CH Sarasota 2013, 15-21 April. Main thread - info and doubles draw

[Sallydaisy]

SARASOTA CHALLENGER
Longboat Key Club and Resort, 3100 Harborside Drive, Longboat Key, FL 34228, Florida, USA

Website: http://www.sarasotaopen.org/
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarasota,_Florida
Singles Draw: http://www.sarasotaopen.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/mds.pdf

DOUBLES DRAW
[1] Brunstrom/Butorac v Johnson/Klahn
Sock/Zhang v Sandgren/Williams
[4] Becker/Ianni v Fratangelo/Krueger
Gabashvili/Molchanov v Kuznetsov/Zverev

Celestine/Chappidi v Levine/Menendez
Alund/Pella v [3] Monroe/Stadler
Russell/Smyczek v Bogomolov/Stebe
Q/Q v [2] J.Murray/Peers


http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/images/usa/florida.jpg

Doubles pairs share the follow prize money and get points as follows:-
Winner $6,200 100
Finalist $3,600 60
Semi-Finalist $2,160 35
Quarter-Finalist $1,280 10
First Round $720 0

[Sallydaisy]

After their fantastic win over the Bryan Brothers in the ATP250 Final at Houston it's down to earth with a bump for Jamie and John.

They're headed to Sarasota which is a Challenger event on clay. At least it'll be chance for Jamie to hook up with another couple of British players - James Ward and Kyle Edmund (upcoming Junior, good clay courter and joint 5th 'man' at DC last week).

Sadly the 2 Brits in the singles draw are to meet in R1 ... Wardy v WC Kyle
Such a shame that one of them will lose. Wardy is good on clay and has won the title here already. Kyle has also proved he can play on clay and a few points here would really lift his ranking ahead of Wimbledon and the chance of a Wildcard.

Anyhow - back to the doubles!
The draw isn't out yet but it'll be posted as soon as possible and we'll set up FTD for Jamie/John.

[Jane]

The draw is out. Jamie and John are no.2 seeds and play qualifiers in the first round. Best of luck, guys:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:


I'll leave the rest to you, Sally:):)

[Linda]

Can I post my FTD here please as I'm off to bed and probably won't get back here until long after play has started.

1. Jamie & John
2. Jamie & John v Brumstrom & Butorac
3. Jamie & John v Monroe & Stadler, Brumstrom & Butorac v Becker & Ianni
4. Winners

[Sallydaisy]

ORDER OF PLAY – MONDAY, APRIL 15, 2013

STADIUM start 11:00 am (16.00 UK time)
Qualifying – I Bozoljac (SRB) vs F Wolmarans (RSA)

Not Before 13:00 PM (18.00 UK time)
[6] G Pella (ARG) vs B Klahn (USA)
J Sock (USA) / Z Zhang (CHN) vs T Sandgren (USA) / R Williams (USA)
T Smyczek (USA) vs [WC] B Fratangelo (USA)

Not Before 18:30 PM (23.50 UK time)
F Dancevic (CAN) vs [3] M Alund (ARG)


COURT 8 start 11:00 am (16.00 UK time)
Qualifying – A Kuznetsov (USA) vs M Krueger (USA)

Not Before 1:00 PM
C Stebe (GER) vs A Menendez-Maceiras (ESP)
T Gabashvili (RUS) / D Molchanov (UKR) vs [WC] A Kuznetsov (USA) / M Zverev (GER)
[1] J Brunstrom (SWE) / E Butorac (USA) vs S Johnson (USA) / B Klahn (USA)


COURT 9 start 11:00 am (16.00 UK time)
Qualifying – J Jung (USA) vs Y Lim (KOR)
Qualifying – S Jeong (KOR) vs M Michalicka (CZE)
Doubles Qualifying R2:
I Bozoljac (SRB) / S Devvarman (IND) vs [2] R Borvanov (MDA) / M Michalicka (CZE)
[WC] T Celestine (USA) / S Chappidi (IND) vs J Levine (CAN) / A Menendez-Maceiras (ESP)

[lynne]

From Facebook.........


Jamie Murray & John Peers will begin their tournament on Wednesday in Sarasota against Somdev Dev Varman and Ilia Bozoljac

[lynne]

From Jamie's Facebook page............



Wed 16th Apr. Sarasota Open. [Q] I Bozoljac (SRB) / S Devvarman (IND) vs [2] J Murray (GBR) / J Peers (AUS). 11am Sarasota Time. 4pm UK Time

[Jane]

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

[Jan62]

Jamie and John get a break and are 4-2 up in first set. :)

[Jan62]

And J&J win the first set 6-3 :dance:

[Jane]

Am struggling here - LS is away ahead of live stream - dont know what to watch - Andy on tv, or Jamie on livescorehunter LOL

[Jane]

One set all in Jamie's match - mtb to follow:sofa:

[Jan62]

Uh oh. Breadsticked in the 2nd set so its all square. :nailbiter:

[Jan62]

:facepalm: Hard lines J&J. Lost 6-3, 1-6, 4-10. :sad:

[Jane]

So sorry Jamie and John lost - 3-6, 6-1, 10-4. Still suffering from last week's heroics?:sad:

[JAMES4578]

Disappointing but suppose Jamie/John possibly had a bit of a letdown and didn't quite have the focus.

[banskogirl]

Aw pity the boys lost, back down to earth with a bump for them. I suppose we can't expect them to win everything in a row......not that we ever did that with Andy......

[supergran]

What a shame....Hope they bounce back!!