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Nice wins.
What a shame they play each other next.

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Ah well, well done guys, may the better team win in R3 :)

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One pair taking full advantage of a stroke of luck:  the Spanish Pablos (Andújar & Carreņo) entered the draw as alternates at the expense of Big Ivo & Purav Raja, beat Albot & Chung n three sets in the first round & then the sixth seeds, Herbert & Mahut, also in three, to reach the last 16.  'Twill be interesting to see how they fare agin the unseeded Nestor & Stepanek, who took out the tenth seeds, Kubot & Matkowski, in straight sets... 



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The Spanish Pablos didn't advance past Nestor & Spepanek.

Also out from the bottom half are the number 2 seeds Dodig & Melo and the number 4 seeds Bopanna & Mergea, leaving (9) Pospisil & Sock as the highest seeds remaining ( and I'd think most likely to reach the final ) in the bottom half QFs.

Treat Huey might feel like a youngster in one of the QFs, Nestor (43) & Stepanek (37) vs Huey (30) & Mirnyi (38).

Meanwhile in the top half, at the L16 stage, theoretically standing in the way of Jamie+ and Dom+ are each other, then (3) Bryan & Bryan, then (1) Rojer & Tecau.

Could have worked out better, but they're still there, in it to win it.



-- Edited by indiana on Sunday 24th of January 2016 05:57:25 AM

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Jamie/Bruno take the first set from Dom/Robert 6-3, much to the delight of the Brazilian commentators. Just one break in the set when Dom was broken in game 8. Dom missed three identical (and reasonably straight-forward) backhand volleys, all off the 3rd point of the rally, on a 2nd serve from the Ad court.

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R3: (7) Jamie Murray & Bruno Soares (BRA) WR 29 (7+22) beat (11) Dom Inglot & Robert Lindstedt (SWE) WR 49 (23+26) 6-3 6-4

As doubles matches go, that was about as comfortable as it gets for Jamie/Bruno. It won't go down in history as one of Dom's finest hours as he struggled throughout, particularly on the return of serve.

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Well done, Jamie & Bruno.

The Bryans are one set all with Klaasen & Ram and on serve in the third in the match to determine their QF opponents.

Bryans : 6-3 3-6 2-1*

 

Edit : now 2-3* as Klaasen & Ram break.



-- Edited by indiana on Monday 25th of January 2016 03:23:18 AM

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That one break in the final set sufficed for Klaasen and Ram who won the final set 6-4. So the third seeded Bryans join the second and fourth seeds as L16 casualties. The top seeds, Rojer and Tecau, have as of now still to play their L16 match.

QF: (7) Jamie Murray & Bruno Soares (BRA) CR 29 (7+22) vs (13) Raven Klaasen & Rajeev Ram (RSA/USA) CR 57 (21+36)

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keep going Jamie :)

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Anyone up watching Jamie's QF match? Tough but winnable one. Leading 5-4* first set

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Soares has thrown this tiebreak away with his petulance. Where did Jamie find this clown???

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For those not watching, Soares was not allowed to challenge a serve as the opposing team were putting away a volley as he said challenge. Had a big row with the umpire.

Next point, he challenges a serve when Jamie's return was basically going to be a lob winner, and the serve was bang on the line.

As he said himself to the umpire as they sat down, "I "****ed my partner up"

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Great break of serve there! Some cracking returns from 40-15 behind

Score is now 6-7 *4-3

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Levelled at one set all, 6-7(3) 6-4

One match at a time and this is tricky enough, but Rojer & Tecau and Pospisil & Sock are out.

The winners of this QF face the unseeded Mannarino & Pouille with the other SF being the unseeded Nestor & Stepanek vs (16) Cuevas & Granollers.



-- Edited by indiana on Tuesday 26th of January 2016 07:36:45 AM

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Nestor & Stepanek is some team, could easily be one of the top seeds

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