Week 15 - ATP 250 - Grand Prix Hassan II - Marrakech, Morocco (clay)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

RE: Week 15 - ATP 250 - Grand Prix Hassan II - Marrakech, Morocco (clay)

indiana · Tennis legend

Well done

3rd, 1st, 2nd seeds, bring them all on !

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

Woohoo indeed!! Well done Dom! He seems such a nice guy and to have had such trouble getting a regular partner that I am more than delighted every time he has some success.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

The Optimist wrote:
Woohoo indeed!! Well done Dom! He seems such a nice guy and to have had such trouble getting a regular partner that I am more than delighted every time he has some success.

I can confirm that from when he sorted me out with a complementary ticket for Day 3 at Roland Garros a few years back. And it especially great to see him getting results on the red stuff.

Nix · Futures level

The Optimist wrote:
Woohoo indeed!! Well done Dom! He seems such a nice guy and to have had such trouble getting a regular partner that I am more than delighted every time he has some success.

Couldn't agree more. Probably a bit satisfying for him that Mergea didn't get through to final as well. Although he's probably too nice to think that!!!

Oakland2002 · All-time great

I have also heard very positive things about Dom alturistic stuff around making sure fans had a great time when he would have been perfectly within his rights to focus on enjoying himself.

JonH · All-time great

Well done Dom, v pleased. Have he and Mergea definitely split (again) then? It was always a car crash move I felt, so hope he moves on now to someone more akin to his style (of game and personality). Mergea always felt quite arrogant and demanding although I have no basis on which to say that beyond perception!

theemptyvessel · Club Coach

I did read that Mergea does want to give it a real go with Dom again but they are taking some time apart so that Dom can get his ranking up as they could not make the cut at Masters level together. Remains to be seen if Dom can climb the rankings enough to satisfy Mergea or whether he would even want to team up again if he gets on a roll with a different partner.

indiana · Tennis legend

At least in the short term 150 points here for reaching the final has almost covered the 180 Dom has coming off on Monday from his QF ( partnering Andy ) in last year's Monte Carlo Masters ( it was a week earlier last year ).

Go make it 250 points !

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Dom's a - with a little bit of help from his, er, Mate (*)! wink

Final: Dom Inglot & Mate Pavic (CRO) CR 82 (44+38) defeated (2) Marcel Granollers & Marc López (ESP/ESP) CR 33 (17+16) by 6-4 2-6 [11-9]

Five aces to the Spaniards' none, five double faults to their three! Touch & go in the early part of the CTB, nail-bigting at the business end!

(*) Before anyone says anything, I'm well aware that Mate's name is pronounced quite differently from how it will appear to a monolingual Brit!

indiana · Tennis legend

250 points as instructed.

And a title - yay !!! biggrin

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

So the dirt is not so "devilish" after all. Really happy for Dom. Great stuff.

skibbarriz · Strong Club Player

Surely he's going to asking Pavic if he'd like to hang out a little longer. Doesn't sound like there was any good in that Mergea situation.

Mervatron2 · Challenger qualifying

Well Done Dom.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

skibbarriz wrote:
Surely he's going to asking Pavic if he'd like to hang out a little longer. Doesn't sound like there was any good in that Mergea situation.

I may have misheard, but I thought I heard one of the DC commentators last weekend say he was going to be playing with Robin Haase for the rest of this season. Happy to be proved wrong after this week's performance...