The Doubles Tennis Circuit

[Sallydaisy]

Why a specific sub-forum for this?

For many - especially television companies/schedulers - it's almost as if doubles tennis didn't exist. Yet it's at the heart of many tennis communities/clubs worldwide and often the reason for many people to start playing the game of tennis. It's good fun to watch, especially when it brings together unusual pairings in mixed and other doubles events, and can provide great drama on court.

So, it's a shame that it often plays 5th fiddle to the Singles events on the professional tennis circuit.

Over the last few years there's been a lot of discussion of the doubles game on Jamie Murray's forum which was part of his official website. Following the closure of that we've incorporated sub-forums in AMFF to discuss his progress on the doubles tour and his life off court.

But we wanted to continue chatting about the world of doubles in general not least because there's a lot of successful British Doubles players to follow who are now in the top 100 world rankings.

So rather than 'lose' them in Tour Tennis we're giving them a 'home' of their own - and equal billing with the singles guys.
:)

[Linda]

Thanks Sally, a lot of us like to follow the doubles!

[RoastLamb]

Thanks Sally. I love doubles. Just wish we could see more on tv/livestreams, etc.

[JAMES4578]

yes totally agree, thanks a lot Sally!

[lynne]

Just been watching Butorac/Rojer in Kuala Lumpur who win 6-1,6-3 Booty looks so delighted......well done guy's!!!:trophy:


Congratulations to Booty on his recent marriage!!!!:shelebrate:

[JAMES4578]

Well done Booty and Rojer! Of course Jamie and Andy teaming up this week in Tokyo!

[doublesguru]

With their third team title of the year in Kuala Lumpur, Butorac & Rojer moved ahead of the Poles for eighth in the 2011 doubles teams rankings which determine the eight qualifying teams for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. I think the final spot is the only one truly up for grabs. Indo-Pak Express are in seventh and lead Booty-Jules by 640 points. While they can certainly be overtaken by both teams, they'd really have to struggle down the stretch to miss out. The 10th place team, Isner-Querrey, is nearly 900 points behind Fyrstenberg-Matkowski and they probably aren't playing together the rest of the year with Sam trying to come back from injury.


6. Lindstedt/Tecau 3560
7. Bopanna/Qureshi 3310
8. Butorac/Rojer 2670
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9. Fyrstenberg/Matkowski 2640
10. Isner/Querrey 1780
11. Melo/Soares 1655
12. Kas/Peya 1620

[JAMES4578]

Thanks Doublesguru, will be interesting again at the World Tour Finals where the doubles players also get some prestige.

[RoastLamb]

Well done Booty. One wishes he and Jamie had stuck it out.

[Helen40]

Well done Booty. One wishes he and Jamie had stuck it out.

As I recall Jamie dumped Booty, thinking he (Jamie) was too good for him!

[RoastLamb]

He regrets it now, I bet.

[jeannie13]

He regrets it now, I bet.

I've always liked Booty & I'm glad he's doing so well.Congratulations on his marriage. :flowers:

I feel it's about time Jamie settled with a partner for a reasonable amount of time.

Also I feel that he should stop relying on Andy to boost his ranking-Andy has enough on his plate.

If he worked as hard as Andy, he could get there by his own efforts

[supergran]

Thanks Sally. Have always loved doubles. Years ago we used to see a lot. Sadly, not enough now.

[Helen40]

I've always liked Booty & I'm glad he's doing so well.Congratulations on his marriage. :flowers:

I feel it's about time Jamie settled with a partner for a reasonable amount of time.

Also I feel that he should stop relying on Andy to boost his ranking-Andy has enough on his plate.

If he worked as hard as Andy, he could get there by his own efforts

Here, here!

[lynne]

Butorac/Rojer got beat by Haase/Troicki 6-4,62........shame!!:)

[RoastLamb]

:crying: Daniel and Max were beaten in China too.

[david1610]

As I recall Jamie dumped Booty, thinking he (Jamie) was too good for him!
I saw them play together in Estoril and they lost and only got to meet Booty as Jamie stormed off court. That in itself did not augur well - you should enter play and leave as a team.
But who knows, as time passes and they become more mature, maybe they can reunite one day?

[Linda]

Tweet from Judy:
Jamie and Colin grab last spot in the Paris Masters dubs draw. Allez Ecosse :)

[JAMES4578]

Tweet from Judy:
Jamie and Colin grab last spot in the Paris Masters dubs draw. Allez Ecosse


Good news!

[Sallydaisy]

Wow, that's excellent news!
Hope Colin and Jamie get a decent draw and chance to clock up a few points.
:)

[supergran]

Great!:thumbup::thumbup:

[greatunclebulgaria]

Jamie & Colin?

is Ross injured?

[Alis]

I saw them play together in Estoril and they lost and only got to meet Booty as Jamie stormed off court. That in itself did not augur well - you should enter play and leave as a team.
But who knows, as time passes and they become more mature, maybe they can reunite one day?

I doubt it - Jamie has said that he regrets that he treated Eric so badly. I can't see Eric wanting to go back for another dose - anyway he seems very settled with his present partner.

[Linda]

Colin & Ross took the first set 6-3 :cheer: Vamos!

[hfwardhouse]

Jamie & Colin?

is Ross injured?

No he's playing in St Petersburg with Colin - maybe it's all down to ranking positions? Or maybe Ross is busy that week?

[supergran]

Busy doing what? Personal stuff? Don't get this....but what do I know.:confused:

[greatunclebulgaria]

Ross & Colin just took the first set off F Cermak/F Polasek 6-4

keep it going boys into the final we go:cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer:

and they did it beat the no: 1 seeds 6-4 6-4

into the final we go :cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer:

[JAMES4578]

They take it 6-4, 6-4, marvellous! :cheer::cheer::cheer:

[greatunclebulgaria]

10.45 UK time this morning the final is been streamed :swingin:

http://www.lshunter.tv/tennis-live-streaming-video.html


go get em boys :clap::clap::trophy::trophy::dance::dance:

[Sallydaisy]

10.45 UK time this morning the final is been streamed :swingin:

http://www.lshunter.tv/tennis-live-streaming-video.html


go get em boys :clap::clap::trophy::trophy::dance::dance:


GUB - it's starting at 9.45am because of our clocks changing last night.
See t'other threads for St Pete's.

Match is actually now in progress.
Going with serve at 2-2.
RossCo serving first and just held for 3-2.

[Alis]

Well done Ross and Colin - fantastic win!! :cheer::cheer::cheer:

[Tie-break]

And another win today in Basel. Well done Colin and Ross. Keep the winning streak going.

[Linda]

Well done Colin and Ross! :cheer: :cheer: Good luck for tomorrow :thumbup:

[patmoren]

Colin and Ross lose 3-6, 6-2, 4-10. Didn't serve as well today DFs at crucial points.

