TOKYO DOUBLES 2012, R1: Murrays v Butorac/Nieminen. 5.45am Thursday 4 October

[Sallydaisy]

R1: Murray/Murray v Butorac/Nieminen

This is a winnable match* for the Muzzahs who are defending Champions here.
A lot will depend on how Booty and the Finn get over their respective losses in Bangkok. Butorac/Hanley lost the doubles final there today and yesterday Nieminen faltered big time when serving for the match in the 2nd set, against Gasquet, and subsequently lost his Semi-Final.

* here's the anti-jinx potion in production!
:cauldron:

[Sallydaisy]

No sign of the Muzzahs on Wednesdays OOP.
That means Andy will have to play a doubles round every day Thur/Fri/Sat/Sun if they want to retain their title AND potentially a singles match on 3 out of 4 of those days too.

[JAMES4578]

Not ideal scheduling if all goes to plan, but Andy should be up for the challenge.

[lynne]

Andy & Jamie 3rd on court 1 tomorrow...........http://www.atpworldtour.com/Scores/Schedule.aspx?EventId=329

[Sallydaisy]

Andy & Jamie 3rd on court 1 tomorrow...........http://www.atpworldtour.com/Scores/Schedule.aspx?EventId=329
Thanks Lynne!
:thumbup:

That looks like a 06.00 start or later ...

[NorthernLights]

No sign of the Muzzahs on Wednesdays OOP.
That means Andy will have to play a doubles round every day Thur/Fri/Sat/Sun if they want to retain their title AND potentially a singles match on 3 out of 4 of those days too.

Sounds a bit like the Olympics!

[lynne]

The Best of Luck Andy & Jamie!!!:thumbup::thumbup:

[-J-]

lost the first 7-5, but a break up in 2nd *3-1
held 4-1*
exchange of holds 5-2*

[rainy days]

Do you have a stream? I couldn't find one.

[Hawkeye]

I think only centre court is televised.

[lynne]

Couldn't find any live streams at all!

[Hawkeye]

And into a CTB we go...

B/N to serve first, Murrays' score first...

*0-1
*1-1
2-1*
3-1* mini break!
*4-1 double mini-break!
*4-2 one mb back...
4-3* both gone...
5-3* who will manage to win a point on serve first?
*6-3 hopefully our lads...
*7-3 nearly there...
8-3* looking good...
8-4*
*9-4 5 match points!
10-4 GSM Murrays!

[Jane]

Just wakened up - hang in there guys:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

[-J-]

Do you have a stream? I couldn't find one.no sorry just scoreboard
murrays take the 2nd 6-3

[-J-]

a murray serving for it at *9=4

[Jane]

Well done, guys - great start to the day:yahoo::yahoo::yahoo::clap::clap::clap:

[-J-]

done and dusted 7-5 6-3 10-4:clap::thumbup:

[lynne]

Get innnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn!!!!!................. Well Done Lads!!!!!!:thumbup::thumbup:

[rainy days]

:yahoo:


no sorry just scoreboard
murrays take the 2nd 6-3

Thanks anyway. :)

[Alis]

:swingin::swingin::swingin: Well done the boys!!! :swingin::swingin::swingin:

[JAMES4578]

A bit of a battle but the glad to see the Murrays pulled away in the ctb, well done guys!:cheer::cheer:

[-J-]

Nick Lester ‏@nicklester (https://twitter.com/nicklester) Not a spare seat as the Murray's sneak by Nieminen and Butorac to make dubs R2 in Tokyo pic.twitter.com/YO7avIHM (http://t.co/YO7avIHM)
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/A4V4VxnCEAAB6Kt.jpg (https://twitter.com/nicklester/status/253741269501743104/photo/1/large)

[Jan]

well done lads :clap::clap:

[NorthernLights]

Yay! Well done, Jamie and Andy! :clap:

[Jennan]

Good win. :clap:

[Sallydaisy]

Well done the Muzzahs!!!
5'7, 6'3, 10'4
Great CTB commentary Hawkeye!
:clap:

Some good match practice for Andy too on his day off.
;)

Amazed at all those people watching the match - first round doubles is usually 50 in the crowd if you're lucky, especially on an outside court. The folk living in those flats have a great view!
But then we're talking about a newly crowned Grand Slam Champion, Olympic Gold Medal holder and his brother who also has a Grand Slam title.
:p

[hfwardhouse]

:yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: