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

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

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

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Bob in Spain wrote:
Nah. They couldn't, could they ?

Marcus/Jay now 2 sets to 1 up.

Bob: shhh - & get the prayer mat out....

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
Bob in Spain wrote:
Nah. They couldn't, could they ?

Marcus/Jay now 2 sets to 1 up.
Bob: shhh - & get the prayer mat out....

Just hoping the scoreline isn't another Specsaver moment for me. VAMOS.

Big hold from 15-40 in the opening game of the 4th.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Bob in Spain wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
Bob in Spain wrote:
Nah. They couldn't, could they ?

Marcus/Jay now 2 sets to 1 up.
Bob: shhh - & get the prayer mat out....
Just hoping the scoreline isn't another Specsaver moment for me. VAMOS.
Big hold from 15-40 in the opening game of the 4th.

For what it's worth, it so happens that I had to visit my local Specsavers this morning, as disaster had befallen my distance glasses for the umpteenth (& final) time: the right arm had come adrift & it wasn't just a screw that had dropped out. Rather a small section of the arm attaching it to the frame had broken off, which meant it couldn't be repaired. I therefore have to have the lenses, which are still OK, put into a new, slightly smaller frame (the old frame is no longer in production, so the lenses have to be cut to fit). I'm making do with the previous pair (repaired with thin strips of parcel tape, where it had snapped in almost the same place as the current ones...) & thanking God that I rely on my reading glasses to view images on my laptop... That said, I don't think you're imagining things! wink

DF · Tennis legend

Marcus and Jay into the final set

C'mon the wcs!

-- Edited by DF on Saturday 8th of July 2017 06:51:10 PM

DF · Tennis legend

4-1 to the wcs

the addict · Tennis legend

the addict · Tennis legend

So down to the crunch - Marcus to serve for the match

-- Edited by the addict on Saturday 8th of July 2017 07:12:28 PM

indiana · Tennis legend

They had 3 MPs in the fourth set at 5-4* 40-0*.

Herbert then produced 5 very good first serves and they didn't get a return into court, having got to the 40-0 position by some magnificent play. Being harsh I'd say a couple of the returns could / should have been at least into court including the first MP but none were easy.

Now magnificently regrouped to be 5-2* up in the final set.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Yes! The defending champions dethroned:

L32: (WC) Jay Clarke & Marcus Willis CR 1590 (882+708) defeated (2) Pierre-Hugues Herbert & Nicolas Mahut (FRA/FRA) CR 11 (7+4) by 3-6 6-1 7-6(3) 5-7 6-3 biggrin

A healthy-looking (& enthusiastic) crowd on Court 3! smile Mahut finally over the hill?

*****

L16: (16) Oliver Marach & Mate Pavic (AUT/CRO) CR 67 (36+31) vs (WC) Jay Clarke & Marcus Willis CR 1590 (882+708)

indiana · Tennis legend

Yay !!!!!!!!!! biggrin biggrin biggrin biggrin biggrin biggrin

Spaced · Lower Club Player

What an unbelievable result for the pair of them! When the match points came and went in the 4th I thought their chance had gone, delighted to be proved wrong! Well done to both of them, they played fantastically well.

flamingowings · All-time great

Well done Marcus and Jay!

the addict · Tennis legend

19 aces to 8 - that is impressive

TMH · Futures qualifying

That's an incredible upset. Wow!