[JAMES4578]

Pity it didn't quite work out, but a tight match! Good luck to Colin and Jamie in Paris!

[Linda]

And good luck to Andy and Ross in Paris as well!

[JAMES4578]

yes, good they're playing too!

[Sallydaisy]

Lots of changes pending with the doubles guys; many pairs have split up and these are some probably new teams for 2012. No news so far of a permanent partner for Jamie Murray.

Peya/Marach
Kas/Santiago Gonzalez
Bhupathi/Bopanna
Butorac/Soares
Qureishi/Rojer
Julian Knowle/Kohlmann
Paes/Stepanek (but Paes will partner Tipsy in Chennai and Bhupathi at the Olympics).
Knowles with Malisse (? or Mertinak?)

Michal Mertinak plays with Fyrstenberg in Brisbane, but then with Andre Sa at least in Auckland, Melbourne, Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires and Acapulco.

[RoastLamb]

Then if Paes is playing with Bhupathi for the Olympics I don't get why he's now partnering up with Bopanna. :confused:

I really think it's time for the Bryans to split up. :lol:

[Linda]

So Malisse won't be playing with Dolgopolov any more? That's a shame as they were great together.

Although I would imagine that this year players will want to pair up with players of the same nationality, in preparation for the Olympics.

[JAMES4578]

Certainly should be interesting next year, patnerships aren't always long term of course though can't imagine the Bryans splitting! It does seem a bit strange with Paes and Bhupathi but hat's how things go!

[lankster2003]

Then if Paes is playing with Bhupathi for the Olympics I don't get why he's now partnering up with Bopanna. :confused:

I really think it's time for the Bryans to split up. :lol:

Think someone may have a hidden agenda there wanting Bob and Mike to split up ;)

[RoastLamb]

Think someone may have a hidden agenda there wanting Bob and Mike to split up ;)

As if. :lol:

[doublesguru]

Olympic years are always interesting. It's going to be intriguing to see how the inaugural mixed doubles bids are decided... will doubles skills & medal hopes outweigh popularity picks?

Bryans have won five of the past six Australian Opens and reached the final seven of eight times since 2003, so it's a tough call picking against them. They also want to stand alone in first with most major team titles.

I can't wait for it to all play out! :thumbup:

[patmoren]

Should be an interesting year. Good luck to the British doubles players. Hope they have another good year.

[Linda]

Ross & Colin's match just about to start!

[Sallydaisy]

First set to Flemchins 6'2 and they lead 2'1 on serve in the 2nd set.

[Sallydaisy]

Oooooops. They lost the 2nd set 4'6. Hope they can regroup for the MTB!!!
:sofa:

[Linda]

:crying::crying::crying::crying:

They had the first minibreak and led all the way through the mtb until it was levelled at 8-8, with the others finally taking it 12-10 on their third MP. :sad:

[JAMES4578]

Yes, gutting how it just turned round and they were 8-4 up in the ctb:crying::crying: Still it's onwards and upwards hopefully!

[Jan]

Still really don't like the ctb/mtb...........

[RoastLamb]

Just read on twitter than Bob Bryan's wife gave birth last night. Wow! That was cutting it quick getting back from Oz in the nick of time to see his wife have their baby.

[JAMES4578]

Yes, it certainly was- congrats tothe both of them!

[Sallydaisy]

DOUBLES ENTRY LISTS - w/c 13th Feb

San Jose
Advance entry deadline: January 30, 2012
On-site entry deadline: February 11, 2012
Seeding: February 6, 2012

1 Gonzalez, Santiago (MEX)/Kas, Christopher (GER) 43
2 Benneteau, Julien (FRA)/Monfils, Gael (FRA) 49
3 Lipsky, Scott (USA (http://www.menstennisforums.com/showthread.php?p=11707897#))/Ram, Rajeev (USA) 60
4 Hanley, Paul (AUS)/Murray, Jamie (GBR) 90
5 Knowles, Mark (BAH)/Malisse, Xavier (BEL) 91
OUT Ebden, Matthew (AUS)/Tomic, Bernard (AUS) 114
7 Marx, Philipp (GER)/Shamasdin, Adil (CAN) 121
8 Elgin, Mikhail (RUS)/Istomin, Denis (UZB) 125
9 Kohlmann, Michael (GER)/Knowle, Julian (AUT) 129
10 Dlouhy, Lukas (CZE)/Zelenay, Igor (SVK) 139
11 (OS)
12 (OS)
13 (OS)
14 (OS)
15 (WC)
16 (WC)

Alternates
IN Ball (http://www.menstennisforums.com/showthread.php?p=11707897#), Carsten (AUS)/Huey, Treat Conrad (PHI) 141
1 Emmrich, Martin (GER)/Siljestrom, Andreas (SWE) 153
2 Moser, Frank (GER)/Waske, Alexander (GER) 175
3 Sela, Dudi (ISR)/Van der Merwe, Izak (RSA) 191
4 Kerr, Jordan (AUS)/Parrott, Travis (USA) 203
5 Fruttero, John Paul (USA)/Klaasen, Raven (RSA) 222
6 Di Mauro, Alessio (ITA)/Motti, Alessandro (ITA) 257
7 Bury, Alexander (BLR)/Kowalczyk, Mateusz (POL) 372
8 Sykut, Maciek (USA)/Zivkovic, Denis (USA) 442


Rotterdam 500
Advance entry deadline: January 30, 2012
On-site entry deadline: February 11, 2012
Seeding: February 6, 2012

1 Mirnyi, Max (BLR)/Nestor, Daniel (CAN) 6
2 Llodra, Michael (FRA)/Zimonjic, Nenad (SRB) 11
3 Lindstedt, Robert (SWE)/Tecau, Horia (ROU) 18
4 Bhupathi, Mahesh (IND)/Bopanna, Rohan (IND) 27
5 Fyrstenberg, Mariusz (POL)/Matkowski, Marcin (POL) 28
6 Marach, Oliver (AUT)/Peya, Alexander (AUT) 39
7 Qureshi, Aisam-Ul-Haq (PAK)/Rojer, Jean-Julien (AHO) 41
8 Cermak, Frantisek (CZE)/Polasek, Filip (SVK) 43
9 Gasquet, Richard (FRA)/Ljubicic, Ivan (CRO) 48
10 Granollers, Marcel (ESP)/Lopez, Marc (ESP) 67
11 (OS)
12 (OS)
13 (OS)
14 (OS)
15 (WC)
16 (WC)

Alternates
1 Fleming, Colin (GBR)/Hutchins, Ross (GBR) 67
2 Berdych, Tomas (CZE)/Kubot, Lukasz (POL) 68
3 Nieminen, Jarkko (FIN)/Troicki, Viktor (SRB) 72
4 Cerretani, James (USA (http://www.menstennisforums.com/showthread.php?t=196313#))/Norman, Dick (BEL) 91
5 Erlich, Jonathan (ISR)/Ram, Andy (ISR) 97
6 Cipolla, Flavio (ITA)/Seppi, Andreas (ITA) 117
7 Emmrich, Martin (GER)/Siljestrom, Andreas (SWE) 153
8 Bachinger, Matthias (GER)/Moser, Frank (GER) 172
9 Kerr, Jordan (AUS)/Parrott, Travis (USA) 203
10 Fruttero, John Paul (USA)/Klaasen, Raven (RSA) 222
11 Di Mauro, Alessio (ITA)/Motti, Alessandro (ITA) 257
12 Bury, Alexander (BLR)/Kowalczyk, Mateusz (POL) 372
13 Sykut, Maciek (USA)/Zivkovic, Denis (USA) 442

[Sallydaisy]

DOUBLES ENTRY LISTS - w/c 20th Feb


MEMPHIS
Advance entry deadline: February 6, 2012
On-site entry deadline: February 18, 2012
Seeding: February 13, 2012

1 Melzer, Jurgen (AUT)/Petzschner, Philipp (GER) 25
2 Cermak, Frantisek (CZE)/Polasek, Filip (SVK) 41
3 Marach, Oliver (AUT)/Peya, Alexander (AUT) 41
4 Gonzalez, Santiago (MEX)/Kas, Christopher (GER) 42
5 Butorac, Eric (USA (http://www.menstennisforums.com/showthread.php?t=196588#))/Soares, Bruno (BRA) 47
6 Isner, John (USA)/Querrey, Sam (USA) 55
7 Fleming, Colin (GBR)/Hutchins, Ross (GBR) 65
8 Lipsky, Scott (USA)/Ram, Rajeev (USA) 66
9 Karlovic, Ivo (CRO)/Melo, Marcelo (BRA) 73
10 Huey, Treat Conrad (PHI)/Malisse, Xavier (BEL) 74
11 (OS)
12 (OS)
13 (OS)
14 (OS)
15 (WC)
16 (WC)

Alternates
1 Cilic, Marin (CRO)/Dodig, Ivan (CRO) 79
2 Benneteau, Julien (FRA)/Rochus, Olivier (BEL) 85
3 Erlich, Jonathan (ISR)/Ram, Andy (ISR) 91
4 Anderson, Kevin (RSA)/Knowles, Mark (BAH) 102
5 Kubot, Lukasz (POL)/Stakhovsky, Sergiy (UKR) 107
6 Sweeting, Ryan (USA)/Tomic, Bernard (AUS) 112
7 Bogomolov Jr., Alex (RUS)/Ebden, Matthew (AUS) 114
8 Elgin, Mikhail (RUS)/Istomin, Denis (UZB) 128
9 Kerr, Jordan (AUS)/Parrott, Travis (USA) 210
10 Fruttero, John Paul (USA)/Klaasen, Raven (RSA) 226
11 Bednarek, Tomasz (POL)/Motti, Alessandro (ITA) 260
12 Bury, Alexander (BLR)/Kowalczyk, Mateusz (POL) 342
13 Sykut, Maciek (USA)/Zivkovic, Denis (USA) 445
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Marseille
Advance entry deadline: February 6, 2012
On-site entry deadline: February 18, 2012
Seeding: February 13, 2012

1 Brown, Dustin (GER)/Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried (FRA) 77
2 Hanley, Paul (AUS)/Murray, Jamie (GBR) 84
3 Cipolla, Flavio (ITA)/Seppi, Andreas (ITA) 128
4 Cerretani, James (USA (http://www.menstennisforums.com/showthread.php?p=11722967#))/Shamasdin, Adil (CAN) 135
5 Kohlmann, Michael (GER)/Knowle, Julian (AUT) 136
6 Mahut, Nicolas (FRA)/Roger-Vasselin, Edouard (FRA) 138
7 Moser, Frank (GER)/Marx, Philipp (GER) 138
8 Norman, Dick (BEL)/Waske, Alexander (GER) 141
9 Emmrich, Martin (GER)/Siljestrom, Andreas (SWE) 153
10 Clement, Arnaud (FRA)/Dlouhy, Lukas (CZE) 154
11 (OS)
12 (OS)
13 (OS)
14 (OS)
15 (WC)
16 (WC)

Alternates
1 Delgado, Jamie (GBR)/Skupski, Ken (GBR) 170
2 Rosol, Lukas (CZE)/Zelenay, Igor (SVK) 175
3 Brunstrom, Johan (SWE)/Zovko, Lovro (CRO) 190
4 Charroin, Olivier (FRA)/Marray, Jonathan (GBR) 201
5 Kerr, Jordan (AUS)/Parrott, Travis (USA) 210
6 Fruttero, John Paul (USA)/Klaasen, Raven (RSA) 226
7 Herbert, Pierre-Hugues (FRA)/Renavand, Nicolas (FRA) 259
8 Bednarek, Tomasz (POL)/Motti, Alessandro (ITA) 260
9 Guez, David (FRA)/Mannarino, Adrian (FRA) 296
10 Bury, Alexander (BLR)/Kowalczyk, Mateusz (POL) 342
11 Sykut, Maciek (USA)/Zivkovic, Denis (USA) 445

[Sallydaisy]

BERGAMO CHALLENGER

New team Delgado/Skupski have won their R1 match 6'3, 6'4 v Junaid/Stadler.

DOUBLES DRAW
[1] Martin EMMRICH (GER) & Andreas SILJESTROM (SWE) vs [WC] Federico TORRESI (ITA) & Luca VANNI (ITA)
Tomasz BEDNAREK (POL) & Alessandro MOTTI (ITA) vs Amer DELIC (BIH) & Ivan NAVARRO (ESP)
[4] Olivier CHARROIN (FRA) & Alexander KUDRYAVTSEV (RUS) vs Martin FISCHER (AUT) & Philipp OSWALD (AUT)
[WC] Claudio GRASSI (ITA) & Matteo VOLANTE (ITA) vs Denis GREMELMAYR (GER) & Bjorn PHAU (GER)

Malek JAZIRI (TUN) & Albano OLIVETTI (FRA) vs [WC] Marco CRUGNOLA (ITA) & Stefano GALVANI (ITA)
Rameez JUNAID (AUS) & Simon STADLER (GER) vs [3] Jamie DELGADO (GBR) & Ken SKUPSKI (GBR)
Harri HELIOVAARA (FIN) & Jurgen ZOPP (EST) vs David RICE (GBR) & Sean THORNLEY (GBR)
Jordan KERR (AUS) & Travis PARROTT (USA) vs [2] Dustin BROWN (GER) & Jonathan MARRAY (GBR)

[Alis]

Great stuff - let's hope that becomes another strong GB pairing. Such a pity Jamie Murray didn't team up with another Brit.

