L16: (6) Santiago González & Edouard Roger-Vasselin (MEX/FRA) CR 30 (16+14) vs (WC) Jack Draper & Cameron Norrie UNR (0+192) L16: (WC) Daniel Evans & Andy Murray CR 644 (293+351) vs (4) Ivan Dodig & Austin Krajicek (CRO/USA) CR 28 (13+15)
L16: (7) Neal Skupski & Michael Venus (NZL) CR 38 (12+26) vs Ugo Humbert & Ben Shelton (FRA/USA) CR 2335 (1258+77) L16: Alex de Miñaur & Sebastian Korda (AUS/USA) CR 351 (294+57) vs (2) Rajeev Ram (USA) & Joe Salisbury CR 11 (6+5)
Queen's doubles is always ridiculously strong, but to have to beat two pairs of that calibre to even reach the main draw.
Harri Heliovaara obviously not recovered from his injury yet. The irony is that if Harri and Henri were playing together they wouldn't have got a wild card if they needed one.
Cam and Jack a perfect example of a wild card that will please fans but not trouble the scorers. And they'll now win the event.
And they probably didn't need to fix the draw too much to have singles teams playing doubles teams as the seeds will all be doubles teams. Curious as to how they conducted the draw though.
Queen's doubles is always ridiculously strong, but to have to beat two pairs of that calibre to even reach the main draw.
Harri Heliovaara obviously not recovered from his injury yet. The irony is that if Harri and Henri were playing together they wouldn't have got a wild card if they needed one.
Cam and Jack a perfect example of a wild card that will please fans but not trouble the scorers. And they'll now win the event.
And they probably didn't need to fix the draw too much to have singles teams playing doubles teams as the seeds will all be doubles teams. Curious as to how they conducted the draw though.
Rinky of course is a former Aussie open winner, like Peers. Some decent players in qualies.
FQR: Julian Cash & Robert Galloway (USA) CR 84 (45+39) defeated (q2) Alexander Erler & Lucas Miedler (AUT/AUT) CR 84 (42+42) by 1 & 4
Only trouble is:
L16: (1) Rohan Bopanna & Matthew Ebden (IND/AUS) CR 5 (4+1) vs (Q) Julian Cash & Robert Galloway (USA) CR 84 (45+39)
Is that confirmed ? There has been a withdrawal so two spots available for the Qualifier and a Lucky Loser? Also might end up being a 3rd if Dan has to pull out.
FQR: Julian Cash & Robert Galloway (USA) CR 84 (45+39) defeated (q2) Alexander Erler & Lucas Miedler (AUT/AUT) CR 84 (42+42) by 1 & 4
Only trouble is:
L16: (1) Rohan Bopanna & Matthew Ebden (IND/AUS) CR 5 (4+1) vs (Q) Julian Cash & Robert Galloway (USA) CR 84 (45+39)
Is that confirmed ? There has been a withdrawal so two spots available for the Qualifier and a Lucky Loser? Also might end up being a 3rd if Dan has to pull out.
No, that was as things stood with the draw at the moment. That said, I have just looked again & I see that there's also a vacant slot against the third seeds, Arévalo & Pavic, so things could look up...
FQR: Julian Cash & Robert Galloway (USA) CR 84 (45+39) defeated (q2) Alexander Erler & Lucas Miedler (AUT/AUT) CR 84 (42+42) by 1 & 4
Only trouble is:
L16: (1) Rohan Bopanna & Matthew Ebden (IND/AUS) CR 5 (4+1) vs (Q) Julian Cash & Robert Galloway (USA) CR 84 (45+39)
Is that confirmed ? There has been a withdrawal so two spots available for the Qualifier and a Lucky Loser? Also might end up being a 3rd if Dan has to pull out.
The other position is against Arevalo and Pavic and, yep, if Dan pulls out then one against Dodig and Krajicek might come up. Which may let in Henry?
FQR: Julian Cash & Robert Galloway (USA) CR 84 (45+39) defeated (q2) Alexander Erler & Lucas Miedler (AUT/AUT) CR 84 (42+42) by 1 & 4
Only trouble is:
L16: (1) Rohan Bopanna & Matthew Ebden (IND/AUS) CR 5 (4+1) vs (Q) Julian Cash & Robert Galloway (USA) CR 84 (45+39)
Is that confirmed ? There has been a withdrawal so two spots available for the Qualifier and a Lucky Loser? Also might end up being a 3rd if Dan has to pull out.
The other position is against Arevalo and Pavic and, yep, if Dan pulls out then one against Dodig and Krajicek might come up. Which may let in Henry?
L16: (6) Santiago González & Edouard Roger-Vasselin (MEX/FRA) CR 30 (16+14) vs (WC) Jack Draper & Cameron Norrie UNR (0+192) L16: (WC) Daniel Evans & Andy Murray CR 644 (293+351) vs (4) Ivan Dodig & Austin Krajicek (CRO/USA) CR 28 (13+15)
L16: (7) Neal Skupski & Michael Venus (NZL) CR 38 (12+26) vs Ugo Humbert & Ben Shelton (FRA/USA) CR 2335 (1258+77) L16: Alex de Miñaur & Sebastian Korda (AUS/USA) CR 351 (294+57) vs (2) Rajeev Ram (USA) & Joe Salisbury CR 11 (6+5)
L16: (1) Rohan Bopanna & Matthew Ebden (IND/AUS) CR 5 (4+1) vs (LL) Alexander Erler & Lucas Miedler (AUT/AUT) CR 84 (42+42)
FQR: Julian Cash & Robert Galloway (USA) CR 84 (45+39) defeated (q2) Alexander Erler & Lucas Miedler (AUT/AUT) CR 84 (42+42) by 1 & 4
Only trouble is:
L16: (1) Rohan Bopanna & Matthew Ebden (IND/AUS) CR 5 (4+1) vs (Q) Julian Cash & Robert Galloway (USA) CR 84 (45+39)
Is that confirmed ? There has been a withdrawal so two spots available for the Qualifier and a Lucky Loser? Also might end up being a 3rd if Dan has to pull out.
The other position is against Arevalo and Pavic and, yep, if Dan pulls out then one against Dodig and Krajicek might come up. Which may let in Henry?
Oh yes please!
Only problem Hijikata is playing in Eastbourne qualifying on Saturday so may not want to play.