MONTPELIER **DOUBLES**. 4-10 Feb 2013. Information and Doubles DRAW

[Sallydaisy]

http://www.atpworldtour.com/Scores/~/media/555A5991E7904D3EB7FB58FDC1D5B84E.ashx

OPEN SUD DE FRANCE
Park et Suite Arena, Route de la Foire, 344470 Perols, Montpelier, FranceWEB SITE: www.opensuddefrance.com (http://www.opensuddefrance.com/)

28 DRAW (Q 32)
SURFACE: ACRYLIC ON WOOD
BALL: TECHNIFIBRE X-ONE

Dates: 4-10 FEBRUARY, 2013
Qualifying draw: Friday, February 1, 9:00 p.m.
Main draw: Saturday, February 2, 6:00 p.m.
Doubles draw: Saturday, February 2, 2:00 p.m.

DOUBLES DRAW
Advance entry deadline: January 21, 2013
On-site entry deadline: February 2, 2013
Seeding: January 28, 2013

(1)Fleming/Marray vs (wc)Monfils/Ouanna
Serra/Simon vs Cerretani/Shamasdin
(4)Delgado/Skupski vs Begemann/Emmrich
Paire/RogerVasselin vs Brunstrom/Klaasen

Junaid/Nieminen vs Murray/Peers
Ratiwatana/Ratiwatana vs (3)Huey/Inglot
(wc)DeSchepper/Martin vs Gicquel/Llodra
Hanescu/Norman vs (2)Butorac/Hanley


DOUBLES ENTRY LIST
1 Huey, Treat Conrad (PHI)/Inglot, Dominic (GBR) 75
2 Butorac, Eric (USA)/Hanley, Paul (AUS) 75
3 Paire, Benoit (FRA)/Roger-Vasselin, Edouard (FRA) 88
4 Delgado, Jamie (GBR)/Skupski, Ken (GBR) 111
5 Begemann, Andre (GER)/Emmrich, Martin (GER) 115
6 Brunstrom, Johan (SWE)/Klaasen, Raven (RSA) 125
7 Ratiwatana, Sanchai (THA)/Ratiwatana, Sonchat (THA) 134
8 Hanescu, Victor (ROU)/Norman, Dick (BEL) 146
9 Murray, Jamie (GBR)/Peers, John (AUS) 154
10 Cerretani, James (USA)/Shamasdin, Adil (CAN) 154
11 (OS)
12 (OS)
13 (OS)
14 (OS)
15 (WC)
16 (WC)

ATP POINTS:
W: 250, F: 150, SF: 90, QF: 45, R16: 0

[Sallydaisy]

Marray and Fleming are kicking off their partnership in Montpelier.
Guess they'll go for one of the OS places - Colin doesn't mention a WC in his tweet:-


Colin Fleming @colin_fleming
Excited to say I'm going to be teaming up on court with Jonny Marray.
Our first event will be Montpellier a week on Monday.
#serveandjonny

[Sallydaisy]

Wow - 6 British players in the Montpelier draw and 5 of them seeded (not Jamie Murray sadly).
Just about to set up FTD

(1)Fleming/Marray vs (wc)Monfils/Ouanna
Serra/Simon vs Cerretani/Shamasdin
(4)Delgado/Skupski vs Begemann/Emmrich
Paire/RogerVasselin vs Brunstrom/Klaasen

Junaid/Nieminen vs Murray/Peers
Ratiwatana/Ratiwatana vs (3)Huey/Inglot
(wc)DeSchepper/Martin vs Gicquel/Llodra
Hanescu/Norman vs (2)Butorac/Hanley

[KazRip44]

Ooooo I like Jamie pairing up with an Aussie boy :thumbup::no worries:

[Sallydaisy]

Ooooo I like Jamie pairing up with an Aussie boy :thumbup::no worries:
They're playing today but the time for you is a bit unsociable!!!
BTW - is John related to Sally Peers?

OOPs for Monday 4th February

MONTPELIER
All the British boys are in action!



Court Central Start 12:00 noon (11am UK)




[3] Dmitry Tursunov (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/T315.aspx) (RUS)

Guillermo Olaso (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/O327.aspx) (ESP)





[2] Josselin Ouanna (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/O264.aspx) (FRA)



[8] Arnau Brugues-Davi (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/BA77.aspx) (ESP)





[1] Kenny De Schepper (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/D750.aspx) (FRA)



Adrian Menendez-Maceiras (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/MB53.aspx) (ESP)





Not Before 7:00 PM (18.00 UK)




[4] Florent Serra (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/S963.aspx) (FRA)
v

[5] Marc Gicquel (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/G436.aspx) (FRA)
H2H (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Scores/schedule.aspx?EventId=375#)


[1] Colin Fleming (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/F454.aspx) (GBR)

Jonathan Marray (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/M983.aspx) (GBR)
v

[WC] Gael Monfils (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/MC65.aspx) (FRA)
Josselin Ouanna (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/O264.aspx) (FRA)
ATP






Court 1 Start 1:00 pm (12.00 UK time)




[4] Jamie Delgado (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/D289.aspx) (GBR)
Ken Skupski (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/SC40.aspx) (GBR)
v

Andre Begemann (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/BA79.aspx) (GER)
Martin Emmrich (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/E223.aspx) (GER)
ATP



Victor Hanescu (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/H528.aspx) (ROU)
Dick Norman (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/N233.aspx) (BEL)

[2] Eric Butorac (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/BC35.aspx) (USA)
Paul Hanley (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/H421.aspx) (AUS)
ATP



Not Before 4:30 PM (15.30 UK time)




Rameez Junaid (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/J230.aspx) (AUS)
Jarkko Nieminen (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/N289.aspx) (FIN)

Jamie Murray (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/MC81.aspx) (GBR)

John Peers (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/PC96.aspx) (AUS)

[Jane]

Best of luck to Jamie and John:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:


and to the other Brits also:thumbup::thumbup:

[greatunclebulgaria]

Jamie & John take the first set in the tiebreaker 7-2 early days but they do look strong

Skupski & Delgo won earlier

[greatunclebulgaria]

1st break in the match to Jamie & John 1-0

done and dusted 7-6 6-2 great start lets hope they keep it up

[Jane]

Well done, Jamie and John:cheer::cheer::cheer::clap::clap::clap:

[Joyce]

Just Gr8! Well-played J&J. :-)

[jeannie13]

JOyce- I've sent you a private message!!

[Sallydaisy]

Fleming/Marray out on court to play their first round doubles match.
On serve so far 1-1 with Fleming to serve next.

It's being shown on Bet365 - not many spectators!

[Sallydaisy]

All on serve so far; Ouanna serving at *4-5 to stay in the first set.
Solid play from the lads.

EDIT: 6-6, jeu decisif

EDIT: Marming serving first
*1-0
2-0*
2-1*
*3-1
*3-2 Jonny into the net
3-3*
3-4*
*4-4
*5-4
6-4* set point to the Brits on Ouanna's serve
6-5* one of 'em hit that shot long
JEU, SET ET MATCH Fleming/Marray!!!
:dance:

GSM 7'5, 7'6(5)

[Sallydaisy]

Yay! Marming take the first set 7'5 after breaking Ouanna's serve.

Means they'll kick off in the 2nd set. Keep it going lads!

[Sallydaisy]

Lots of service breaks in the 2nd set but Fleming has just held for 4-3.
Monfils to serve next.
The lads are just 2 games away from the win.

[Linda]

All the Brits won today! :yahoo:

[JAMES4578]

Great stuff, well done!

[patmoren]

Great start for the Brits today and wonderful beginning for Colin and Jonny.

[Joyce]

Thanx, Jeannie.
Have replied.

