TOKYO 2011, DOUBLES R1: Jamie/Andy Murray d Andujar/Raonic 7'5, 6'7, 10'6

[Sallydaisy]

The Murray brothers are together again on the doubles court !!!
:dance::dance:

They'll be up against a scratch pairing of Canadian Milos Raonic, who has been making great progress up the singles rankings this year to #30(doubles #382), and Pablo Andujar, of Spain, who is singles ranked 45, (doubles #96).

The Murrays have had success on the doubles court - notably this year at Davis Cup, Glasgow, where they gave a fantastic performance in front of an ecstatic home crowd.

They also won their first main tour title together, last autumn at the Valencia 500 event, and as a result they need to defend those 500 points - mainly to avoid a big doubles rankings drop for Jamie.

A tournament win here would boost Jamie's ranking but only temporarily because over the next 2 months he has 735 points to defend just to maintain his place in the 30's.

The match is scheduled for Tuesday 4th October, 3rd match on Court 1 following 2 singles matches starting 12noon (4am UK).

Estimated time for Jamie and Andy to play is approx 7am UK time.
Very doubtful there'll be a livestream for this so it'll be livescoring for us fans.

[MurrayAOne]

Good luck Andy and Jamie!!! Will be watching the scores!!!

[supergran]

Good luck to Jamie and Andy!!!

[lynne]

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

[Aussie Andy]

Go the Murray Brothers!

[lynne]

Morning folks, I can't find any live streams for this match so it looks like the lovely scoreboard:laugh:. See you all soon off to make coffee!!:)

[jaysee]

:sleepy:And it's another three-set singles match so still a while to wait...

[harriet]

the singles has just finished, the JPN player won, so Jamie + partner on court next

[lynne]

Names are up on scoreboard....at last!!:)

[harriet]

and we're off, panic v bros -panic holds serve, and bros coming in with aces

[harriet]

wow, KITKAT for bros

[Jane]

Best of luck, boys:thumbup::thumbup::)

[Sallydaisy]

Go the boys!!!

*0-15, oops
*15-15 better
*15-30 'cos of a DF from MUR
*15-40 2 break points .......
*30-40 come on!!!

Darn it - Andonic broke back for 2-2.
Ah well, you did it once just go and break 'em again please Jamie and Andy!

[Sallydaisy]

Crikey, they're rattling through this match.
Andonic just held for 4-3.

[harriet]

well, panic hold serve for 4-3, bros now, my guess is it's jamie in fact to serve now

[harriet]

hold for 4-4. rafa just got a break v Go Soeda, and Tomic won first set on tb, failed to serve for it at 6-5

[harriet]

bros now at 4-5, always awkward serving second

[Jane]

:cheer:Yes - a much needed break:cheer:

[Sallydaisy]

A hold and a break give the Murrays the upper hand - they're serving for the first set after the change of ends.

[harriet]

wow, KITKAT serving for set now at 6-5

[Jane]

:cheer:Well done, boys 7-5:cheer::cheer::cheer:

[lynne]

That was quick........well done!!!.:clap::clap:

[jaysee]

Well done the bros! One set down, one to go...

[harriet]

so, first set 7-5, funny, my FTM was 7-5, but in favour of panic

[Sallydaisy]

Great stuff guys! Let's have another quick set please.

It's 6pm in Tokyo - they probably want to be off court in time to shower, do presser and then get off out for dinner!!!
:)

[Aussie Andy]

Pleased to see they've won the first set. Come on, guys!

[Sallydaisy]

1-1 and the Murrays are going for a kitkat already!!!

*15-40
*30-40 Ace from Andujar
*40-40
Andonic hold 2-1. Darn it, our lads had 2bp's in that game.

[harriet]

panic hold for 2--1, survived a DD to make that

[harriet]

DD, second serve, RATS!!! panic have the break, to serve at 3-1

[Sallydaisy]

Oh no, the boys have been broken!!!
Wait, this happened in the first set too and they turned it around.
Come on lads - break back please!

[Aussie Andy]

A double Murraycoaster. This is NOT FAIR!

[Aussie Andy]

That's right, hold serve. Now you're making gravy.

[Aussie Andy]

Two break points!!! Go for it!

[Sallydaisy]

Getting back ... again going for the break....

Yay!!! They got the kitkat. Serving next at *3-4.

[JAMES4578]

Let's hope the Murrays can get this dusted in two, come on!

[harriet]

KITKAT, back on serve at 3-4.
aussie andy - making gravy? in english, is that like 'cooking with gas'? ie doing well

[Aussie Andy]

Come on, Murrays!

[Jane]

4-4 good catch-up

[harriet]

30-30, this is the bro who whispers, scarcely even a murmur, still, he holds for 4-4

[Jan]

come on please! We really don't want one of these mtb's do we?? :grrr:

[lynne]

Yessssssssssssss!!!!..........come on guy's!!!!!:)

[harriet]

ace raygun, panic hold for 5-4

[Aussie Andy]

aussie andy - making gravy? in english, is that like 'cooking with gas'? ie doing well

I've never heard of 'cooking with gas', and I'm not even sure where 'making gravy' comes from. Might be New Zealand. But yes, it does mean doing well, or as I always thought of it 'you're doing something right'. :)

5-4... must must must hold serve. Please. Come on! :sofa:

[Jan]

phew - they faced a sp there but held for 5-5

[harriet]

30-30, lots of second serves for bros, 40-30, DD!!! hold! for 5-5

[Jane]

Relief!!!!

[jaysee]

Ok, time to repeat the first set kitkat please!

[Sallydaisy]

5-5 after a quick Murray hold.

Come on lads - kitkat time!

[Jane]

Wooooooo - the biscuit!!!!!!!!

[Sallydaisy]

Yay!!! The got the break to go 6'5 up 2nd set.
Will be serving for the match after the change of ends ..... deja-vu!
:clap:

[jaysee]

Yeesss!! Now safe hold please, no Murraycoaster required here.

[Aussie Andy]

Overjoyed to see Andy and Jamie serving for the match. Come on, guys!

[Jan]

great - come on!!!

[harriet]

'cooking with gas' may be a more scottish phrase? perhaps from round time of gas privatisation? or just as slightly ironic, ie a step up from campfire cooking

KITKAT serving again, for match at 6-5

[Aussie Andy]

Tiebreak!!:help:

[harriet]

ugh, 30-40, DD, second serve, RATS, 6-6

[Jan]

tb time

[Sallydaisy]

Goddarn it - broken when serving for the match and lost it on the death deuce point.
6-6.
Into a tie-break.

[lynne]

No!!!!!...did'nt want to go behind :sofa:

[Jan]

mb down

[Sallydaisy]

Andonic to serve first:

*1-0
2-0* oops Murrays
2-1* a mb behind
*2-2 that'll do, mb levelled
*3-2 so stays on serve
4-2* erm, oops again Murrays. Change of ends

[Sallydaisy]

Murrays serving.

4-2* Change of ends
5-2* Oh dear.
*6-2 and that's 4 set points to Andonic.

Andonic take the 2nd set 7'6(2).

MTB. Blast it.

[Aussie Andy]

Oh dear. A third set. Come on!

[Jane]

Time to get off the couch and get in behind it:sofa:

[jaysee]

:sofa: Oh well, just have to win the MTB then...

[Jan]

:sofa:

[harriet]

4 set point for panic, tb10 looms, yup set 7-6 to panic
teamtalk needed for bros, regroup after letting match slip

[Jan]

good start - mb up

[Jan]

4 set point for panic, tb10 looms, yup set 7-6 to panic
teamtalk needed for bros, regroup after letting match slip

I wondered what all this "panic" was - it didn't even make sense - then I realised!!

[Jan]

5-1

[harriet]

hi jan, yes, i amuse myself making up names, so PA(ndjugar)..(rao)nic

[Jane]

Congratulations boys - well done - quite a battle:cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer::):)

[Sallydaisy]

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How the MTB went .....
*1-0
2-0*
2-1*
*3-1
*4-1 good
5-1* even better
6-1* this is a good buffer
*7-1 keep it going .......
*7-2 oops
7-3*
8-3* So the boys have 2 serves for the match.
*9-3 and an ACE sets up 6 match points. change of ends.
*9-4 *sigh*
9-5* still 4 match points
9-6*
*10-6 Winners MURRAY/MURRAY

:yahoo::yahoo::yahoo:

[Jan]

:cheer::cheer: well done Andy and Jamie!

[jaysee]

:swingin::cheer::cheer:And it's Panic over!! Well done guys!

[Aussie Andy]

They won! :cheer: At least double Murraycoasters are quicker!

[lynne]

Worth getting up for.....WELL DONE GUY'S!!!!!!!:thumbup:

[Hawkeye]

:shades:

[Aussie Andy]

Next in the doubles: Murray & Murray vs Ito/Nishikori

[harriet]

finally, bros win 7-5, 6-7, 10-6, an hour and a half, good workout, need to work on serve, and holding firm in a tight spot.

[Helen40]

They won 7-5 6-7(2), 10-6.

[ChrisMac]

Well Done Murray Brothers!!:cheer::cheer::clap::clap:

[patmoren]

Good win for Andy and Jamie could have taken it in two but didn't serve out at 6-5 in the second. Nevertheless got the win which is the important part.

[Alis]

:cheer::cheer::cheer: Well done guys!

[NorthernLights]

Good result! Well done, Andy and Jamie! :clap:

[JAMES4578]

Became a bit of a nervewracking encounter but the Murrays came good in the end in a tough encounter, well done guys!:cheer::cheer::cheer:

[supergran]

Happy that the boys won what seemed like a tough match. Well done!!

[Pam]

Glad you won guys - all the best in the next round.

[RoastLamb]

I so would have loved to have watched this match. Seems it was a doozy and I was one off a PS in the ftm. Pfft.

[hfwardhouse]

:yahoo: well done guys! Was hoping to LS at work but the boss was hovering the whole time :grrr:

[MurrayAOne]

Great win Andy and Jamie!!! Well in The Murrays!!!!!!!!!! :)

[xenon21]

Wahey! Well done to the boys! Great win! :) Hope the wins keep coming!

[Linda]

Very happy that they won! (I was checking the livescore at work :))

[cazza99]

:clap: well done boys :clap:

[FoxyFi]

:clap: Fab start boys, well done :clap: