SF:  Luke Bambridge & Jonny O'Mara CR 97 (46+51) vs Gerard Granollers & Marc López (ESP/ESP) CR 147 (99+48)

And the win, great result!

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Jonny 48 live rankings now, could reach 43 and Luke might get to 40 with a win in the final. Excellent week

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And up to #14 as a team on 810 points in the doubles race. A win in the final and they will pass the current #13, the Skupskis on 825 points.

Pity neither of these can for now get into ATP Masters events as pairs. And challengers don't count to the doubles race though do for the individual ( and hence combined ) doubles rankings. 

Anyway their combined rankings are tracking in a good direction so hopefully later in the year ...

-- Edited by indiana on Friday 3rd of May 2019 05:35:41 PM

indiana wrote:

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JonH wrote:

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Jonny 48 live rankings now, could reach 43 and Luke might get to 40 with a win in the final. Excellent week

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And up to #14 as a team on 810 points in the doubles race. A win in the final and they will pass the current #13, the Skupskis on 825 points.

Pity neither of these can for now get into ATP Masters events as pairs. And challengers don't count to the doubles race though do for the individual ( and hence combined ) doubles rankings. 

Anyway their combined rankings are tracking in a good direction so hopefully later in the year ...

-- Edited by indiana on Friday 3rd of May 2019 05:35:41 PM

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 Thanks indy! If challengers don't count for doubles race, out of interest do they for singles race , ? Youd think it would be same rules?

At least that all counting for the singles race currently gives us 11 guys with race points rather than the just 6 it would be if only ATP tour level counted.

Final:  Jérémy Chardy & Fabrice Martin (FRA/FRA) CR 147 (75+72) vs Luke Bambridge & Jonny O'Mara CR 97 (46+51)

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Stircrazy wrote:

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FQR:  (q2) Daniel Evans WR 86 vs Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP) WR 171 (CH = 168 two weeks ago)

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 Seems like this guy is quite the talent!

https://tennisaccent.com/atp/attractive-daring-fresh-alejandro-davidovich-fokina-displays-his-vivid-tennis/

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Just to put people on warning:  now that I've checked what's what, I shall be dropping the "Fokina" bit (hs Russian mother's name) & referring to him in future as Alejandro Davidovich (his Swedish father's name.  He was born in Málaga & my authority is this delightful article published one of the local papers ten years ago (for anyone who can read Spanish).    It quotes his mum as saying that he was playing with his father when he was only 2½!    Oh & it says at the end that he prefers Roger the Lodger to Rafa because he felt sorry for the former after he shed "tears of helplessness" when he lost to the latter in the Oz Open final in 2009.