[lynne]

:oops:Completely forgot about this :banghead:

[Sallydaisy]

Inglot and Huey about to start their R1 match.
Live streams here - http://www.streamhunter.eu/tennis-live-streaming-video.html

[greatunclebulgaria]

got the win 6-3 6-3 now for the downside quarters v Jamie and John grrrr

[Sallydaisy]

Tomorrow the Brits really take over in Montpelier!!!
;)

QUARTER-FINALS - All on Court 1

11am UK time: (4) Jamie Delgado/Ken Skupski v Johan Brunstrom/Raven Klaasen (SWE/RSA)
not before 12:30: Jamie Murray/John Peers (AUS) v (3) Treat Conrad Huey (PHI)/Dominic Inglot
4th on: (1) Colin Fleming/Jonny Marray v Florent Serra/Gilles Simon (FRA)
(after suitable rest for Simon)

[Sallydaisy]

OOP Montpelier - Thurs 7th Feb



Court Central Start 12:00 noon




[7] Viktor Troicki (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/T840.aspx) (SRB)
v


Jan Hajek (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/H571.aspx) (CZE)
H2H (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Scores/schedule.aspx?EventId=375#)



Not Before 1:30 PM




[Q] Arnau Brugues-Davi (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/BA77.aspx) (ESP)
v


[4] Gilles Simon (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/SD32.aspx) (FRA)
H2H (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Scores/schedule.aspx?EventId=375#)



Not Before 4:00 PM




Michael Llodra (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/L428.aspx) (FRA)
v


[2] Janko Tipsarevic (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/T742.aspx) (SRB)
H2H (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Scores/schedule.aspx?EventId=375#)



Not Before 7:00 PM




[3] Richard Gasquet (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/G628.aspx) (FRA)
v


Gael Monfils (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/MC65.aspx) (FRA)
H2H (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Scores/schedule.aspx?EventId=375#)



Victor Hanescu (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/H528.aspx) (ROU)
v


[WC/6] Julien Benneteau (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/B747.aspx) (FRA)
H2H (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Scores/schedule.aspx?EventId=375#)





Court 1 Start 12:00 noon, 11.00 UK





[4] Jamie Delgado (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/D289.aspx) (GBR)
Ken Skupski (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/SC40.aspx) (GBR)
v


Johan Brunstrom (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/B908.aspx) (SWE)
Raven Klaasen (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/K609.aspx) (RSA)
ATP




Not Before 1:30 PM




Jamie Murray (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/MC81.aspx) (GBR)
John Peers (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/PC96.aspx) (AUS)
v


[3] Treat Huey (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/H788.aspx) (PHI)
Dominic Inglot (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/I200.aspx) (GBR)
ATP




Tatsuma Ito (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/I230.aspx) (JPN)
v


Sergiy Stakhovsky (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/SC77.aspx) (UKR)
H2H (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Scores/schedule.aspx?EventId=375#)



Not Before 5:00 PM




[1] Colin Fleming (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/F454.aspx) (GBR)
Jonathan Marray (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/M983.aspx) (GBR)
v


Florent Serra (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/S963.aspx) (FRA)
Gilles Simon (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/SD32.aspx) (FRA)
ATP




Marc Gicquel (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/G436.aspx) (FRA)
Michael Llodra (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/L428.aspx) (FRA)
v


[2] Eric Butorac (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/BC35.aspx) (USA)
Paul Hanley (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/H421.aspx) (AUS)
ATP

[Sallydaisy]

Johan Brunstrom/Raven Klaasen (SWE/RSA) def (4) Jamie Delgado/Ken Skupski 6'2, 6'3
:sad:

Jamie/John should be on in 15mins

[Jane]

Best of luck to Jamie and John:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

[Sallydaisy]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
Watching Jamie/John on Bet365 and they just had a DD against. Jamie walloped down 2 huge smashes and in running for the 2nd one Treat Huey went straight over the court surround and disappeared!!!
:shocked:

Jamie won the point though ...
:p

It's going with serve; Ingluey *3-4

[greatunclebulgaria]

I'm trying to watch in-between making soup LOL yes all fingers still intact J/J won first set 6-4

[Jane]

Well done, Jamie and John 6-4, 6-2:yahoo::yahoo::clap::clap:

[hfwardhouse]

:yahoo: :yahoo:

[Joyce]

SO pleased!

[greatunclebulgaria]

Colin and Johnny up now first set in the bag 6-4

[greatunclebulgaria]

6-4 6-1 :party: :party:

[Jane]

Well done, lads - great score:yahoo::yahoo::yahoo:

[Jan]

brilliant!!

[patmoren]

That was some win by Colin and Jonny, good signs for Coventry.
Jamie and john hitting it off,get another win through to Quarters.

[Linda]

Well done Jamie & John, and Colin & Jonny :clap: :clap:

I'd never heard of John Peers before this.

[hfwardhouse]

Woohoo well done Colin & Jonny :yahoo:

[Joyce]

Perhaps Jamie might play in Coventry??

[Sallydaisy]

Perhaps Jamie might play in Coventry??
Unfortunately for Jame there's a glut of British players in the top 100 at the moment - and he is currently the 7th ranked Brit.
Obviously Ross Hutchins won't be playing but if Fleming/Marray can forge a partnership over the next few weeks then they'd be the most logical choice. If for any reason one/both weren't available (injury? but let's hope not) there still some high ranked Brits to choose from ahead of Jamie. Delgado/Skupski have worked as a team for some time now and although they are sometimes stymied at ATP250's they have a good steady partnership and, for me, would be our best alternative to Fleming/Marray.



Rank, Name & Nationality

Week Change


15 Marray, Jonathan (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Ma/J/Jonathan-Marray.aspx) (GBR)
0


26 Fleming, Colin (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Top-Players/Colin-Fleming.aspx) (GBR)
0


32 Hutchins, Ross (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Top-Players/Ross-Hutchins.aspx) (GBR)
+1


40 Inglot, Dominic (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/In/D/Dominic-Inglot.aspx) (GBR)
+1


52 Skupski, Ken (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Sk/K/Ken-Skupski.aspx) (GBR)
-1


62 Delgado, Jamie (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/De/J/Jamie-Delgado.aspx) (GBR)
+2


92 Murray, Jamie (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Top-Players/Jamie-Murray.aspx) (GBR)
-11

[supergran]

Well done everybody!!:yahoo::yahoo:

[xenon21]

Yeah! Well done Jamie and John! And well done Colin and jonny!

[harriet]

the montpellier schedule is as daft as the oz was. colin+jonny play their semi today, late, after the last of the singles quarters. so jamie+john play tomorrow? final sunday?

[Sallydaisy]

the montpellier schedule is as daft as the oz was. colin+jonny play their semi today, late, after the last of the singles quarters. so jamie+john play tomorrow? final sunday?
But if you follow the doubles tour you'll know that the schedules are like this week in, week out.
:confused:

Most of the ATP250s/500s/Challengers and even Masters end up with the same scenario.
It's something the players are used to, it's part of the 'job', and it's not like the AO where they have to play best of 5 sets potentially over a few hours. With the CTB to 10 the doubles the guys know their time on court is likely to be 2hrs max and they have each other i.e. they really don't have to run so much as the singles guys.

Also, they're likely to play the doubles SF first on Saturday as the warm up to the singles SF's and ditto with the Finals on Sunday.

So Jamie/John would have nearly a day to recover - and they do have today 'off' too.

And the Brits have to win their Semi-Finals first before worrying about the Final.

;)

[Jan62]

Yay! Well done everyone. Now let's have Fleming/Marray v Murray/Peers in the Final........

[harriet]

no, i don't follow doubles much, i don't care for the format, like i don't care for 20/20 cricket. oh, and jamie+john play last tomorrow, after the second singles, starting 3.45. some schedule.

