Weeks 27 & 28 - Wimbledon (grass) - men's doubles

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Weeks 27 & 28 - Wimbledon (grass) - men's doubles

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Yes! biggrin

L64: (WC) Jay Clarke & Marcus Willis CR 1590 (882+708) defeated Jared Donaldson & Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (USA/IND) UNR by 6-7(4) 5-7 7-6(3) 6-0 6-3

A healthy (& growing by the minute, it seemed) & enthusiastic crowd round Court 9! smile

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Wow. Wow.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Well, wasn't that fun !!!

Great job, and Jay played REALLY well.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

If we end up with a final of Jonny/Scott v Marcus/Jay, I'm flying over.

the addict · Tennis legend

Never looked in doubt from the moment I started watching near the end of the third set wink

Looks like we have a new good partnership there

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

I really hope that the Wimbledon Today highlights package at least gives the doubles a mention.

the addict · Tennis legend

Bob in Spain wrote:
Oh if only I had a red button

I presume that you can't get the stream from the BBC website - you really must get an IP hider so you can pretend you are in the UK

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

the addict wrote:
Bob in Spain wrote:
Oh if only I had a red button
I presume that you can't get the stream from the BBC website - you really must get an IP hider so you can pretend you are in the UK

Most of the videos on the BBC website are blocked. My Spanish equivalent to Sky has about 6 channels showing the various courts but none of them have shown any doubles.

indiana · Tennis legend

the addict wrote:
Never looked in doubt from the moment I started watching near the end of the third set
Looks like we have a new good partnership there

Well maybe if Marcus can follow Jay where he's going with his singles, ideally with his own singles. I think that so far it has just really been a 'marriage of convenience' but you never know.

Much easier in doubles, but one thing Marcus has never really seemed short of is stamina. I can recall him playing long successful singles matches in hot conditions such as Kuwait.

Well done, guys !!

-- Edited by indiana on Wednesday 5th of July 2017 07:42:28 PM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
the addict wrote:
Never looked in doubt from the moment I started watching near the end of the third set
Looks like we have a new good partnership there

Well if Marcus can follow Jay where he's going with his singles, ideally with his own singles, you never know.
Much easier in doubles, but one thing Marcus has never really seemed short of is stamina. I can recall him playing long successful singles matches in hot conditions such as Kuwait.
Well done, guys !!

Yes, although there were a few points that made me laugh where Marcus was like: 'yours', 'yours', 'yours' .... as the ball was short, then on the baseline, and young Jay was scampering all over the place while Marcus stood by, nodding kindly at the young'un.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Bob in Spain wrote:
Oh if only I had a red button

The match wasn't on the red button, Bob. The alternative to Rafa vs Donald Young on BBC2 was the match between Halep & Haddad Maia, which of course everybody here was gagging to watch - not! . Coverage (with no commentary) was available only via the Beeb web site.

seagull · Hall of fame

It was on my red button

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

So we are now guaranteed 3 all GB doubles pairings in R2, on top of which we hope to have Jamie/Bruno and Dom/Robin as well. Wasn't too bothered about Kyle's result. I was more concerned about him taking too much out of himself for the singles tomorrow.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

In terms of ranking boosts, Scott will go up about 50 places to about 208 whilst Jonny will go up 80 places to around the 240 mark. Today's win was worth 5 futures tournament wins in just one day in relation to ranking points and probably a lot more in terms of finance.