St Petersburg ATP Doubles

Sheddie · administrator

RE: St Petersburg ATP Doubles

goldenboy · Club Coach

its tie-break time! a/a bit unlucky not to win theset prob, with 55% of the point so far. g/t score first below:

G/T serving 0-1 mini break
a/a serving 0-2, ace arthurs
1-2 mini break back, beatiful lob by goldstein landing just inside the baseline, auckland just got it back but easy putaway from thomas
g/t serving: 2-2
2-3, mini break back to brits (i think arthurs may live in middlesex - well i know he used to!)
a/a serving: 4-2. quality. as they swap ends, aucks gulps down a couple of sips of his isotonic sports drink
5-2 now, arthurs not much of a chav with a name like wayne!
g/t serving: 3-5. 4-5. hot stuff from the u s of a
a/a serving 5-5 dammit. AA-esque rescue needed for a/a
5-6, sp for aucks & antipodean friend
g/t serving: 5-7, good stuff lads! first set aucks

goldenboy · Club Coach

ball flies of the edge of goldstein's racket and thuds into the roof, causing murmurs among the sparsely populated crowd.

a nuber of miltary personel, dressed in full regalia and sporting attractive ushankas seem to have congregated behind the umpire, and modestly applaud as auckland puts away a backhand volley down the line to take the first game of the second set

goldenboy · Club Coach

as the players go to sit down for the break, with a/a 2-1 to the good in the second set, arthurs is surpirsed to see the ball-boy offer miniature bottles of vodka from the drinks fridge.

in a country though where water from the tap is a definite no-no, the only way to stay disease free may be to drink said clear liquor. arthurs however politely neglects the offer.

Sheddie · administrator

LOL @ vodka being offered to Arthurs. Where are you watching the match goldenboy ? Please keep the comments coming, very entertaining.

It's currently 3-2 on serve to Aucks and Arthurs in the 2nd set

They've had 0-40 on the Thomas serve but have missed all 3 bps

Sheddie · administrator

It would be so funny if a player takes the vodka this week and starts getting drunk on court

Great news is that Thomas double-faulted on the sudden death point at deuce and Aucks and Arthurs lead 7-6, 4-2

Sheddie · administrator

Auckland serving:

15-0

30-0

40-0

Game: ace

7-6, 5-2

So, just a game away from victory against a world-class pairing who've made 3 ATP finals, the US Open quarters and beat the Murrays in Tokyo. This would be one of the best wins of James' career

Sheddie · administrator

Goldstein and Thomas hold for 7-6, 5-3 so Arthurs is now serving for the match

Sheddie · administrator

15-0: ace no 8

30-0

40-0: 3 match points !!!

GSM Arthurs and Auckland 7-6, 6-3

What a win ! They'll take some beating this week

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

Excellent result.

I hope they can go far this week.

Drew · Oct 23, 2006

UltimateBoggoFan wrote:

15-0: ace no 8

30-0

40-0: 3 match points !!!

GSM Arthurs and Auckland 7-6, 6-3

What a win ! They'll take some beating this week

Aucks going for the No 1 spot I feel...also DA into the AO

goldenboy · Club Coach

great win guys!

being an employee if the russian embassy in london, we hae access to the state-controlled tv1 station, Первый канал. Официальный сайт

Sheddie · administrator

That's pretty cool ! Hopefully you get the chance to watch their quarter-final match.

If anyone wants to watch live coverage of St Petersburg this week, go to http://www.bwin.com

You can register for free and they don't ask for credit card details.

In the quarters, Arthurs and Auckland face 4th seeds Youzhny and Zimonjic who won 6-3, 6-4 in rd1 over Tomas Cibulec and Lovro Zovko.

Cibulec's a doubles specialist ranked 56 [peaked at 21 in 2003]. He's made 7 semis in ATPs and challenger and won the Bermuda and Napoli challengers. Last week he lost in the quarters of ATP Moscow with Novak.

Youzhny's not a regular partner. The Russian plays doubles and singles on a regular basis but before rd1 he was on a 4 match losing streak in doubles. He's peaked for the big tournaments this year, reaching the quarters of the US Open doubles and in Cincinatti and also rd4 of the French Open.

goldenboy · Club Coach

i must admit i tell a lie... was just a bit bored at work yesterday afternoon (not at the russian embassy!!) and let my imagination run riot. i hope you were suitably entertained though!

johnnylad · Tennis legend

goldenboy wrote:

i must admit i tell a lie... was just a bit bored at work yesterday afternoon (not at the russian embassy!!) and let my imagination run riot. i hope you were suitably entertained though!

You fooled me!

You should try your hand at claiming to be one of the players like Jonny Marray or Lee Childs or someone!

Great win for Aucks. With Arthurs at his side he's every chance of doing really well here!