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JonH comes home


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L16:  (1) Joe Salisbury & Neal Skupski CR 23 (12+11) vs (WC) Luca Pow & Dhakshineswar Suresh (IND) CR 845 (443+402)

 Thats a blow for Luca, dang - lets see how close the lads can run Neal and Joe, maybe a banana skin for Neal and Joe? 

 I'd suggest not.

 Well it almost was - Joe and Neal won but it was 10-8 in the match tie break. Id say the lads ran them pretty close! 



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L16:  (1) Joe Salisbury & Neal Skupski CR 25 (15+10) defeated (WC) Luca Pow & Dhakshineswar Suresh (IND) CR 817 (460+352) by 3-6 6-3 [10-8]

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QF:  (1) Joe Salisbury & Neal Skupski CR 25 (15+10) vs Fernando Romboli & John-Patrick Smith (BRA/AUS) CR 99 (47+52) 



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No idea why Joe and Neal are playing this week. If they win it, it will make no difference to their rankings and they must be exhausted (as that score shows).



-- Edited by jb288 on Wednesday 20th of August 2025 10:29:07 AM

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jb288 wrote:

No idea why Joe and Neal are playing this week. If they win it, it will make no difference to their rankings and they must be exhausted (as that score shows).



-- Edited by jb288 on Wednesday 20th of August 2025 10:29:07 AM

 I'm a little surprised too that they are such an exception among the leading players in playing here. 

But while admittedly hardly huge, tbf it is potentially plus 250 points to Joe and plus 160 points to Neal. It happens to be that that would make no difference to their particuiar ranking positions in the very short term of this week. And in doubles I'm not sure even their recent success will have been hugely exhausting.



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JonH comes home wrote:
indiana wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:

L16:  (1) Joe Salisbury & Neal Skupski CR 23 (12+11) vs (WC) Luca Pow & Dhakshineswar Suresh (IND) CR 845 (443+402)

 Thats a blow for Luca, dang - lets see how close the lads can run Neal and Joe, maybe a banana skin for Neal and Joe? 

 I'd suggest not.

 Well it almost was - Joe and Neal won but it was 10-8 in the match tie break. Id say the lads ran them pretty close! 

 To also tbf to Jon, fair dos, I didn't expect anything like such a close match. It must be because they were exhausted 



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QF:  (1) Joe Salisbury & Neal Skupski CR 25 (15+10) defeated Fernando Romboli & John-Patrick Smith (BRA/AUS) CR 99 (47+52) by 3 & 4



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QF:  (1) Joe Salisbury & Neal Skupski CR 25 (15+10) defeated Fernando Romboli & John-Patrick Smith (BRA/AUS) CR 99 (47+52) by 3 & 4

SF:  (1) Joe Salisbury & Neal Skupski CR 25 (15+10) vs (3) Francisco Cabral & Lucas Miedler (POR/AUT) CR 57 (29+28)



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For Neal and Joe, there last titles were a long time back, Neal June 24 and Joe January 24.

We shouldnt underestimate the importance of this week after getting close in Toronto and Cinci

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For Neal and Joe, there last titles were a long time back, Neal June 24 and Joe January 24.

We shouldnt underestimate the importance of this week after getting close in Toronto and Cinci

 As I indicated I'm not as such against them being here ( not really buying the 'exhausted' theory ) but I would be very surprised if they were a pair that needed the psychology of a titie, with all they have won and recently getting close in these much bigger events.



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No title this week. They withdraw.

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SF:  (3) Francisco Cabral & Lucas Miedler (POR/AUT) CR 57 (29+28) "defeated" (1) Joe Salisbury & Neal Skupski CR 25 (15+10) by a walkover  hmm



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SF:  (3) Francisco Cabral & Lucas Miedler (POR/AUT) CR 57 (29+28) "defeated" (1) Joe Salisbury & Neal Skupski CR 25 (15+10) by a walkover  hmm

 They listened to Indy! Who needs a title! 



-- Edited by JonH comes home on Friday 22nd of August 2025 06:22:05 PM

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The singles semis was also a walkover - so fans paid good money and got zero tennis in this session. Thats a bit rubbish. A lot rubbish.



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Yes, really unlucky. But there is always a risk being a spectator the week before a Slam.

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9vicman wrote:

Yes, really unlucky. But there is always a risk being a spectator the week before a Slam.

 Imagine taking a day off to watch some semis action and you get nothing. Not even your money back would make you happy with that. 

I mean it happens. But, nonetheless. 



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