[JAMES4578]

Certainly hope it will be a a good partnership!

[Sallydaisy]

BERGAMO CHALLENGER

SF: (3) Jamie Delgado & Ken Skupski defeated (2) Dustin Brown (GER) & Jonny Marray by 6-3 7-6(4)

In the Final Delgy/Skuppers will play Austrian duo Fischer/Oswald.

[patmoren]

Great that Jamie Delgado and Ken are doing well together.

[JAMES4578]

Great stuff, fabulous for Ken and Jamie!

[Sallydaisy]

Interesting stat from Steven:

GB now have 10% of the ATP doubles top 40, with Jonny at 21, Colin 31, Ross 33 and Jamie 39.

We also have 4 more in the top 100:-
Ken Skupski #68
Andy Murray #72
Jamie Delgado #79
Dom Inglot #82

[Sallydaisy]

Thought I'd expand on those statistics and break it down by top 100 ...
(like you do when it's raining and I'm meant to be doing lots of other stuff!)









Dubs





Sgls



Country

1-25

26-50

51-75

76-100

Total

1-25

26-50

51-75

76-100

Tot



Argentina



2

1

3

2

2

1

1

6



Australia




2

2


1

1

1

3



Austria

1

4

1


6


1



2



Bahamas



1


1








Belarus

1




1








Belgium


1

1


2



3


3



Brazil

1

2



3



1

1

2



Bulgaria








1


1



Canada

1




1

1




1



Colombia


1

1


2


1

1


2



Croatia


1


2

3

1


1

1

3



Cyprus







1



1



Czech

1

1



2

1

1



2



Denmark

1




1








Estonia









1

1



Finland







1



1



France

1

1

1

2

5

4

2

3

1

10



Germany

1

2

4

2

9

2



4

6



Great Britain

1

3

2

2

8

1




1



Holland

1




1


1



1



India

3




3








Israel


2



2








Italy

1

2

1

1

5


1

1

4

6



Japan






1


2


3



Kazakhstan







1



1



Latvia









1

1



Luxembourg








1


1



Mexico


1



1








Pakistan

1




1








Phillipines


1



1








Poland

2


1


3



1


1



Portugal









1

1



Roumania

1




1




1

1



Russia



2


2


3


1

4



RSA




2

2


1



1



Serbia

1


1


2

2

1



3



Slovak Republic

1



2

3



3


3



Spain

2

1

2

1

6

5

4


3

12



Sweden

1


2


3








Switzerland





0

2




2



Taipei








1


1



Thailand




2

2








Tunisia








1


1



Ukraine




1

1

1



1

2



Uruguay




2

2








Uzbekistan




1

1


1



1



United States

2

2

3

2

9

2

2

2

3

9




25

25

25

25


25

25

25

25

[Sallydaisy]

The doubles 'excuse-me' ...

Zimonjić will play Tokyo & Shanghai w/ Berdych,
Stockholm w/ new partner Lindstedt,
Basel w/ Nestor, & have a final fling w/ Llodra in Paris.

... Zimmy must have been taking lessons from Jamie Murray!
;)

[RoastLamb]

Danny is partnering with Bhupathi next year. Bopanna is going back to Quereshi.

[Sallydaisy]

There'll be a few more new pairings to come then ...

[RoastLamb]

From Tom Tebbutt's blog a few days ago: (http://www.tenniscanada.com/index.php?title=TEBBUTT:-QU’IL-FAIT-BEAU!&pid=4117)


The team of Daniel Nestor and Max Mirnyi will play out the 2012 doubles season and that will be the end of a two-year partnership that has resulted in two French Open titles and an extended stay as co-No. 1s atop the ATP doubles rankings.

“Max isn’t confirmed to play a full season next year, he’s a little bit skeptical about his elbow,” Nestor explained about his Belarussian partner. “It’s a little bit hard for me to wait until the last second to see what he’s going to do. So I just decided to switch.”

It is disappointing that they will no longer be together because Mirnyi got better and better over the course of his time with Nestor. The two won a total of eight titles together – four in 2011 and four so far in 2012 – including the two at Roland Garros, the 2011 ATP World Tour Finals and the Masters 1000 event in Shanghai last year.

Nestor’s new partner will be Mahesh Bhupathi, the 38-year-old Indian who currently ranks No. 18.

Bhupathi has three career Grand Slam titles, but none since Roland Garros in 2001.

Overall, he has 50 career titles (to 79 for Nestor) and he has won at least one title for 16 consecutive years.

“He’s eager and I’ve had a lot respect for his accomplishments over the years,” said Nestor, newly turned 40 and currently ranked co-No. 3, about Bhupathi. “He’s a great doubles player and he has great doubles instincts. I feel that if he can make the transition well to the other side (the deuce court), we can be a very good team.”

As far as other changes coming for 2012, Nestor said, “(Nenad) Zimonjic will play with (Robert) Linstedt and Mirnyi will now play with (Horia) Tecau.”

Bhupathi played with his compatriot Rohan Bopanna in 2012. It appears possible that Bopanna may reunite with his former partner, Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi of Pakistan.

[Sallydaisy]

Ken Skupski partners Xavier Malisse this week at the Orleans Challenger.
They've just made it into the Semi-Final after a 5'7, 6'4, 10'8 win over Bemelmans/Kerr.

[Sallydaisy]

Ken Skupski and Xavier Malisse into a CTB in the Final at the Orleans Challenger against Dlouhy/Muller.

They're serving first .......

*0-1
0-2*
0-3* erm, it's only one break of serve ...
*0-4 gulp
*1-4 play up boys!
1-5*
2-5* that's one back
*3-5
*3-6 oh dear ...
3-7*
3-8*
*4-8
*5-8 and Dlouhy/Muller to serve 2 for the title
5-9*
6-9*
*7-9
7-10 and GSM to Dlouhy/Muller.
:sad:

[JAMES4578]

Disappointing, though it was very tight!

[Sallydaisy]

Mons Challenger

Delgado/Skupski lost in R1 to Lukas Dlouhy & Michal Martinak.
It was Delgy's first tourney back after injury so he's probably not yet up to match speed.

In R1 Dominic Inglot (not ranked high enough to partner Huey in Beijing)/Lukas Rosol (CZE) beat (2) Paul Hanley/ Christopher Kas (AUS/GER) 6-4 4-6 [10-6].

In the Quarter-Final Inglot/Rosol play Polish pairing Bednarek/Janowicz.

