Weeks 3 & 4 - Australian Open - doubles

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Weeks 3 & 4 - Australian Open - doubles

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L16: (1) Pierre-Hughes Herbert & Nicolas Mahut (FRA/FRA) CR 3 (2+1) vs (16) Dom Inglot & Florin Mergea (ROU) CR 70 (43+27)

Bruce · Lower Club Player

First set won against the top seeds

D. Inglot (GBR) / F. Mergea (ROU) [16] v P. Herbert (FRA) / N. Mahut (FRA) [1] 6-2

thejester · Satellite level

5 break points saved, 3 match points missed, but in the end the top seeds break back. 5-5 in the second.

indiana · Tennis legend

Eek, that was a pity.

An awful linesman call ( or rather non call ) had them broken much earlier on in the game, but thankfully ( I thought ) we have challenges for bad line calls and half asleep umpires so that was sorted.

But at their final MP ( for now ) Dom double faulted with more danger to Mergea than the serve box and then hit an awful overhead for BP which was taken.

-- Edited by indiana on Sunday 22nd of January 2017 01:50:55 AM

thejester · Satellite level

Hopefully Dom and Florin can turn it around in the MTB. It would really hurt to lose from that position.

RJA · Hall of fame

thejester wrote:
Hopefully Dom and Florin can turn it around in the MTB. It would really hurt to lose from that position.

They still have 3 full sets at slams (or 5 at Wimbledon).

thejester · Satellite level

Thanks RJA. I'd thought that was the case but somehow convinced myself I'd seen an MTB earlier in the tournament lol!

RJA · Hall of fame

From 6-2 *5-4 they have lost 6 games in a row bleh

*0-3 in the third

RJA · Hall of fame

thejester wrote:
Thanks RJA. I'd thought that was the case but somehow convinced myself I'd seen an MTB earlier in the tournament lol!

They have MTB in the mixed doubles.

RJA · Hall of fame

They finally stop the rot by saving two break points before holding for 1-3*

If they can turn this round their draw has just opened up big time as Polmans and Whittington have defeated Rojer and Tecau.

indiana · Tennis legend

3 virtual MPs saved from *0-40 and a game on the board

1-3*

indiana · Tennis legend

thejester wrote:
Thanks RJA. I'd thought that was the case but somehow convinced myself I'd seen an MTB earlier in the tournament lol!

They do play final set TBs in men's and women's doubles here ( unlike singles ) but not MTBs.

They play MTBs in mixed.

-- Edited by indiana on Sunday 22nd of January 2017 02:08:07 AM

RJA · Hall of fame

Lost 6-2 in the third.

Hard to feel that a huge opportunity hasn't just been squandered.

indiana · Tennis legend

Sadly no Brits will be playing any further doubles TBs of any sort.

Dom & Mergea lose 2-6 7-5 6-2

One of these second set MPs was a Dom bomb to the body serve which Herbert got back superbly at Mergea at the net who couldn't control the return pace.

Bah ...