JonH comes home wrote:

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Joe and Rajeev are 2nd seeds

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& drawn in the Mike Bryan Group along with Wesley Koolhof/Nikola Mektic, Lukasz Kubot/Marcelo Melo & Kevin Krawietz/Andreas Mies.

RR1:  (2) Rajeev Ram (USA) & Joe Salisbury CR 22 (12+10) vs (8) Lukasz Kubot & Marcelo Melo (POL/BRA) CR 14 (7+7)

That match to be played no earlier than 18.00 GMT tomorrow.

First set to Joe and Rajeev 7-5 thanks to an inspirational return from Rajeev at 6-5 40-40
Second set was a struggle on serve - broken three times to lose it 6-3
Match tiebreak to come

RR1:  (2) Rajeev Ram (USA) & Joe Salisbury CR 22 (12+10) defeated (8) Lukasz Kubot & Marcelo Melo (POL/BRA) CR 14 (7+7) by 7-5 3-6 [10-5]

So, Joe & Rajeev & Koolhof/Mektic have one win apiece in this group.

RR2:  (2) Rajeev Ram (USA) & Joe Salisbury CR 22 (12+10) vs (5) Wesley Koolhof & Nikola Mektic (NED/CRO) CR 27 (13+14)

Joe goes up to 6th in live rankings with that win, jumping over kubot and melo. Its v close in rankings so no doubt lots of ups and downs over the week.

Joe and Rajeev also top pair for now, again, at least until tomorrow.

JonH comes home wrote:

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Joe and rajeev are on tomorrow evening, a win likely to see them in semis, although not guaranteed. Going to be a tight event this doubles, more than the singles it feels.

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 They will though be guaranteed to be through with a win on Tuesday if earlier on Kubot & Melo beat Krawietz & Mies. 

indiana wrote:

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JonH comes home wrote:

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Joe and rajeev are on tomorrow evening, a win likely to see them in semis, although not guaranteed. Going to be a tight event this doubles, more than the singles it feels.

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 They will though be guaranteed to be through with a win on Tuesday if earlier on Kubot & Melo beat Krawietz & Mies. 

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However, Krawietz & Mies won so just a question of trying to strengthen their position tonight for Joe & Rajeev. 

JonH comes home wrote:

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trying to do the maths quickly, I think a straight sets win would see them guaranteed a spot on countback...I think?

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Ha, I think you are correct 

I had just got as far as seeing a potential 3 pairs on 2 wins situation. But yes, a straight sets win and they will be through given Koolhof & Mektic dropped a set in their win over Krawietz & Mies.