Weeks 35 & 36 - US Open Doubles (hard)

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Weeks 35 & 36 - US Open Doubles (hard)

DF · Tennis legend

One set all

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

R1: Dominic Thiem & Sam Weissborn (AUT/AUT) CR 188 (95+93) defeated (ALT) Colin Fleming & Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL) CR 130 (59+71) by 6-4 6-7(3) 6-2 cry

TMH · Futures qualifying

Melzer was #6 a few years ago when he played with Petzschner. And Matkowski (formerly partner of Fyrstenberg) was playing in the ATP finals around the same time.

Pretty nasty draw, as far as unseeded pairs go.

RJA · Hall of fame

Had Colin and Mariusz lost in straight sets they would have rightly felt robbed as the break that nearly cost them the second set was the result of a very bad line call. Fortunately they fought back to take that set but were then totally outplayed in the final set.

It is always a bit of a lottery when you come up against someone like Thiem playing doubles. He makes a number of howlers but he also produces winners that most doubles players wouldn't dream of going for. Weissborn playing in only his first slam, and having only played one tournament on the ATP main tour, was also annoyingly good as the match wore on.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

I see that Dan and Nick have taken the first set, 6-4, against the young Yanks

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

The bad boys seem to be gelling!

R2: Dan Evans & Nick Kyrgios (AUS) CR 976 (625+351) defeated (WC) Taylor Fritz & Tommy Paul (USA/USA) CR 752 (306+446) by 4 & 2

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Well done lads !

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Friday 2nd of September 2016 10:05:58 PM

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

And the second, short and sweet, and an extension for Dan at the USO. Looks like they were having fun too.

Spectator · All-time great

Well done to them.

It's Friday night on the 1st week of a Grand Slam (which Slam is actually irrelevant). One of our players is playing singles; one has just won a doubles match; one has already won a singles match; and one is winning a doubles match. And none of them is Andy Murray. And there are two others still in contention. These are heady days indeed.

-- Edited by Spectator on Friday 2nd of September 2016 10:07:52 PM

indiana · Tennis legend

Spectator wrote:
Well done to them.

It's Friday night on the 1st week of a Grand Slam (which Slam is actually irrelevant). One of our players is playing singles; one has just won a doubles match; one has already won a singles match; and one is winning a doubles match. And none of them is Andy Murray. And there are two others still in contention. These are heady days indeed.

-- Edited by Spectator on Friday 2nd of September 2016 10:07:52 PM

Indeed biggrin

Dan and Nick into the last 16 with (12) Kubot & Peya, their possible next opponents, being the only remaining seeds in the bottom quarter.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
The bad boys seem to be gelling!
R2: Dan Evans & Nick Kyrgios (AUS) CR 976 (625+351) defeated (WC) Taylor Fritz & Tommy Paul (USA/USA) CR 752 (306+446) by 4 & 2

R3: Dan Evans & Nick Kyrgios (AUS) CR 976 (625+351) vs (12) Lukasz Kubot & Alexander Peya (POL/AUT) CR 49 (24+25) (& a combined age of 70 [34 & 36])

Nix · Futures level

Dan and Nick had an absolute ball together. They both have tons of flair and were pulling off some amazing shots. Felt a bit sorry for the Americans at times, as they were taking it really seriously and Nick and Dan were just completely controlling things. They tried playing all the volleys to Dan at the net, which was admittedly a good strategy, as Nick was doing some fantastic volleying. But Dan's net game held up. At one point, I think it was Tommy Paul, was trying to trade volleys with both guys tight in at the net, and Krygios was just standing there, not even moving for the volleys but still playing fantastic shots supported by Dan. Needless to say they won the point.

Two funny things were, firstly, seeing Dan, our own slightly bad boy of tennis, calming Kyrgios down. There were a couple of seemingly poor line calls (we were out on court six so no hawkeye). Kyrgios looked like he was going to completely lose it, but Dan stepped in and totally calmed him down both times by making him laugh, and the tension went. I wonder if it will help Dan in calming himself down.The other one was all four players coming out in identical flourescent yellow/green outfits. They all looked ridiculous and Dan and Nick were having a laugh about it with members of the crowd about it.

It was such an enjoyable match, more like seniors doubles in spirit, but with the pace and energy of current players. Hopefully the enjoyment will give him confidence to feed into his singles match today.

Smudge226 · Strong Club Player

The partizan crowd came across on the radio for sure but Kyle kept on silencing them by showing great resilience when their tails were up.
Good to know that GB#3 can best US#1....

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Nix wrote:
Dan and Nick had an absolute ball together. They both have tons of flair and were pulling off some amazing shots. Felt a bit sorry for the Americans at times, as they were taking it really seriously and Nick and Dan were just completely controlling things. They tried playing all the volleys to Dan at the net, which was admittedly a good strategy, as Nick was doing some fantastic volleying. But Dan's net game held up. At one point, I think it was Tommy Paul, was trying to trade volleys with both guys tight in at the net, and Krygios was just standing there, not even moving for the volleys but still playing fantastic shots supported by Dan. Needless to say they won the point.

Two funny things were, firstly, seeing Dan, our own slightly bad boy of tennis, calming Kyrgios down. There were a couple of seemingly poor line calls (we were out on court six so no hawkeye). Kyrgios looked like he was going to completely lose it, but Dan stepped in and totally calmed him down both times by making him laugh, and the tension went. I wonder if it will help Dan in calming himself down.The other one was all four players coming out in identical flourescent yellow/green outfits. They all looked ridiculous and Dan and Nick were having a laugh about it with members of the crowd about it.

It was such an enjoyable match, more like seniors doubles in spirit, but with the pace and energy of current players. Hopefully the enjoyment will give him confidence to feed into his singles match today.

Thanks for that, Nix. Good to have a "roving reporter's"' eye view of the proceedings.