[Joyce]

Oh dear. Hopefully J& J will win, Harriet - & that will give us all a reason to smile:-)

[greatunclebulgaria]

this is a hard fought match about to start the tie-breaker in the first set

[hfwardhouse]

Yikes 4-4 in the breaker!!! C'mon Flembo & Jonny!

Edit - 5-5 now :sofa:

[hfwardhouse]

:yahoo: they take the tiebreak 9-7!

[greatunclebulgaria]

phew took the first set by the skin of their teeth 9-7 in the tie-breaker

[hfwardhouse]

Ooooh there's a stream - and a lovely rally with Flembo winning the point :)

[Sallydaisy]

JonnyMaz holds to 30 to level at 3-3.
The lads need break Brunstrom/Klaasen but they're not getting any chances.

[hfwardhouse]

JonnyMaz holds to 30 to level at 3-3.
The lads need break Brunstrom/Klaasen but they're not getting any chances.

They had 2 breakpoints at 1-1 but weren't able to take them or the death deuce :sad:

[Linda]

Come on guys! :swingin:

[hfwardhouse]

This is such a close one - Flembo serving to take it to another breaker!

[Sallydaisy]

Kinda wish the guys were serving first; they're always at risk playing catch up.
Have to hope they can hold serve and take it to a tie'break.

[hfwardhouse]

Oh my that was scary .... now we're into the breaker and that's scary too!!!

COME ON FLEMBO N JONNY!

[greatunclebulgaria]

phew set point against our boys and while I do feel 3 "sets" would be a fair outcome was so pleased they saved that set point so now again into a tie-break we go

[Linda]

:sofa:

[hfwardhouse]

:eek: they're doing this the hard way - mini break, break back now mini break down again ..... :sofa:

[Sallydaisy]

t'others serving first

*1-0
1-1*
1-2*
*2-2
*3-2
4-2* Argh, the lads have just gone down a break.

[hfwardhouse]

3 set points to t'others :sad:

[Sallydaisy]

Double break down.
Brunstrom/Klaasen serving at *5-2

[Sallydaisy]

Ooooh, minibreak back on set point

[hfwardhouse]

Oh no Jonny Maz double faulted to give the set away :crying:

[greatunclebulgaria]

can they save 3 set points against?


No they can't :grrr::grrr::crying::crying::crying:

[Linda]

:sad: mtb :sofa:

[jaysee]

Just got home in time for the MTB. Come on guys!:sofa:

[Sallydaisy]

CTB, but our lads are serving first. They need to hold serve ...

:sofa:

*1-0
1-1*
2-1* minibreak
*2-2 minibreak given back ...
*3-2
4-2* minibreak to Marming!

[hfwardhouse]

5-2 now - c'mon guys!

5-3
6-3*

[Linda]

6-6 :sofa:

6-7 :sofa: :sofa:

6-8 :sofa: :sofa: :sofa:

Come on guys!

7-8

8-8 Come on!

[Sallydaisy]

Oh, yes! Another mb to Marming
Serving at *5-2

*5-3 gulp, dropped one back
*6-3
6-4*
6-5* C'mon lads!
*6-6 Noooooo
*6-7 Noooooo again!
6-8* Argh!!!
7-8* one back, come on lads, you must hold serve!
*8-8
*9-8 matchpoint

[hfwardhouse]

Aaaargh 9-9!!!

[greatunclebulgaria]

9-9 gulp

[Sallydaisy]

C'mon guys! Break them.

[hfwardhouse]

10-10 ..... tense!

[Sallydaisy]

Steady as you go Flembo.

And a putaway from Jonny for 10-10.

