DOHA 31st Dec 2016 - 8th Jan, 2017 DOUBLES

[Jane]

Jamie and Bruno will shortly (perhaps an hour or so) be on court to play Baghdatis and Matkowski. All the best of luck, guys :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

[Jane]

Up on LS now

[Stell]

1 - 2.

[goldfish]

Not a great start, dropping first game to Baggy who retired injured yesterday in his singles match. Also saving break points in service game 2. Jamie/Bruno 1-2*

[Stell]

2 - 3.

[Jane]

3 - 3

[Stell]

Jamie and Bruno win the first set 6 - 3.

[Jane]

First set to Jamie and Bruno 6 - 3 :yahoo:

[JAMES4578]

Good start, keep going Jamie/Bruno!

[Stell]

2 - 0.

[Jane]

Jamie and Bruno win - 6-3, 6-1 well done :yahoo::yahoo::yahoo:

[Stell]

A nice easy win, in the end, for Jamie and Bruno.

[JAMES4578]

Glad it was a comprehensive win, good start for Jamie/Bruno!

[Alis]

:dance::dance::dance::yahoo::yahoo::yahoo::dance:: dance::dance:

[Jane]

best of luck to Jamie and Bruno today :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

[Jane]

Jamie and Bruno's match up on LS

[Jane]

First set win for Jamie and Bruno - 7 - 5 :yahoo:

[lynne]

Bit of a tussle in the first but putting foot down now!!!...........3-1.......COME ONNNNNNNNNN!!!

[Jane]

4-4 come on guys

[Jane]

One set all tb time

[Jan]

:sofa:

[lynne]

This match is so close!!...well it was ....6-3 now

[Sallydaisy]

:phew:

:thumbup:

Well done Brumie!

[lynne]

Yesssssssssss they did it..........7-5, 4-6 & 10-4...........:boogie::boogie:

[Jan]

:phew:
well done Jamie and Bruno!

[Jane]

:yahoo: :yahoo::yahoo:

[Stell]

I found out about Jamie and Bruno reaching the semi final just before Andy's match. Shame Inglot and Mergea didn't win.

[Jane]

Jamie and Bruno play Chardy and Martin and are now up on LS. Best of luck, guys :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

[harriet]

serving at 5-4, for the first set
didn't make it, 2 dfs, DD lost on the second df, so now 5-5
think Bruno was serving too

[Jane]

Down 5-6 come on guys!!

[harriet]

so now Jamie serving at 5-6, to force a TB7

[Jane]

tb time :sofa:

[harriet]

TB7, after 2 foot faults and another DD, second serve

[harriet]

ugh, lost first set 6-7, lost TB to 3
serving first in second set

[Jane]

Lost the first set 6-7 :facepalm: Come on guys!!!

[Jane]

3-3 in the second set

[Jane]

4 - 4

[Jane]

6 - 6 tb time

[Jane]

They lost!!! :crying: :crying: :crying:

[lynne]

Aww Jane, I could'nt follow live score but thanks anyway Jane for posting!:sad:

[Jan]

:sad:

[harriet]

i couldn't follow set 2, but disappointing to lose in the semi, on 2 tb sets, and failing to serve it out to take first set, that would have been such a downer

[Alis]

Oh dear! On the positive side, it will give them more time to get used to the conditions in Melbourne.

[Stell]

I had hoped Jamie and Bruno would reach the final.

[supergran]

:crying::crying::crying::crying:

[JAMES4578]

It was disappointing for Jamie/Bruno but still got a few matches in and turned on very fine margins. Sure can do well in Melboune!

[harriet]

remind me please, in Grand Slam, will it be the same ridiculous format or will there be adv points at deuce? not the deciding point, DD as i call it.

[JAMES4578]

remind me please, in Grand Slam, will it be the same ridiculous format or will there be adv points at deuce? not the deciding point, DD as i call it.

No DD in Men's/Women's Doubles at Slams,best of 3 full TB sets for Men (other than Wimbledon where it's still best of 5 and Adv in decider) Only the Mixed (other than Wimbledon) uses the short format.