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wolf wrote:

With Wimbly SF points to come off, this may be Dom's last Masters for a while. Or maybe not...

 Is dom your tip for wimby?! 



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Kyle / neal and Joe playing tomorrow

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JonH wrote:
wolf wrote:

With Wimbly SF points to come off, this may be Dom's last Masters for a while. Or maybe not...

 Is dom your tip for wimby?! 

 Nope!

 



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The doubles boys still can't buy a win:

L32:   Guido Pella & Diego Schwartzman (ARG/ARG) CR 172 (99+73) defeated Rajeev Ram (USA) & Joe Salisbury CR 45 (23+22) by 1-6 7-5 [11-9]  cry



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Stircrazy wrote:

The doubles boys still can't buy a win:

L32:   Guido Pella & Diego Schwartzman (ARG/ARG) CR 172 (99+73) defeated Rajeev Ram (USA) & Joe Salisbury CR 45 (23+22) by 1-6 7-5 [11-9]  cry

Big turnaround 

At 6-1 *4-3, even if only one break ahead in the second set, the guys were really hammering it on points. 49-21 including just 3 points against on serve ( and 0 in the 2nd set at that stage ) and in set 2, 2 of the opposition's 3 games won on deuce points.

The guys then managed to be broken 3 times in a row so, although they got one more break themselves, lost the set by 7-5 and then lost the MTB by 11-9.

FInal points 71-53 to Rajeev & Joe but that's not what it's ultimately about. 



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Our main doubles pairings on clay seem to be Bambo and Jonny and Neal S and whichever of Ken or Kyle he is playing with. Sadly the rest are struggling largely, I realise Jamie did ok last week but on the whole he hasnt torn up the ground on clay this season.

I hope Bambo and Jonny and Neal and Ken make the FO main draw

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JonH wrote:

Our main doubles pairings on clay seem to be Bambo and Jonny and Neal S and whichever of Ken or Kyle he is playing with. Sadly the rest are struggling largely, I realise Jamie did ok last week but on the whole he hasnt torn up the ground on clay this season.

I hope Bambo and Jonny and Neal and Ken make the FO main draw

They'll walk into the FO draw no problem with the 64 pair field so can certainly play as these regular pairs if they want to. 



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At last a win - after a fashion:

L32:  Kyle Edmund & Neal Skupski CR 229 (199+30) "defeated" Matteo Berrettini & Fabio Fognini (ITA/ITA) CR 239 (132+107) by a walkover

I venture to suggest that it is because both Italians are still involved in the singles.  Not fair on the specialist doubles players!  no  furious

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L16:  Kyle Edmund & Neal Skupski CR 229 (199+30) vs (4) Nikola Mektic & Franko Skugor (CRO/CRO) CR 28 (9+19)



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One of 55 scheduled matches on the board for tomorrow, Kyle & Neal are down to play 5th on court 4 (after 3 ATP singles matches and 1 WTA singles match)



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L16:  Kyle Edmund & Neal Skupski CR 229 (199+30) beat (4) Nikola Mektic & Franko Skugor (CRO/CRO) CR 28 (9+19) 7-6(3) 1-6 [10-7] 

 

Takes Neal to live ranked 27, up from his current WR & CH 30, and up to GB #3, ahead of Dom, live ranked 28.

And clearly Kyle must be doing his part, in spite of question marks regarding his form and fitness on the singles court. 



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Kyle is decent in doubles and this pairing is a real DC option. Also shows Kyle has a chance on grass, I have said before he may find it to his liking this year more than clay

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indiana wrote:

L16:  Kyle Edmund & Neal Skupski CR 229 (199+30) beat (4) Nikola Mektic & Franko Skugor (CRO/CRO) CR 28 (9+19) 7-6(3) 1-6 [10-7] 

Nice. 



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If Ken can just bump up his ranking a little, then Neal and Ken would get into Masters as a pair. Must be close now.

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Schwartzman and Verdasco still in single and doubles both a round behind in doubles. Wonder if Verdasco will see day through to play neal and Kyle ?

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and indeed, Schwartzman does drop out of doubles after winning his singles QF today

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