Week 16 - ATP Masters 1000 - Monte-Carlo, Monaco (clay) - doubles

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

RE: Week 16 - ATP Masters 1000 - Monte-Carlo, Monaco (clay) - doubles

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Watched the MTB - they did so well.

JonH · All-time great

Pulled that one around - pleased but a little surprised as momentum seemed to be with Dodig and ERV. Could prove a big win for Jamie and Bruno

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

There seems to be no stopping bloody Schwartzman: he & Soares have just beaten Kontinen & Peers (6) by 4 & 3, so:

QF: (3) Jamie Murray & Bruno Soares (BRA) CR 17 (8+9) vs Diego Schwartzman & João Sousa (ARG/POR) CR 159 (129+30)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Someone finally got the better of Schwartzman:

QF: (3) Jamie Murray & Bruno Soares (BRA) CR 17 (8+9) defeated Diego Schwartzman & João Sousa (ARG/POR) CR 159 (129+30) by 5 & 2 smile

Looks fairly comfortable.

Jan · Hall of fame

And no dreaded MTB!!

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

SF: Robin Haase & Wesley Koolhof (NED/NED) CR 81 (45+36) vs (3) Jamie Murray & Bruno Soares (BRA) CR 17 (8+9)

The flying Dutchmen saw off the top seeds, PHH & Mahut, in straight sets in the first round & the Zverev boys in three in the second.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Interestingly, Dom's erstwhile partner, Franko Skugor, who is seeded seventh alongside his fellow Croat, Nikola Mektic, is also through to the semis after the pair of them beat the second seeds, Kubot & Melo, by 3 & 5. They & Jamie/Bruno are the only seeded pairs left in the draw.

flamingowings · All-time great

Jamie and Bruno are about to start against the Flying Dutchmen (may they be brought down to earth today).

JonH · All-time great

First set the Dutch. I'm going to predict one of these two and or koolhof will reach the final of a slam this season.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

SF: Robin Haase & Wesley Koolhof (NED/NED) CR 81 (45+36) defeated (3) Jamie Murray & Bruno Soares (BRA) CR 17 (8+9) by 7-6(4) 6-4 bleh

JonH · All-time great

Not a total surprise to be fair,, the Dutch guys as mentioned are playing well currently. Koolkof alone has got 1585 points this season from 3 different partners, which would make him 3rd in the Race if that was one partner.

As it is Jamie and Bruno are back to 7th in the Race and probably not a bad first week on clay

indiana · Tennis legend

Mektic & Skugor took the title over Haase and Koolhof, taking the MTB 11-9.

I see Skugor will be up to a CH 17. Pity for whatever reasons that Dom Inglot broke up with Skugor after a slow start to the year considering how well things had seemed to be going last year.