[Sallydaisy]

:sofa:

t'others have matchpoint again

[Sallydaisy]

********

[hfwardhouse]

Nooooooooooooooooo :crying: they lost 12-10 in the MTB :crying:

[Linda]

:crying: :crying: :crying: That was soooooooooooo close :sad:

[jaysee]

:crying:Oh well, I suppose a SF isn't bad for their first tournament, but it was so close...:crying:

[Sallydaisy]

:sad:

Brunstrom/Klaasen win 6'7, 7'6, 12'10.
So very close.

[greatunclebulgaria]

beggery noooooooooooooooooooooooooo

on the positive side first tournament together, would we have taken semi-final if offered it end of last week

yes I think we would all have taken that

[Sallydaisy]

Yep, and tbh having watched the last hour on a stream it looks as though they're working quite well together.

So, over to one half of Peeray to keep the British flag flying.
C'mon Jamie Murray!

[patmoren]

No seeds left in the final for the dubs!

[pabbers]

Gosh - what a tight match!!

[Sallydaisy]

Gosh - what a tight match!!
Yep, 85 points to 90 ...

[pabbers]

Yep, 85 points to 90 ...

Just, sadly, in the wrong direction.......:crying:

[Jan62]

OOoh, close one. Hard lines Colin/Jonny, better luck next time. But lots of positives, semis in their first tournament together. Onward and upward.

[Sallydaisy]

Just a reminder that Jamie/John play their Semi later today.
Michael Llodra is on a bit of a roll and plays compatriot Benoit Paire in the first singles Semi.
It could be 5.30/6.00pm local time before the doubles starts - around 4.30/5pm in the UK.



Court Central Start 2:00 pm




[8] Benoit Paire (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/PD31.aspx) (FRA)
v


Michael Llodra (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/L428.aspx) (FRA)

H2H (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Scores/schedule.aspx?EventId=375#)



Not Before 3:45 PM




Jarkko Nieminen (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/N289.aspx) (FIN)
v


[3] Richard Gasquet (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/G628.aspx) (FRA)
H2H (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Scores/schedule.aspx?EventId=375#)



Jamie Murray (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/MC81.aspx) (GBR)
John Peers (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/PC96.aspx) (AUS)
v


Marc Gicquel (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/G436.aspx) (FRA)
Michael Llodra (http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/L428.aspx) (FRA)

[Hawkeye]

Definitely going to be livestreams for this one.

[Sallydaisy]

Llodra is into a 3rd set against Benoit Paire in the first Semi; he'll have about 1.5/2hrs to recover before the doubles. However, I bet Llodra goes all out to win 'cos they'll want a French title here on home soil (well, indoor hard court).
EDIT: Paire wins 4'6, 6'3, 6'1

[Jane]

All the best of luck to Jamie and John:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

[Sallydaisy]

Gasquet is 1 game away from wrapping up the 2nd Semi in the 3rd set.
Nieminen serving at 2-5 to stay in the match.

Jamie/John to follow this.

[RoastLamb]

So looking forward to this. Going to prepare a bacon sarnie to keep me fortified.

[Sallydaisy]

The arena is deserted for the doubles ...

All 4 players are in white! I know the court is a greeny-blue but it's nothing like Wimbledon.
:hmm:

Giquel/Llodra to serve first (Llodra); he has blue trainers on so we might be able to tell who he is at least.

[Sallydaisy]

Nice early break for Jamie and John!
Jamie Murray to serve; DF, *0-15.
Please don't give the break back!!!
:sofa:

[Sallydaisy]

The French broke back ... 1-1 in the first set. Giquel to serve.
*0-30
:hmm:

And the Brits broke again 2-1, held for 3-1, Frenchies held 3-2.
Murray serving at *3-2
All back on serve at 4-4 after the Frenchies broke back.

[Sallydaisy]

Now Peeray are serving at *5-6 to stay in the first set.
Need to hold serve!

[Linda]

Eek! Just got back from a day out to find a :sofa: situation

[Sallydaisy]

Aaaah, a tie-break. French serving first.

*1-0
1-1* Ace from Jamie
2-1* and a DF :sad:
*3-1
*4-1 humph
4-2*
4-3* need to break the French if they can
*5-3
*6-3
6-4* C'mon Jamie, gie us an Ace!
6-5* Well held but t'others have a set point on their own serve
*6-6 a walloping shot from Peers and a fist pump to quieten the cheering hordes
*7-6 set point again to the French. Peeray need to hold 2.
7-7*
7-8* phew, set point now to Jamie and John!
*8-8 good serve from Llodra
*9-8 set point 3 to the French, Jamie to serve to save the set
9-9* Peers did well at the net there

[Sallydaisy]

9-9* with Jamie to serve again after the change of ends
10-9* :sad: the french have a 4th set point
*11-9

First set to the French 7'6(9) but it's very very tight and you have to think Llodra might tire at some point.
Giquel the weaker of the 2 Frenchmen.

[pabbers]

And Jamie's serve seemingly flakey? Only watched the tie breaker though.

[Linda]

:sad:

Come on guys!

[pabbers]

On serve in the second so far.

[pabbers]

Thinking the seats are empty because lots will be watching the rugby - as is Mr P down the pub!

[pabbers]

The boys break!

[Linda]

KitKat! :cheer:

[Sallydaisy]

Our lads have just broken Gicquel, Peers serving at *3-1 up

[Sallydaisy]

:eek:
breakback point

[pabbers]

Hung in by the skin of their teeth there - very sloppy point by Jamie early in the game.

[RoastLamb]

Wrst livestream EVER! :angry:

[pabbers]

Our boys take the second set 6-3.

[Jane]

One set all - come on Jamie and John

[Sallydaisy]

Wrst livestream EVER! :angry:

Awww, I'm watching on Bet365 which has a 3.5" square screen so it's very small but at least there's no adverts and it keeps going!

[Linda]

One set all

mtb :sofa:

[Sallydaisy]

CTB - French serving first.
Fingers crossed for Jamie and John!

*1-0
1-1*
1-2* Nice Ace from John!
*2-2
*2-3 oooooh a mini-break!
2-4* great 2nd serve Ace from Jamie!!!

[Linda]

:sofa:

[Sallydaisy]

So our lads lead at the change of ends 2-4* with another serve to come.

3-4* and the French win the minibreak back with some good stuff at the net
*4-4 Ace from Llodra
*5-4 Giquel putaway at the net
6-4* oh no, great return from a Frenchman to win that point
6-5* our lads need to break back right now, in fact 2 would do nicely!
*7-5

[Linda]

:crying:

[Sallydaisy]

The French now lead the 3rd set *7-5 with another serve to come
*8-5 darn the net
9-5* and the French have 4 match points
9-6* the French now have 3 match points on their own serve.
*10-6

They win 7'6(9), 3'6, 10'6
No Brits in the Final in Montpelier.

:sad:

[pabbers]

Oh dear.

[RoastLamb]

Awww. Sucks! :crying:

[greatunclebulgaria]

could have had that but promising signs for the future

[Jane]

Really bad luck for Jamie and John :sad: - but they gave the others a run for their money:thumbup:

[Sallydaisy]

They came sooooooooooo close - JM/JP won 76 points, MG/ML won 77 points.

:sad:

[hfwardhouse]

:crying:

[patmoren]

Very encouraging from Jamie and John. I hope they are going to stray together for awhile.

[pabbers]

Very encouraging from Jamie and John. I hope they are going to stray together for awhile.

I think Alejandra may have something to say about that :lol:

[Sallydaisy]

The French win the Doubles Final: 6'3, 3'6, 11'9.
:trophy:

[pabbers]

Satisfying in a way.

[JAMES4578]

Yes in the one sense,though of course pity we didn't have a Brit in the final. Still a good run for Jamie/John and indeed Colin/Johnny.

[Linda]

With all the Brits we had in the draw you'd think one/two of them should have won! :grrr:

Only joking. Well done to all :clap: :clap: