Weeks 21 & 22 - French Open 2016 (clay) - doubles

paulisi · Tennis legend

Weeks 21 & 22 - French Open 2016 (clay) - doubles

PaulM · Tennis legend

Brilliant. Played better as match went on, Anna in particular.

Gutsy stuff

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Very nice win; well done Jossanna :D

R2 looks a bit tricky but better to face them than not! :)

Strongbow · All-time great

If they can keep fit for Wimbledon it will be the first time they've reached 3 slam MDs in a year.

theemptyvessel · Club Coach

Tomorrows oop is out and Broady/Chirico are second up on Court 16, confirms the theory that todays' cancellation was due to the clash with Chirico's singles match. Great chance for NB to pad the bank balance and pick up some doubles points.

indiana · Tennis legend

paulisi wrote:
That looks new - never seen live doubles rankings before... Men's not up yet though.

The women's doubles should at least be easier than men's doubles for the live-tennis site, which is far from infallible with singles.

It's simply the best 11 doubles scores, no mandatories, rarely qualifying. My paper and pen approach agrees that Josanna are now on 1016 points

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Naomi Louisa getting hammered, not because their opponents seem any good at all, but simply because our team are mostly playing awfully. 1-5*

PaulM · Tennis legend

You'd think a chance to play the Williams sisters would be an incentive. The girls are beyond terrible so far

PaulM · Tennis legend

Oh my. Really thought that even ad last minute entrants they stood a real chance today. Very lopsided.

wimdledont · Challenger level

AAARGH!

Chirico held serve, to prolong the torture. You wouldn't catch Naomi holding serve.

wimdledont · Challenger level

Then again, a break, Naomi holds, 4-5*, but they have been awful so far.

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

From 1-6 2-5*
They've now saved 3 MP and at least look awake.

1-6 4-5*

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

After a brief rally in the second set, in which Naomi & Louisa recovered one of the breaks against them:

R1: Vitalia Diatchenko & Galina Voskoboeva (RUS/KAZ) CR 444 (194+250) defeated (ALT) Naomi Broady & Louisa Chirico (USA) CR 575 (126+449) by 1 & 4 cry

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Not a match that will live long in the memory.
On the bright side... pssst... Naomi.... GRASS!

PaulM · Tennis legend

A bonus to sneak in but a shame to play so poorly with a fantastic opportunity to play the Williams'. Serena is Naomis hero so I am sure that would have been a great occasion.

Never mind