[Sallydaisy]

GENEVA CHALLENGER

Delgado/Skupski play in the Semi-Final against Brunstrom/Klaasen around 8pm tonight UK time.

OOP here, Geneva is an hour ahead.
http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2012/471/op.pdf

[millypops]

I didn't realise that Tecua and Lindstaet are not playing together any more,

[Sallydaisy]

Rohan Bopanna has got married according to this tweet/photo from Mahesh Bhupathi.

Mahesh Bhupathi ‏@Maheshbhupathi (https://twitter.com/Maheshbhupathi) Mr and Mrs @rohanbopanna (https://twitter.com/rohanbopanna) pic.twitter.com/crtkR2Kz (http://t.co/crtkR2Kz)

Retweeted by Dustin Brown (https://twitter.com/DreddyTennis)



Congratulations Bops!!!
:thumbup:

[RoastLamb]

Daniel Nestor has a new daughter, born on March 2nd in Toronto. Her name is Bianca. Sweet!

[Gary D]

Dunno if this is allowed......nothing to do with Andy, but very funny..... http://tennis.si.com/2013/02/26/micaela-bryan/?sct=obinsite

[JAMES4578]

Hillarious!

[Alis]

Can anyone tell me why Johnny Marray is playing with Dominic Inglot this week instead of Colin Fleming. Is Colin injured?

[greatunclebulgaria]

Can anyone tell me why Johnny Marray is playing with Dominic Inglot this week instead of Colin Fleming. Is Colin injured?

The last tweet I read from Colin re tennis before today was he was headed home for a couple of weeks to work on a few niggles yesterday he tweeted this
Feeling fit and healthy so its time to hit the road again. Off to London today then playing Dusseldorf next week followed by @rolandgarros!

[Hawkeye]

Fleming and Flipkens lost their first round mixed doubles. Marray and Watson were almost down and out but turned the second set around to take the tie-break and it's in to a decider.

Unfortunately they lost the MTB 14-12.

Think that leaves Dom Inglot as the lone Brit.

[JAMES4578]

Indeed Dom Inglot the only surviving Brit,Marray/Watson so close though! Unfortunately it didn't go quite to plan for Colin.

[Sallydaisy]

I think all our doubles guys in the top 100 are on their holidays!
Jamie Murray played Stuttgart last week but skips this week before going to Gstaad.
Fleming/Marray didn't play last week or this but go to Atlanta next week; ditto Dom Inglot.
Ken Skupski is partnering his younger brother Neal this week at a Challenger event in Recanati, Italy.
Not sure where Jamie Delgado has headed ...

[Sallydaisy]

:trophy:

Well done the Skupski brothers - their first Challenger title together!!!

(4) Ken Skupski & Neal Skupski CR 405 defeated (WC) Gianluigi Quinzi & Adelchi Virgili (ITA/ITA) UNR by 4 & 2

[JAMES4578]

Fab result, well done Ken and Neal!

[Sallydaisy]

:trophy:

Raise a cheer folks - the Skupski brothers have won another Challenger title together!!!

SEGOVIA CHALLENGER
(2) Ken Skupski & Neal Skupski CR312 defeated (3) Mikhail Elgin & Uladzimir Ignatik (RUS/BLR) CR339 by 6-3 6-7(4) [10-6]

The win will take Neal into the top 200 in doubles and give Ken's ranking a boost too.
They've won 19 out their last 21 matches and 2 Challenger titles in 3 weeks.
:GBflag:

So far this year they've won 2 Futures titles (Nottingham indoors, January and Italy in April), reached the Final of the Nottingham Challenger on grass and won the 2 Challenger titles in Recanati (Italy) in July and Segovia (Spain) in August.

[JAMES4578]

Certainly encouraging results, well done Ken and Neal!

[pabbers]

Fantastic!

[supergran]

Well done to the brothers!:thumbup::thumbup:

[Jan62]

What a weekend for the British players! Well done to the Skupski bros.

[Sallydaisy]

Lindstedt/Nestor have ended their partnership.
Source is Lindstedt's blog ... English version at the bottom.
He's clearly not a happy bunny about how it all worked out but is now with Bhupathi to the end of the season.
http://robertlindstedt.com/blog/

[RoastLamb]

Thank goodness!!! Bad partnership from the beginning. I heard he's playing with Vashy. That's great! Good practice for Davis Cup semi.

Having said that, I feel for him. He is ticked off and trying to be diplomatic about it. I think Daniel has ticked off a number of his partners tbh. I love how he refers to Bhupathi as Andy Murray's agent. :lol:

[Sallydaisy]

Thank goodness!!! Bad partnership from the beginning. I heard he's playing with Vashy. That's great! good practice for Davis Cup semi.
Yep, he's partnering Vashy at the US Open!
:thumbup:

[Joyce]

Is Jamie still partnering John Peers? Think I saw somewhere that John was playing with Paul Hanley again this week?

[Sallydaisy]

Is Jamie still partnering John Peers? Think I saw somewhere that John was playing with Paul Hanley again this week?
Jamie and John are down to play in the US Open Doubles where they've got direct entry this year. See thread in Andy Rules for now but it'll be split out to various sub-forums e.g. Jamie's Joint once we have the official draws.

[Joyce]

Thanks for that info, Sally:-)

[Sallydaisy]

BRITISH DOUBLES ACTION W/C 23rd September:-
Jamie Murray in Bangkok.
Dom Inglot in Kuala Lumpur.
Fleming/Marray in the UK and headed to Beijing in 2 days time.

The Skupski's are playing in the Orleans Challenger and start off tomorrow against fellow British players Rice/Thornley!

Ken Skupski ‏@k_skupski (https://twitter.com/k_skupski) 10m (https://twitter.com/k_skupski/status/382253877686730752) Playing tomorrow at 5pm vs Rice/Thornley. #OrleansChally (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23OrleansChally&src=hash)



[1] Dustin BROWN / Philipp MARX (GER) vs Jan MERTL / Jiri VESELY (CZE)
Marius COPIL / Jan-Lennard STRUFF (ROU/GER) vs Ricardas BERANKIS / Franko SKUGOR (LTU/CRO)
[3] Ken SKUPSKI / Neal SKUPSKI (GBR) vs David RICE / Sean THORNLEY (GBR)
Matthias BACHINGER / Michael BERRER (GER) vs [WC] Pierre-Hugues HERBERT / Albano OLIVETTI (FRA)

Illya MARCHENKO / Sergiy STAKHOVSKY (UKR) vs Teymuraz GABASHVILI / Andreas SILJESTROM (RUS/SWE)
[WC] Marc GICQUEL / Vincent MILLOT (FRA) vs [4] Jesse HUTA GALUNG / Konstantin KRAVCHUK (NED/RUS)
Ruben BEMELMANS / Xavier MALISSE (BEL) vs Leonardo MAYER / Adrian MENENDEZ-MACEIRAS (ARG/ESP)
[WC] Josselin OUANNA / Mathieu RODRIGUES (FRA) vs [2] Benoit PAIRE / Nicolas RENAVAND (FRA)


Jamie Delgado in action this week in Sibiu, Romania, see draw below.
(1)Junaid/Oswald v Kapas/Panfil
(wc)Gheorghe/Grigoriu v (wc)Dumitrascu/Popa
(3)Kretschmer/Satschko v Mirzadeh/Pospisil
Cecchinato/Marcora v Capkovic/Cervenak

(wc)Ispas/Volandri v Carpen/Pavic
Luncanu/Mergea v (4)Fransen/Koolhof
Giannessi/Motti v Ciric/Tosic
Groen/Westerhof v (2)Delgado/Kerr

[Bardot]

Andy's name is not on the double's entry list for Indian Wells. Unless he and a partner ask for a wild card, this will be the first time he hasn't played doubles there since his first appearance in 2006. Nadal & Tomic playing together is an interesting pairing.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C5JHrT2WAAAFBXI.jpg

[anor]

I see that Bruno is partnering Peya in Stockholm this week. Is Jamie injured? :confused:

[Sallydaisy]

I see that Bruno is partnering Peya in Stockholm this week. Is Jamie injured? :confused:
No idea, perhaps it's just a week off before they play a 500, then Masters?

Here are the line-ups for this week:

Moscow
(1)Mirnyi/Oswald v Krajinovic/Lajovic
Fabbiano/Sela v Vesely/Zelenay
(3)Cabal/Molchanov v (wc)Karatsev/Muzaev
Elgin/Medvedev v Bublik/Kukushkin

Donskoy/Kuznetsov v (wc)Kravchuk/Rublev
Dutra Silva/Lorenzi v (4)Cerretani/Polmans
Ratiwatana/Ratiwatana v Dzumhur/Sancic
Berankis/Seppi v (2)Podlipnik-Castillo/Vasilevski

Antwerp
(1)Bryan/Bryan v (wc)Gille/Vliegen
S.Gonzalez/Peralta v Inglot/Nestor
(4)Martin/Roger-Vasselin v Jebavy/Middelkoop
Skupski/Skupski v Koolhof/Sitak

(wc)Darcis/de Greef v Lipsky/Sharan
F.Mayer/Stebe v (3)Klaasen/Ram
McLachlan/Molteni v Begemann/Nys
Kyrgios/Reid v (2)Dodig/Granollers

Stockholm
(1)Marach/Pavic v Eysseric/Skugor
Erlich/Mektic v Copil/Mergea
(4)Peya/Soares v Marrero/L.Mayer
Haase/Venus v Daniell/Demoliner

(wc)Ymer/Ymer v M.Lopez/Verdasco
Paes/Raja v (3)Sock/Zimonjic
(wc)Chardy/Lindstedt v Bolelli/Fognini
Monroe/Smith v (2)Qureshi/Rojer

[Sallydaisy]

DOUBLES ENTRY LIST FOR 23-29th October

Basel
003 Kontinen/Peers
031 Dodig/Granollers
037 Klaasen/Ram
039 Nadal/Zimonjic - that ain't happening 'cos Rafa's not there for singles!
041 Kyrgios/Sock
051 Cabal/Farah
052 Bautista Agut/Lorenzi
056 Qureshi/M.Zverev
058 Haase/Venus
061 Martin/Roger-Vasselin
NEXT IN: 065 Middelkoop/Monroe

Vienna
007 Kubot/Melo
019 Murray/Soares
023 Rojer/Tecau
037 Marach/Pavic
039 Lopez/Lopez
042 Bopanna/Cuevas
056 Isner/Nestor
060 Demoliner/Querrey
064 Khachanov/Pouille
065 S.Gonzalez/Peralta
NEXT IN: 065 Middelkoop/Monroe

[karanga]

Be interesting to see how the Kyrgios/Sock pairing fares. :whistle:

[greatunclebulgaria]

Sad to see Hingis is retiring

[Alis]

That is a shame for Jamie - they made a winning partnership - but it did seem to be on the cards after the US Open.

[Alis]

I've just seen that the Skupskis won the Doubles in Montpelier - well done to them! :GBflag::bravo:

[JAMES4578]

Yes it was a good win for the Skupskis, well done!

[Alis]

Yes it was a good win for the Skupskis, well done!

I believe it was their first ATP title together,

[Teresa]

Heather and Jo have just won their doubles match 6:2, 3:6, 10:3. First seeds next or Bouchard and Stephens. I don’t know why Heather doesn’t focus on Doubles. It’s where her strength lies. Good for Jo to get a match under her racquet before she starts in singles.

[Alis]

I agree with you about Heather and doubles. I definitely think that's where her strength lies.

[patlowe]

I agree with you about Heather and doubles. I definitely think that's where her strength lies.

Yes I posted a similar comment on Heather's thread on 3-3-18! I agree.

[Teresa]

Both Heather and Naomi are through to the Semi Finals of the Doubles in their respective Tournaments Charleston, and Monterrey. Well done to both.

[Teresa]

Heather and her partner lost, but Naomi and her partner are into the final - about 20:00 tonight. Well done.

[Teresa]

Naomi and partner S. SORRIBES TORMO, have just won the Monterey Doubles Title. I think it’s Naomi’s first Main WTA Title. An excellent win for her. Well Done.

[JAMES4578]

Great for Naomi and Sorribes Tormo, well done!

[anor]

Well done Naomi and partner!

[Alis]

Great news!!

[Teresa]

Naomi and Wickmayer are through to the final of the Zhengzhou Challenger in China.

[Teresa]

Alas they lost in straight sets. Not a good day Doubles wise for the Brits:-(

[Teresa]

Inglot and Skuger won their first round match at Hertogenbosch yesterday in straight sets. Play Martin/Raja about 14:00 today. Well done.

[Teresa]

Inglot and Skuger win today in straight sets.

[Teresa]

As do the skupskis........

[Teresa]

Inglot and Skugor about to start in the Doubles Final in Hertogenbosch. Good luck.

[Teresa]

Inglot and Skugor in the Doubles Final in Hertogenbosch. Have taken the first set, but are a break down in second. Good luck.

[Teresa]

Inglot and Skuger win. Hertogenbosch Doubles. Excellent.

[harriet]

new kids on the block, Luke Bambridge and Jonny O'Mara, into the Eastbourne dubs final, to play the Skupski bros

[patlowe]

Just watched Bambridge and O'Mara win the doubles title in Stockholm! Brilliant! 7-5, 7-6. They came from 4 set points down in second set!! :clap::clap:

[JAMES4578]

Good news,well done Bambridge and O'Mara!

[Nessie]

Brilliant for them both. I think that they are just great to watch as Johnny in particular is so enthusiastic and up for it!

[anor]

Yes, a great win for Luke and Johnny. Well done guys! :clap: :clap:

[karanga]

Well done Luke and Johnny :clap: :clap:

[patlowe]

Bambridge and O'Mara had a win today in Montpellier defeating Krajicek/Sitak. Good start.

[patlowe]

Shame on you Tennis TV! They are not showing the doubles semi currently taking place in Montpellier involving Luke and Jonny. They lost the first set but going with serve so far in the second. Go boys!

[patlowe]

Jonny and Luke lost today. A good run though to reach the semis.

[patlowe]

I see Bruno is playing with Melo in Rio this week. :hmm:

[Sallydaisy]

I see Bruno is playing with Melo in Rio this week. :hmm:
Not the first time he's done that, given Brazil is his HOME country after all.
;)

For the record ... he played Rio with Jamie in 2017 and 2018 but with Melo in 2016 and Peya in 2015 and 2014.

[hfwardhouse]

Jonny O'Mara and Luke Bambridge beat a Brazilian team in Rio overnight. Their first win at ATP500 level! They play Cabal/Farah next.

[exislander]

Delray Beach final the Bryans beat the Skupskis 7-6(5), 6-4.

[patlowe]

Ram and Salisbury have just won the title in Dubai. Brilliant! :jitterbug:

[JAMES4578]

Indeed, good week for Ram/salisbury, well done!

[karanga]

Well done Joe and Rajeev. :clap: :clap: :trophy:

[Sallydaisy]

Shame for the Skupski brothers who made it to the Final in Houston.
They were beaten to the title by Gonzalez/Qureshi: 3'6, 6'4, 10'6.

[patlowe]

The Skupskis have reached the final in Budapest! Well done boys! :clap::clap:

[themass15]

Good news indeed

[exislander]

Very well done! The brothers take the title 6-3 6-4 in Budapest.

[Teresa]

Excellent. Have been tracking it on Live Scores.

[JAMES4578]

Fab, well done The Skupskis! :cheer::cheer:

[Teresa]

They have just won again in Munich. Into the QF.

[anor]

Luke Bambridge & Jonny O'Mara are into semis at Estoril. :thumbup:

[anor]

Luke and Jonny are into the final in Estoril! :clap::clap:

[exislander]

Skupskis are into the Lyon final

[Alis]

Interesting that John Peers and Bruno Soares are playing together this week - both Jamie's exes!

[suttontennis]

Dom Inglot & Ul-Haq Kureshi win the doubles in New York, beating Johnson & Opelka 7-6, 6-4

[exislander]

Inglot/Bambridge lose first round Delray Beach to Tiafoe/Monroe 4-10 in match tiebreak.

[exislander]

Norrie/O'Mara win their first round v an American pair in 2 sets.

[exislander]

Cam/Jonny went out next match 5-7 6-4 4-10

[Sallydaisy]

Biella-2 Challenger, Doubles Semi-Final on NOW:
Lloyd Glasspool/Harri Heliovaara v Nathanial Lammons/Jackson Withrow

https://livestream.com/atp/events/9537577?t=1613749674129

[Sallydaisy]

BIELLA-2 DOUBLES - a British player is in the Final
:GBflag:

Lloyd Glasspool and Harri Heliovaara beat Nathaniel Lammons and Jackson Withrow 7-6(4) 7-6(6) in the semi finals of the Biella (2) Challenger.

The DOUBLES FINAL is not before 13:00, Saturday 20th February.
Lloyd Glasspool and Harri Heliovaara vs Hugo Nys and Tim Puetz, the doubles final

[Sallydaisy]

British Doubles in Challengers ...

Watch [WC] Ivan Marrero Curbelo (ESP) / Emilio Nava (USA) vs [2] Lloyd Glasspool (GBR) / Harri Heliovaara (FIN) on@Livestream (https://twitter.com/Livestream): https://livestream.com/atp/events/9543464?t=1614091835309 (https://t.co/wMmDPe4do1?amp=1)

[Sallydaisy]

Lloyd Glasspool and Harri Heliovaara beat Ivan Marrero Curbelo and Emilio Nava 7-5 6-1 in the first round of the Gran Canaria Challenger.

[Sallydaisy]

Luke Bambridge/Dominic Inglot d Yannick Hanfmann/John Millman 6-3 6-3 in Singapore.

[Sallydaisy]

Bambridge/Inglot d Cerretani/Shamasdin to reach the Semi-Finals in Singapore.
:GBflag:

[Sallydaisy]

Singapore ATP SF: Top seeds Gille/Vliegen BEL beat 3rd seeds Luke Bambridge & Dom Inglot 4&4

[Hawkeye]

Lloyd Glasspool and Harri Heliovaara beat Ivan Marrero Curbelo and Emilio Nava 7-5 6-1 in the first round of the Gran Canaria Challenger.
They just won the title, beating Coppejans/Martos Gornes 7-5 6-1.

[Nessie]

Well done to Lloyd, they played well. Hari was good at the net! Onwards and upwards. 1st seeds next week.

[Sallydaisy]

Live Rankings for British Doubles players as at 18th April (after Monte Carlo)

12 Joe Salisbury
14 Neal Skupski (new CH)
22 Jamie Murray
48 Ken Skupski
56 Daniel Evans (new CH)
59 Dominic Inglot
62 Luke Bambridge
64 Jonny O'Mara

104 Lloyd Glasspool
114 Andy Murray
179 Cameron Norrie
199 Kyle Edmund

[Sallydaisy]

Todays win in Barcelona R1 "sees Dan Evans overtake Ken Skupski to go to GB no. 4 in doubles, having been GB no. 8 just over a week ago and GB no. 10 as recently as early last month" (per Steven on Twitter).

[Sallydaisy]

BELGRADE DOUBLES:
R1: Luke Bambridge/Dominic Inglot v Roberto Carballes Baena/Federico Coria
The match is due to start very soon, not televised.

[Sallydaisy]

BELGRADE DOUBLES:
R1: Luke Bambridge/Dominic Inglot v Roberto Carballes Baena/Federico Coria
The match is due to start very soon, not televised.
Well done Bamalot!
They won 6'3, 6'4 and take on 4th seeds Marcelo Demoliner/Santiago González in the QFs
:thumbup::GBflag:

[Sallydaisy]

Good win for Bamalot!!! They're into the Semi-Finals.
:GBflag:
Belgrade QF: Bambridge/Inglot beat Demoliner/Gonzalez 6-4 6-4

SF: Bambrdge/Dominic Inglot CR 119 v Göransson/Matos (SWE/BRA) CR 177

[Sallydaisy]

:sad:
Bamalot lost ... it took 3 sets though for Göransson/Matos to beat them 7'6(3), 1'6, 10'4.

Time for Dom and Luke to hightail it to Paris ...
:roland:

[Sallydaisy]

Jay Clarke and Thanasi Kokkinakis have withdrawn from doubles at the Nottingham Trophy Challenger, Go Soeda and Zhang Zhizhen advance to the quarter finals.

[Sallydaisy]

Atlanta ATP250, week of 26 July:-
Luke Bambridge and Ken Skupski are top seeds, and Lloyd Glasspool partners Nicholas Monroe.

[Sallydaisy]

ATP MELBOURNE 2022, 3-9 January

N.Skupski/Koolhof won their matches to the QF and have a W/O into the SF.
K.Skupski/Inglot lost their QF match to Daniell/Kudla.


ATP ADELAIDE-1 2022, 3-9 January

Glasspool/Heliovaara lost their QF match to Vukic/Winter

[Sallydaisy]

ATP ADELAIDE-2 2022, 10-15 January
Salisbury/Ram are the #1 seeds
Also playing here are:-
N.Skupski/Koolhof
K.Skupski/Inglot

[Sallydaisy]

ATP Melbourne on Saturday 8th January:
SF: N.Skupski/Koolhof vs Arevalo/Rojer play 3rd after 0:00 (UK time), not televised.

SWANK won and are through to the final.

[Sallydaisy]

:trophy:

Well played Neal Skupski and Wesley Koolhof on their first ATP Title together!!!
They won the Melbourne Summer Set event with a 6-4, 6-4 score
over Nedovyesov/Qureshi. Need to think of a short name for NS&WK!
:skippy:

[Sallydaisy]

ATP Adelaide2

#3 seeds KookSki are into the SF in Adelaide after RET by Otte/Paire.
Their opponents are Dodig/Melo a very experienced pairing on the doubles tour.

KoolSki (Koolhof/N.Skupski) performed as follows:-
R1 d Bye
R2 d Savile/Smith 6'7, 6'3, 10'2
R3 d Otte/Paire 6'4, 1'0

#1 seeds Salisbury/Ram had a Bye in R1 and lost to WC Addison/Fancutt in R2

Inglot/K.Skupski lost in R1 to the Sabanov brothers.

[Sallydaisy]

[3] Koolhof/Skupski are into the Adelaide Final after beating Dodig/Melo.
They'll play [6] Behar/Escobar tomorrow. 3am start, not televised.

[Sallydaisy]

:trophy:
Another Title for Neal Skupski, and newish partner Wesley Koolhof.
They beat Behar/Escobar by 7'6(5), 6'4.
:skippy:

[Sallydaisy]

Rotterdam, ATP500. 7-13th February 2022

N.Skupski/Koolhof beat Khachanov/Rublev 5-7 7-5 (10-7) in the first round in Rotterdam.
No other British doubles teams are in action here this week.

[Sallydaisy]

A good Quarter-Final win for 4th seeds KoolnSki, 6-4 3-6 10:7, over Bopanna/Shapovalov.
According to Steven on Twitter they are now 13-1 +1 w/o win this year.
In the SFs, they will play Lloyd Harris RSA & Tim Pütz GER.

[Sallydaisy]

A good Quarter-Final win for 4th seeds KoolnSki, 6-4 3-6 10:7, over Bopanna/Shapovalov.
According to Steven on Twitter they are now 13-1 +1 w/o win this year.
In the SFs, they will play Lloyd Harris RSA & Tim Pütz GER.
Unfortunately, KoolSki lost their SF to Harris/Putz who then lost to local lads Haase/Middelkoop in the Final.

[Sallydaisy]

DOHA DOUBLES - ATP250, 14-20 February 2022
Full Draw: https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/current/doha/451/draws?matchType=Doubles

British interest in Round One:
[3] N.Skupski/Koolhof NED v Guinard/Rinderkneck FRA
Evans/K.Skupski v Golubev KAZ/Martin FRA

[Sallydaisy]

:trophy:

Neal Skupski and Wesley Koolhof win the doubles title in Doha.
They beat Rohan Bopanna and Denis Shapovalov 7-6(4) 6-1.

[Sallydaisy]

DUBAI 2022
It's a nearly all Brit R1!
:facepalm:

Joe Salisbury and Rajeev Ram will play Neal Skupski and Wesley Koolhof in the first round in Dubai.

[Jane]

Dan and Ken Skupski playing Gille and Vliegen and trailing 1-3. Dan now serving.

[Jane]

First set to the Belgians....6-4

[Jane]

Second set to the Belgians and the match - 6-4, 7-5 :crying: :crying:

[Sallydaisy]

DUBAI DOUBLES
Neal Skupski/Wesley Koolhof go through to the QF after 2nd seeds Joe Salisbury/Rajeev Ram retire after the first set 7-6(4) ret.

Joe Salisbury has a thigh strain.

[Sallydaisy]

Unfortunately Neal Skupski and Wesley Koolhof lost to Austin Krajicek and Edouard Roger-Vasselin 6-4 7-6(0) in the quarter finals in Dubai.

[Hawkeye]

Dom Inglot has called time on his career.

[anor]

Dan and Neal have withdrawn from Marrakech Doubles, giving Lloyd Glasspool and Harri Heliovaara a walkover into 2nd round (Quarters).

[exislander]

Dan and Neal have withdrawn from Marrakech Doubles, giving Lloyd Glasspool and Harri Heliovaara a walkover into 2nd round (Quarters).

I think that was Ken not Neal Skupski?

[anor]

I think that was Ken not Neal Skupski?
Oops, sorry Winnie, you're right!:facepalm:

[goldfish]

No walkover - Lloyd and Harri are currently playing Cecchinato/Musetti

[Nessie]

And sadly they have just lost in the mtb

[exislander]

Brilliant number one Joe with Rajeev!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/61133791

[Jane]

Jamie and Michael won the trophy in Dallas - 1-6, 7-6, 10-7. Very well done, guys. :trophy::cheer::cheer::cheer:

[JAMES4578]

Good to hear, well done Jamie and Michael!

[Stell]

Joe Salisbury and Rajeev Ram have split up and their last doubles tournament, as a pairing, was the US Open. No reason given for the split.

[exislander]

Joe Salisbury will team up with Neal Skupski for next season.

http s://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/articles/cq5ewx0vgxgo

[suttontennis]

good to see Joe has plans for next season. Rajeev has a ready made partner in Krajicek

[Sallydaisy]

British pair Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool took the title in Tokyo!!!
:trophy::trophy:

Very good result for a newish pairing.