Weeks 35-36 - US Open (hard) - mixed doubles

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Weeks 35-36 - US Open (hard) - mixed doubles

indiana · Tennis legend

Unlucky draw, but they might still win R1 and go on to do well.

But I continue to not really take mixed doubles seriously at this level ( and the Olympics mixed is a joke ) with such stuff as etiquette as to how hard big serving guys serve at the ladies.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

I don;t even think it's an unlucky draw at all.

CR 50 and CR 43 are pretty much the same. Dom's team have the highest ranked player (the woman, who is often - although by no means always - the weaker link).

I reckon Raquel and Raven have more right to be miffed with the draw - they're seeded 7th but end up drawn next to a pair basically as good.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:
I don;t even think it's an unlucky draw at all.

CR 50 and CR 43 are pretty much the same. Dom's team have the highest ranked player (the woman, who is often - although by no means always - the weaker link).

I reckon Raquel and Raven have more right to be miffed with the draw - they're seeded 7th but end up drawn next to a pair basically as good.

CD, you definitely have a point. I have to confess that I didn't compare the CRs at all as I typed the post. I just took in the unseeded pair against the seeded pair!

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

And a nice mixed-doubles story:

www.nytimes.com/2015/09/03/sports/tennis/with-us-open-out-of-the-way-andrei-daescu-can-be-married.html

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

R1: Abigail Spears & Scott Lipsky (USA/USA) CR 50 (17+33) vs (ALT) Lisa Raymond (USA) & Jamie Murray CR 61 (46+15)

DF · Tennis legend

Oops! Didn't realise that a thread had been opened for the mixed doubles but not for the Women's Doubles. I know for next time!

indiana · Tennis legend

Murray & Raymond lost the first set 7-5.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

But take the second by 6-2 to force an MTB.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

R1: (ALT) Lisa Raymond (USA) & Jamie Murray CR 61 (46+15) defeated Abigail Spears & Scott Lipsky (USA/USA) CR 50 (17+33) by 5-7 6-2 [10-8] biggrin

DF · Tennis legend

Another pair into the second round today. Well Done !

Spectator · All-time great

And were I Spears and Lipsky, I would definitely be miffed that my (ALT) draw happened to consist of two people who have multiple mixed GSs between them (all right, most of them are on the Raymond side .... but it sounds better that way).

indiana · Tennis legend

Oh, so they are playing MTB deciders in the mixed ( good result though ! ). Are they at least playing "proper" games or playing No Ad ?

wolf · Tennis legend

They play no ad, man has to serve to man and woman to woman.

wolf · Tennis legend

So glad for Lisa in her final event. Proper doubles legend. So disrespectful she didn't get a wild card.