PHOENIX, ARIZONA Challenger - 11th - 17th March 2019 - DOUBLES

[Jane]

Jamie playing here with Neal Skupski this week. Best of luck, guys:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

[exislander]

Safely through 6-3 7-6.

[exislander]

They play Daniell/Koolhof tonight 7pm.

[Jane]

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

[Sallydaisy]

They lead 6'5 (on serve) in the CTB for the 3rd and deciding set.
Murray Skupski 6'7, 6'4 in sets 1 and 2.

[Sallydaisy]

Still on serve with Jamie/Neal at 8-7.
Others serving now. 8-8
9-8 so the GBR pair are now serving to stay in the match.

[Jane]

They won!!!:cheer::cheer::cheer:

[Sallydaisy]

Yay! They won! 12-10 in the CTB.
:thumbup:

[supergran]

:cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer:

[Jane]

Jamie and Neal lost the first set 6-7, but are leading 5-0 in the second :thumbup: :thumbup:

[Jane]

They take the second set 6 - 0 :cheer::cheer: and now for the mtb. Go guys!!

[Jane]

Phew - they took the mtb 11 - 9 and won the match. Well done, guys:cheer::cheer::cheer:

[glenys]

Do we know why Jamie is playing a challenger? Have Jamie and Bruno split?

[Alis]

I was just going to ask the same thing. My mind's working overtime, of course - do you think this might be paving the way for Jamie to play with Andy later in the year? Probably just wishful thinking on my part.

[Nessie]

Do we know why Jamie is playing a challenger? Have Jamie and Bruno split?
Maybe just because Jamie felt he needed more practice as they’d gone out so early in IW and Bruno didn’t want to play a challenger? -just a thought!

[Jane]

Best of luck to Jamie and Neal - on court now.:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

[Sallydaisy]

Murski 4-3 with a break ... Skupski to serve next.

[Sallydaisy]

break back by t'others.
on serve now at 4-4

[Sallydaisy]

tiebreak. t'others are winning 4-2 at the change of ends.

[Jane]

Lost the first set in a tb

[Sallydaisy]

Broke for 2-0 in the 2nd set. Jamie now serving.

[Sallydaisy]

Murski now 5-2 up in the 2nd set with t'others about to serve.

[Sallydaisy]

Ummm, t'others held and then broke so it's back on serve at 4-5. Murski need to break again now.

[Jane]

One set all - tb time

[Sallydaisy]

they took the 2nd set 7'5.
CTB to decide it ...

[Sallydaisy]

Murski serving first:-

*1-0
2-0* early break ...
2-1* Skupski next to serve
*2-2 broken back
*3-2
4-2 minibreak again

[Sallydaisy]

5-2* and another minibreak ... they MUST hold their own serves now (Jamie's turn)
*6-2
*7-2 ...
7-3*
7-4*
*8-4 at the change of ends.

[Sallydaisy]

*9-4 and that's 5 match points!
9-5*
9-6* Now let's have a good serve to nail this!
*10-6


:yahoo::yahoo::yahoo::yahoo::yahoo:

[Jane]

Well done guys:trophy::cheer::cheer::cheer::clap::clap::clap :

[Sallydaisy]

:trophy:
Winners!

Well done Jamie and Neal ... bit of a battle but Murski came through 6'7, 7'5, 10'6.

[Jane]

Must admit I didn't see all of the match, as I was also watching the golf - Rory won the Players Championship, making it a really good day for me.:big grin::big grin:

[JAMES4578]

Good win, well done Jamie and Neal! :clap::clap::trophy:

[patlowe]

Great to see Jamie and Neal come through. I thought Jamie was having a few problems with his serve, but main thing is, they got the W.:trophy:

[supergran]

:cheer::cheer:

[HoopGirl]

How come Jamie’s not with his regular partner?