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Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Week 25 - ATP 500 - HSBC Championships - The Queen's Club, London, Great Britain (grass) - DOUBLES

seagull · Hall of fame

Salisbury/Skupski v Fearnley/Norrie.
Cash/Glasspool v Ram/Perricard
Heliovaara/Patten v Ebden/Thompson
Willis/Stevenson v Nys/Roger-Vasselin

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Theres a possible Wimbledon final right there

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L16: (3) Joe Salisbury & Neal Skupski CR 26 (17+9) vs (WC) Jacob Fearnley & Cameron Norrie UNR (380+0 (*))

(*) CH of 117 in June 2022

L16: Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard & Rajeev Ram (FRA/USA) CR 247 (209+38) vs (4) Julian Cash & Lloyd Glasspool CR 27 (16+11)

L16: (WC) David Stevenson & Marcus Willis CR 213 (105+108) vs Hugo Nys & Edouard Roger-Vasselin (MON/FRA) CR 48 (27+21)

L16: Matthew Ebden & Jordan Thompson (AUS/AUS) CR 56 (46+10) vs (2) Harri Heliövaara (FIN) & Henry Patten CR 7 (3+4)

Delighted to see David here & in partnership with Marcus. Pity they've been drawn against Nys & ERV.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Rajeev and GMP is an interesting pairing

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
I'm assuming that there'll be a fair few Brits in the doubles event (none competing in Halle), so feel that it warrants a separate thread. This being an ATP 500, there is, of course a qualies stage:
QR1: (q1) Sander Arends (NED) & Luke Johnson CR 63 (30+33) vs (qWC) Daniel Evans & Henry Searle UNR (*)
(*) CHs of 52 in April 2021 & 926 in February last year respectively
Interesting partnership there!

Thats a cracker for qualies!

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Comment posted by 9vicman on the singles thread:

Stephenson and Willis receiving doubles wild cards over Johnson and (foreigner) Sander Arends is a choice, especially when the latter pair are currently No. 11 in the ATP race.

I get the LTA not wanting to give doubles wild cards to a Brit and a random player, but someone should remind them that Patten and foreigner Heliovaara currently hold two Grand Slam titles.

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Stircrazy wrote:
I'm assuming that there'll be a fair few Brits in the doubles event (none competing in Halle), so feel that it warrants a separate thread. This being an ATP 500, there is, of course a qualies stage:
QR1: (q1) Sander Arends (NED) & Luke Johnson CR 63 (30+33) vs (qWC) Daniel Evans & Henry Searle UNR (*)
(*) CHs of 52 in April 2021 & 926 in February last year respectively
Interesting partnership there!

Yes indeed. Made me laugh out loud, not sure why, plenty of talent there anyway. I will definitely try to watch that one.

wolf · Tennis legend

Julia Carrot wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
I'm assuming that there'll be a fair few Brits in the doubles event (none competing in Halle), so feel that it warrants a separate thread. This being an ATP 500, there is, of course a qualies stage:
QR1: (q1) Sander Arends (NED) & Luke Johnson CR 63 (30+33) vs (qWC) Daniel Evans & Henry Searle UNR (*)
(*) CHs of 52 in April 2021 & 926 in February last year respectively
Interesting partnership there!

Yes indeed. Made me laugh out loud, not sure why, plenty of talent there anyway. I will definitely try to watch that one.

They already played Wimbledon last year on a WC...

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
Comment posted by 9vicman on the singles thread:
Stephenson and Willis receiving doubles wild cards over Johnson and (foreigner) Sander Arends is a choice, especially when the latter pair are currently No. 11 in the ATP race.

I get the LTA not wanting to give doubles wild cards to a Brit and a random player, but someone should remind them that Patten and foreigner Heliovaara currently hold two Grand Slam titles.

Hear hear. Ridiculous choice IMO.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
I'm assuming that there'll be a fair few Brits in the doubles event (none competing in Halle), so feel that it warrants a separate thread. This being an ATP 500, there is, of course a qualies stage:
QR1: (q1) Sander Arends (NED) & Luke Johnson CR 63 (30+33) vs (qWC) Daniel Evans & Henry Searle UNR (*)
(*) CHs of 52 in April 2021 & 926 in February last year respectively
Interesting partnership there!

But they've played together before

At Wimbledon last year

A sort of peaky blinders Birmingham bros parnership biggrin

And I expect to see them playing together again at Wimbly this year

They're one of the slamdunk partnerships, I reckon

wolf · Tennis legend

Henry is not from Birmingham.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

wolf wrote:
Henry is not from Birmingham.

That's what people told me last year when I thought the same thing about their Wimbly pairing

But, I'm sorry, it's just too perfect a fit biggrin - and for southerners like me, it's all pretty close (runs and hides)

wolf · Tennis legend

JonH comes home wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
Comment posted by 9vicman on the singles thread:
Stephenson and Willis receiving doubles wild cards over Johnson and (foreigner) Sander Arends is a choice, especially when the latter pair are currently No. 11 in the ATP race.

I get the LTA not wanting to give doubles wild cards to a Brit and a random player, but someone should remind them that Patten and foreigner Heliovaara currently hold two Grand Slam titles.
Hear hear. Ridiculous choice IMO.

It is ridiculous.

When Harri played with Lloyd, they twice did a deal so that a Brit gets a WC into a Finnish challenger in exchange for a WC at Queen's. I wonder if something similar was proposed here and turned down by the Dutch Federation.

It's not like it's a random pairing. They would have been direct entrants if the entry list had been done after their French Open points went on.

Julia Carrot · All-time great

wolf wrote:
Julia Carrot wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
I'm assuming that there'll be a fair few Brits in the doubles event (none competing in Halle), so feel that it warrants a separate thread. This being an ATP 500, there is, of course a qualies stage:
QR1: (q1) Sander Arends (NED) & Luke Johnson CR 63 (30+33) vs (qWC) Daniel Evans & Henry Searle UNR (*)
(*) CHs of 52 in April 2021 & 926 in February last year respectively
Interesting partnership there!

Yes indeed. Made me laugh out loud, not sure why, plenty of talent there anyway. I will definitely try to watch that one.
They already played Wimbledon last year on a WC...

I missed that - wasnt keeping my eye on the ball last year.