Cincinnati, W&S Open, 11-19 August - DOUBLES

[harriet]

JB play today on Court 11, versus Ryan Harrison and Nicholas Monroe, starting 4pm UKtime

[Jane]

Best of luck, Jamie and Bruno :thumbup::thumbup:

[Jane]

Players warming up Sky Sports 408 red button, and also Bet365

[exislander]

Players warming up Sky Sports 408 red button, and also Bet365

Also on tennis tv

[patlowe]

Also on tennis tv

And commie free on Tennis TV!

[Jane]

First set to Jamie and Bruno - 6 - 4 :yahoo: :yahoo:

[JAMES4578]

Good start, let's keep it going!

[harriet]

now serving at 6-5,
but dropped serve after a DD
NOW TB7

[Jane]

tb time:sofa:

[Alis]

Rats!

[harriet]

1-0
2-0 mb down
2-1
2-2 level
3-2
3-3
3-4
4-4
5-4
5-5
5-6
6-6
7-6
7-7
7-8
8-8
9-8
9-9
9-10
9-11
JB win 6-4 7(9)- 6

[JAMES4578]

Tight TB but Jamie/Bruno take it 9-7 to advance, well done!

[patlowe]

Phew! Tight TB! Well done boys.

[Jane]

Jamie and Bruno win the match...6-4, 7-6 - well done :yahoo: :yahoo:

[harriet]

JB have the day off, play the winner of the Klaassen/Venus - Melo/Kubot set to today

[harriet]

well, JB will play Melo/Kubot, sometime; the rain has struck Cincy so JB have another day off. Cincy seems to be desperately playing catch-up, many players are playing twice, including fedX, djo and NK, who'll be hopping round delPo and then either kevin anderson or The Milky Bar Kid, who seems to be growing up apart from his baby teeth.

[Jane]

Today's weather forecast for today looks like "more of the same"

[harriet]

today's the day, 5pm here time, JB play Melo/Kubot, and then the winner plays the winner of the Roger/Tecau v Lopez/Lopez battle.
the rain has so rocked Cincy that the quarters and then semis of the dubs is scheduled for the same day

mind you, the women's dubs games are affected even more, they play the semis late afternoon, and then the final is the last match after the Goffin/Federer game. that game starts at 7pm Cincy time, so the women come on 9pm +/-, to play to nobody?

[Jane]

Best of luck, Jamie and Bruno :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

[Jane]

First set to Jamie and Bruno 7 - 5 :dance::dance:

[harriet]

tb7 for set 2
3-3, many exchanges of mbs
3-4, mb for JB
3-5, 4-5, dropped serve
5-5, 5-6, match point JB
6-6, dropped serve 7-6, dropped serve
MK win set 2, 7-6

on to a tb10

[Jane]

One set all. Come on, Jamie and Bruno :thumbup::thumbup:

[Jane]

Jamie and Bruno get the win - well done :yahoo::yahoo:

[harriet]

MK serve first
1-0
1-1, 1-2
2-2, 2-3
mb 4 JB
3-3, dropped serve, 3-4
4-4, 4-5 mb 4 JB
4-6, 4-7
4-8, mb 4 JB, 5-8
5-9, match point, 6-9, dropped serve
JB win 7-5, 6-7, 10-6

[lovetennis]

:cheer::cheer::yahoo::yahoo:

Well done Jame & Bruno. Into the Final

[lynne]

:thumbup::thumbup:Well done Jamie & Bruno!!!!:thumbup::thumbup:

[harriet]

now they play Rojer and Tecau, who saw off Lopez/Lopez in straights, scheduled for later tonight

[JAMES4578]

Became tight but convincing enough in ctb, well done!

[Jane]

:cheer::cheer::yahoo::yahoo:

Well done Jame & Bruno. Into the Final

Not quite i'm afraid - they have to play Rojer and Tecau in the semi-final later this evening

[lovetennis]

Not quite i'm afraid - they have to play Rojer and Tecau in the semi-final later this evening

Oh dear, all that rain earlier in the week has got me totally mixed up with this tournament :doh:

[Jan]

Phew - well done JB!

[patlowe]

Bravo boys! And they're warming up now to try and do it all over again. Go boys!

[Jane]

Good luck, guys :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

[Jane]

Jamie and Bruno win - 6-7. 6-2, 10-6. Well done,guys :yahoo::yahoo::yahoo::clap::clap::clap:

[JAMES4578]

Good win in the end, well done guys!

[patlowe]

Well done J&B!:clap::clap:

[Teresa]

Excellent.

[Jane]

Looking forward to watching Jamie and Bruno on Sky Sports Action (407) at 5.15pm (UK) against Cabal and Farah. All the best of luck, guys. :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

[harriet]

read all about it, ATP page (https://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/cincinnati-2018-doubles-saturday)
could be their first Masters 1000 title, go JB! the video is old but worth watching

[themass15]

I hadn't realised until I saw it on the ATP site that JB hadn't won a Masters Title. Do hope they can do that today and help to seal their place at the O2

[lynne]

Good Luck Jamie & Bruno!!!! :thumbup::thumbup:

[lovetennis]

About to start, c'mon Jamie & Bruno :cheer::cheer:

[lovetennis]

An early break :thumbup: *2-1 to JamBru

[Linda]

Oops, just .missed the FTD :(

[JAMES4578]

Unfortunately break gone now though some great play from Farah, 4 all- come on guys!

[Hawkeye]

Jamie's right knee looks like it has been in the wars...

[Jane]

Ouch - first set gone:crying:

[harriet]

chapter of accidents there, first set lost, some weak serving letting them down

[JAMES4578]

Pity how set turned around,1-2 in 2nd.

[lovetennis]

Went for something to eat at 4-2 and came back to find they lost the set 6-4. Looking better now in the 2nd. Don't mess it up this time JamBru

[JAMES4578]

Hold on to break for 5-3, let's keep pressure on.

[Jane]

One set all - mtb time :sofa: Go Jamie and Bruno :thumbup:

[JAMES4578]

Fab as break again for the set, , hopefully good start in mtb!

[lovetennis]

Much better - JamBru take the 2nd set :clap:

[Jane]

Brilliant!! Well done Jamie and Bruno - so happy for them. 4-6, 6-3, 10-6 :yahoo::yahoo::clap::clap::trophy:

[lovetennis]

:boogie::boogie::yahoo::yahoo::boogie::boogie::yah oo:

Congrats JamBru

[lynne]

Fantastic result for Jamie & Bruno!!! Played well & what a shot from Jamie, they fought well in that TB!!!..Bravo!!:thumbup::thumbup:

[JAMES4578]

MTB swung back and forth initially but Murray/Soares turned on the style for the win and their first Masters-terrific. Jamie stunningly dealt with lob for crucial 9-6 lead :clap::clap::clap::bravo:

[lovetennis]

Yes that was a terrific winner to go 9-6 up, especially as it as from quite far back in the court. Jamie is so amazing at the net I don't think of him ripping winners from the back but that one was brilliant :worship:

[patlowe]

So so pleased for Jamie in particular as he was the only one of the 4 who hadn't already won a 1000 series. Great finish and very well done guys:clap::clap::clap:

[patmoren]

Great win for Jamie and Bruno after the stutter in the 1st set. Jamie really wanted that one, his 1st Masters 1000

[Jan]

Hooray :cheer::cheer:

[hfwardhouse]

Wooooooop :yahoo:

[karanga]

Congratulations Jamie and Bruno. :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :trophy: :trophy:

[supergran]

Congratulations to Jamie and Bruno.:trophy::trophy::trophy::trophy:

[Alis]

:yahoo::yahoo::yahoo: