KUALA LUMPUR DOUBLES (ATP250), 24-30 Sept: Main thread - information and entry lists

[Sallydaisy]

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MALAYSIAN OPEN
Putra Stadium, National Sports Complex, Bukit Jalik, Sri Petaling, 57700 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
WEB SITE: http://www.malaysianopentennis.com

28 MAIN DRAW & 32 QUALIFYING DRAW
BALL: Wilson US Open

Dates: SEPTEMBER 24–SEPTEMBER 30, 2012
Qualifying draw: Friday, September 21, 9:00 p.m.
Main draw: Saturday, September 22, 3:00 p.m.
Doubles draw: Saturday, September 22, 2:00 p.m.

DOUBLES DRAW
Advance entry deadline: September 10, 2012
On-site entry deadline: September 22, 2012
Seeding: September 17, 2012

(1)Mariusz Fyrstenberg/Marcin Matkowski (POL) vs (WC)Mohd Assri Merzuki/Syed Mohd Agil Syed Naguib (MAS)
ALT Pospisil/Singh Jurgen Melzer/Juan Monaco (AUT/ARG) vs James Cerretani/Matthew Ebden (USA/AUS)

(4)Julian Knowle/Filip Polasek (AUT/SVK) vs Martin Klizan/Albert Ramos (SVK/ESP)
Alejandro Falla/Igor Sijsling (COL/NED) vs Colin Fleming/Ross Hutchins (GBR)

Nikolay Davydenko/Dick Norman (RUS/BEL) vs Mikhail Elgin/Denis Istomin (RUS/UZB)
(WC)Yew-Ming Si/Jimmy Wang (MAS/TPE) vs (3)Alexander Peya/Bruno Soares (AUT/BRA)

Michael Kohlmann/Frank Moser (GER) vs Treat Conrad Huey/Dominic Inglot (PHI/GBR)
Brian Baker/Rajeev Ram (USA) vs (2)Daniele Bracciali/Marcelo Melo (ITA/BRA)

[Sallydaisy]

Flemchins are through to the Semi-Final after beating Knowle/Polasek this morning!
:clap:

They'll play "The Poles" (FyrMat) who've just beaten Pospisil/Singh 4-6, 6'3, 10'5



COURT 1 Start 1:00 pm (06.00 UK time)




[4] Julian Knowle (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/K263.aspx) (AUT)
Filip Polasek (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/PA46.aspx) (SVK)
v
Colin Fleming (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/F454.aspx) (GBR)
Ross Hutchins (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/H635.aspx) (GBR)
ATP



[1] Mariusz Fyrstenberg (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/F364.aspx) (POL)
Marcin Matkowski (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/M844.aspx) (POL)
v
[Alt] Vasek Pospisil (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/PD07.aspx) (CAN)
Sanam Singh (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/SG33.aspx) (IND)
ATP

[JAMES4578]

Certainly been a good run for Fleming/Hutch. A Tough semi but let's hope they can take it a step further.

[Sallydaisy]

Flemchins play at 10.00 UK time today. Tough match for them!

If they come through and get into the Final they'll might miss out on getting an on-site place in Beijing or Tokyo. This tweet from Colin ...

Colin Fleming ‏@colin_fleming (https://twitter.com/colin_fleming) Waiting to see how long our Asian Swing will last.
Currently 1 out of Beijing & 2 out of Tokyo.
On site sign in's tomorrow. #fingerscrossed (https://twitter.com/search/?q=%23fingerscrossed&src=hash)



... means they're on the Alts lists and 1 place off automatically being in main draw for the China Open and 2 places off being in for Japan. So, they'd need to be 'on-site' in either one of those places by the deadline given to be able to 'sign' in and get one of the 'on-site' spaces at either venue.

But if they're in the Final of Kuala Lumpur they might not make it in time ...

Fingers crossed indeed ... or they'll be in kicking their heels for a week in Asia ahead of Shanghai ...

[Sallydaisy]

Flemchins have beaten The Poles 6'3, 7'6(3).
:dance:

Great win for them - and it puts them into the Final here in KL.
That's 150 points in the bag and potentially another 100 to come if they win the title!
2nd semi yet to be played between (3)Peya/Soares (AUT/BRA) and (2)Bracciali/Melo (ITA/BRA)

[Linda]

:cheer:

[karanga]

Well done Flemchins. :clap:

[pabbers]

Fantastic win!

[Jan]

brilliant! :clap::clap:

[Alis]

Great stuff - they seem to be back on form!

[Jennan]

:yahoo:

[Jan]

Not sure whether there is a thread for the next tournament - but good news from Colin this morning, as they had thought they might miss out by doing so well in this week's:

Colin Fleming ‏@colin_fleming

Good news...we got the last spot in the Beijing doubles draw. Keeping the dream alive in Asia!

[Sallydaisy]

Not sure whether there is a thread for the next tournament - but good news from Colin this morning, as they had thought they might miss out by doing so well in this week's:

Colin Fleming ‏@colin_fleming

Good news...we got the last spot in the Beijing doubles draw. Keeping the dream alive in Asia!
Fantastic news. Will set up a Beijing thread a bit later today.
All the draws can be found via this link. (http://www.chinaopen.com.cn/en/draws.html)

Flemchins play Wildcard pair Yu/Zhe in Round 1 - that's winnable!!!

[Sallydaisy]

Flemchins take the first set 7'5!!!
:dance:

Tough match so far; both teams dropped serve before all them holding but our guys finall broke Soares to 30 in the 12th game to win the set (and avoid a tie-break).

[lynne]

Ugh!..DF from Colin!!!!

[lynne]

Third set match TB for Colin & Ross!!

[Sallydaisy]

They lost the 2nd set and it's very evenly tied with Flemchins 7'5, 5'7.

But a CTB will decide the winners!

[Sallydaisy]

Ross to serve first for TeamGB ...

*1-0 good serve
2-0*
2-1*
*3-1 and a great Ace from Colin
*3-2 Soya hit a great return and get the mini-break back
3-3* at the change of ends.

[lynne]

Awwwwwwwwwwwwww............Nooooooooooooo!


one match saved!


Same for Colin & Ross!!!

[Sallydaisy]

3-3* Soya have their 2nd serve to come
3-4* still on serve, Ross to serve next for team GB
*4-4
*4-5 Mishit backhand from Ross and they go a mb down ... come on boys!!!
4-6*
4-7* Soares is playing incredibly well right now ...
*5-7 good serve from Colin and putaway by Ross at the net
*6-7 TeamGB hold 2. Now let's get a break back off Soya.
6-8* Oh dear, Colin hit that just a tad too long.
6-9* and Soya have 3 match points. Don't give up Flemchins!!!
*7-9
:sofa:

[Sallydaisy]

GSM Peya/Soares 5'7, 7'5, 10'7

:sad:

Just a couple of mistakes in the CTB from Flemchins but that's all it took to cost them the match.

[lynne]

Yup! Sally silly mistakes......shame!!:sad:

[JAMES4578]

Yes it was a bit guttting but such a close match! Still a great week for Flembo and Hutch though.

[Jan]

what a shame
drat these mtb's!