Week 25 - Special Event - Schroders Battle of the Brits - NTC, Roehampton, United Kingdom (Indoor Hard)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

RE: Week 25 - Special Event - Schroders Battle of the Brits - NTC, Roehampton, United Kingdom (Indoor Hard)

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

Is there anywhere I can't watch today's matches? I haven't got amazon prime.

Elegant Point · Satellite level

Spireman wrote:
SuperT wrote:
Elegant Point wrote:
Naive question- why did they choose to play the tournament indoors? LTA advice is to play outside and data has shown less likely to transmit virus outside.
I believe I read that the decision to play indoors was something to do with the requirements for televising the event. Once again the needs of tv take precedence over the well being of the players who would clearly be safer playing outdoors. I believe the British Tour events will be played outdoors on hard courts.
Not changing ends would be a bit unfair outdoors as well but not much problem indoors?

Thanks all for taking the time to repl. Yes, I thought that as I was watching the Norrie/Peniston match, had forgotten about the not changing ends....

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

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Doubles/Hutchins Group - RR1: Liam Broady & Cameron Norrie defeated Jamie Murray & Neal Skupski by 3-6 7-5 [11-9]
Doubles/Sabin Group - RR1: Kyle Edmund & (ALT) James Ward defeated Dominic Inglot & (ALT) Ryan Peniston by 5 & 3
Doubles/Sabin Group - RR2: Jonny O'Mara & Joe Salisbury defeated Dominic Inglot & (ALT) Ryan Peniston by 4 & 2

Doubles/Hutchins Group - RR2: Daniel Evans & Lloyd Glasspool defeated Liam Broady & Cameron Norrie by 4-6 6-3 [11-9]

Entertaining match. Very competitive. smile Open group...

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Madadman wrote:
Bob in Spain wrote:
Jay has withdrawn from the tournament due to injury.

twitter.com/Jay27798/status/1275863180938481666
I wonder who will replace him. looks like Aidan McHugh is there however Lloyd is above him in the ranking. I assume it will be one of those.

Wrong! Just announced by Annabel Croft on Amazon: 'twill be Paul Jubb. biggrin

Madadman · Masters Series Champion

Looks like Paul Jubb is in for Jay. So Jubb Vs Peniston tomorrow.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Madadman wrote:
Looks like Paul Jubb is in for Jay. So Jubb Vs Peniston tomorrow.

Pity about the injuries but pleased that Paul Jubb is going to get a run out.

the addict · Tennis legend

the addict wrote:
Forgot to post this earlier - taken from the LTA Player Entry List

    Name          Rank*
1. Dan Evans                 28
2.   Kyle Edmund              44
3. Cameron Norrie         77
4. Andy Murray            129
5. Jay Clarke               167 Replaced by Paul Jubb 519
6. Liam Broady            211
7. James Ward            273
8. Jack Draper             285   Replaced by Ryan Peniston 394

*ATP singles ranking
2020 Doubles Draw Entrants:
     Name                                              Rank*
1.    Jamie Murray & Neal Skupski        26 & 29
2.    Joe Salisbury & Jonny O'Mara       7 & 54
3.    Dan Evans & Lloyd Glasspool        152 & 179
4.    Cameron Norrie & Liam Broady 208 & 309
5.    Dominic Inglot & Jay Clarke           53 & N/A Jay Clarke replaced by Ryan Peniston 762
6.    Kyle Edmund & Jack Draper           161 & 1023 Jack Draper replaced by James Ward UNR

*ATP doubles ranking
Edit - first day substitutions

-- Edited by the addict on Tuesday 23rd of June 2020 08:14:09 PM

Substitution of Paul Jubb for Jay Clarke noted, and reposted from a few pages ago !

indiana · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:
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Thanks, brittak.

I don't get Amazon Prime but I've now gone and looked at Bet365 (which I should have done before I posted, I guess..... sheer laziness....) and - YEH! - it's on Bet365.

So this afternoon has suddenly got perked up (not that it was too terrible anyway - love hot weather).

Thanks again, B.

PS I know he's been out for a while but it's not often that anyone could get odds of 1.5 on Andy to beat Liam (no offence to Liam either, but that seems a bit generous, no?)

Great to see the bookies WELL wrong, as expected/hoped

Andy at 1.5 in decimal odds was still 1/2 odds on in 'old money'. Certainly much longer than you would ever see with a fully fit and match sharp Andy vs Liam, and arguably still looking a bit long though with clearly a few uncertainties coming into this event. But the bookies still had the right winner.

indiana · Tennis legend

Andy's match vs James, to determine which of them joins Kyle in making the SFs from the Tim Henman Group, is scheduled for Thursday

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Today's order of play

Schroders Battle of The Brits (@BattleofTheBrit) Tweeted:
Day 3. Thursday Order of Play. #battleofthebrits t.co/Y874jeB0YS twitter.com/BattleofTheBrit/status/1275934219383050242

Doubles comes to the group conclusion.

Ryan v Jubby should be interesting, dan v cam a good match to decide who likely tops that group, and winner of andy and wardy will get into the semis .

Main question for me is can Andy recover from yesterday in time?

indiana · Tennis legend

In the doubles, J Murray & N Skupski need to beat Evans & Glasspool to survive and make it a 3 way one win one loss tie.

The first 2 matches in the group have gone to a MTB so if Jamie & Neal win in straight sets they would win the group with Broady & Norrie being 2nd. If they win with another MTB we are into % games won comparisons among the 3 pairs. Much simpler if Evans & Glasspool win as they'ed then clearly win the group with Broady & Norrie 2nd.

First doubles on though is O'Mara & Salisbury vs Edmund & Ward ( I'm sticking to the long held tradition of the first named player in a pair having the first surname in the alphabet, as opposed to the OoP ). Each of these pairs having won their opener, this match will determine 1st and 2nd in that group.

-- Edited by indiana on Thursday 25th of June 2020 01:51:22 PM

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

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Doubles/Hutchins Group - RR1: Liam Broady & Cameron Norrie defeated Jamie Murray & Neal Skupski by 3-6 7-5 [11-9]
Doubles/Sabin Group - RR1: Kyle Edmund & (ALT) James Ward defeated Dominic Inglot & (ALT) Ryan Peniston by 5 & 3
Doubles/Sabin Group - RR2: Jonny O'Mara & Joe Salisbury defeated Dominic Inglot & (ALT) Ryan Peniston by 4 & 2
Doubles/Hutchins Group - RR2: Daniel Evans & Lloyd Glasspool defeated Liam Broady & Cameron Norrie by 4-6 6-3 [11-9]
Entertaining match. Very competitive. Open group...

Another nail-biter for Joe & Jonny, but they got there in the end:

Doubles/Sabin Group - RR2: Jonny O'Mara & Joe Salisbury defeated Kyle Edmund & (ALT) James Ward by 6-2 5-7 [10-5]

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Loving seeing our lad Paul Jubb displaying his wares on the court ....

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

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Singles/Henman Group - RR1: Kyle Edmund defeated James Ward by 1 & 4
Singles/Rusedski Group - RR1: Daniel Evans defeated Jay Clarke by 3 & 1
Singles/Henman Group - RR1: Andy Murray defeated Liam Broady by 2 & 2
Singles/Henman Group - RR2: James Ward defeated Liam Broady by 4 & 1
Singles/Rusedski Group - RR1: Cameron Norrie defeated (ALT) Ryan Peniston by 3-6 6-1 [10-4]
Singles/Henman Group - RR2: Kyle Edmund defeated Andy Murray by 6-7(2) 7-6(5) [10-5]

Singles/Rusedski Group - RR2: (ALT) Paul Jubb defeated (ALT) Ryan Peniston by 6-2 6-7(4) [10-6]

Good to see the LTA powers that be taking notice of Paul & involving him in an event like this.