and they look very sharp. Should be a good match. I cannot fathom why top-level doubles doesn't get more publicity and broadcast time. I do understand that at lower levels doubles is a bit of a poor relation, but the top teams are so much fun to watch, and the tennis is so good.