US OPEN 2020, Mens Doubles (and Mixed if played)

[Sallydaisy]

Draw link to follow. Here's the information regarding British involvement.

US Open men's doubles 1st rounds:
O'Mara/Arevalo vs Rojer/Tecau
J Murray/N Skupski vs Dodig/Polasek
Inglot/Qureshi vs Sock/Withrow
Bambridge/McLachlan vs Eubanks/McDonald
Salisbury/Ram vs Krajicek/Skugor
K Skupski/S Gonzalez vs Bolelli/M Gonzalez

No Brits in the women's doubles

[RoastLamb]

The ESPN commies said today there'd be no mixed dubs. They were talking about how well Jamie and his partners have done in the mixed the last three years. Very disappointing imho.

[JAMES4578]

Certainly is disappointing no Mixed, they changed their minds on the Wheelchair events which are going ahead.

[Sallydaisy]

British Doubles Scores on the doors so far today:

Salisbury/Ram d Krajicek/Skugor 6'2, 6'7, 6'3
:thumbup:
Bolelli/M.Gonzalez d K.Skupski/S.Gonzalez 6'4, 6'3
Eubanks/McDonald d Bambridge/McLachlan 6'3, 6'2
:sad:

[Sallydaisy]

O'Mara/Arevalo up 4-2 in the tie-break for the 1st set v Rojer/Tecau.

[Sallydaisy]

O'Mara/Arevalo up 4-2 in the tie-break for the 1st set v Rojer/Tecau.
Good, that's the first set in the bag 7'6(3), keep it going!
:GBflag:

[Sallydaisy]

:oops:
They've been broken ... Horia/Tecau serving at *2-1 up in the 2nd set.

[Sallydaisy]

Into a 3rd set ....

[Sallydaisy]

Rabbits. They had break points in the 6th game to take a 4-2 lead but couldn't take it. Rojer/Tecau have now broken and will serve at *4-3 after the change of ends.

[Sallydaisy]

Rojer/Tecau d O'Mara/Arevalo 6'7, 6'2, 6'4.
Hard luck Johnny, very close fought match and they had a break point for 5-5 in that final set.

Onwards.

[Sallydaisy]

Jamie/Neal might be delayed starting as they follow on the Mens Singles match on Court 7 which currently is 1 set all between Cilic and Gombos.

[Sallydaisy]

Jamie/Neal might be delayed starting as they follow on the Mens Singles match on Court 7 which currently is 1 set all between Cilic and Gombos.
Cilic/Gombos are just starting the 4th set.

[Sallydaisy]

Murray/Skupski should be starting fairly soon as the Mens Singles match has finally finished.
(Cilic won)

[supergran]

Watching Jamie and Neal. Going with serve first set. 4-3

[Jane]

First set to Jamie and Neal - 6-3 :dance::dance:

[supergran]

Great start. Come on boys.

[JAMES4578]

Good start, keep it going Jamie/Neal!

[Sallydaisy]

Jamie/Neal serving for the match at *6-5 in the 2nd set.
Took the first 6-3

[Sallydaisy]

:yahoo::yahoo::yahoo:

Well done Jamie and Neal. Good win over Dodig/Polasek 6'3, 7'5.
:GBflag:

[supergran]

Well done. Easier than I had anticipated.

[Jane]

Well done, guys.:cheer::cheer::cheer:

[JAMES4578]

That was impressive in a tough match up, potentially could have been long encounter. well done Jamie and Neal!:cheer::cheer: They did face 7 breaks points but Dodig/Polasek were unable to convert and Murray/Skupski took 2 out their 3 chances.

[Jan]

:clap:

[Sallydaisy]

Salisbury/Ram up a break on the Harrison brothers, serving at *3-2

[Sallydaisy]

Salisbury/Ram speed through the 1st set taking it 6-2.
:thumbup:

[Sallydaisy]

Good win for Salisbury/Ram, 6'2, 6'4 to take them into the Quarter Finals!
It all went with serve until game 9 of the 2nd set when they managed to break the Harrison brothers for 5'4 and then serve it out.
:GBflag:

[JAMES4578]

Good it was comfortable enough, well done Joe and Rajeev!

[Jan]

All our hopes pinned on the doubles now.

[Jane]

Jamie and Neal on court now. All the very best of luck guys. :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :GBflag:

[goldfish]

Wish the commentators would shut up!

[Jane]

First set to Jamie and Neal....6 - 3 :cheer:

[Hawkeye]

First set to the Brits!

[Jane]

Jamie and Neal win the match .....6 -3, 6 - 2, :GBflag::thumbup::clap::bravo:Well done, guys

[JAMES4578]

Convincing, well done Jamie and Neal!

[Alis]

:cheer::cheer::cheer:

[JAMES4578]

It will be Soares and Pavic next, came from behind to beat Sock/Withrow 6-4 in 3rd.

[Jan]

Brilliant and stress-free :bravo:

[Jane]

Salisbury and Ram take the first set against Eubanks and McDonald 6 - 2. :clap::clap:

[JAMES4578]

Closer 2nd but Joe and Rajeev take on it on the breaker, well done!:clap::clap:

[Jane]

Salisbury and Ram get the win - 6-2, 7-6. Well done :clap: :clap:

[Jan]

Fabulous!!!

[RosieBear]

Oh no, horror start from Jamie and Neal. Please not another choke. Come on guys! :cheer:

[JAMES4578]

Poor start, hopefully Jamie/Neal get going- come on!

[Stell]

Pavic saves three set points to make it 5 - 5 in the second set.

[Sallydaisy]

The Brits hold (just) for 6-5, need to break now or it goes to a tie-break.

[Hawkeye]

Second set tie break...

[JAMES4578]

pity about the set poins that went begging, now into the Breaker. Soares/Pavic with the better start, up mini break at 3-2- come on guys! Jame/Neal up 4-3 but lose both service points!

[Hawkeye]

From a mini break down to a mini break up...

[Hawkeye]

And back to a mini break down again...

[Hawkeye]

2 match points down...

[Hawkeye]

... and out.

[Jan]

:sad:

[RosieBear]

:crying: J&N played well in patches but couldn't overcome a slow start. Chances but not to be :sad:

[JAMES4578]

So disappointing as Jamie/Bruno had a few chances to turn 2nd in their favour, some great returns from Soares/Pavic but was not best from the Brits!

[patlowe]

Disappointing. J&N couldn't quite get on the front foot. Next time! :thumbup:

[Stell]

Disappointed for Jamie and Neal.

[RoastLamb]

Disappointed for Jamie and Neal.

Me too and just now Denis and Boppy lost as well. Sigh. Hoping Joe Salisbury can keep on winning tho'.

[HoopGirl]

Very disappointing for Jamie and Neal. I had hoped they’d be doing better than this at this point in their partnership. I do wonder if Jamie will regret moving on from Bruno. Hopefully the decision will start to bear fruit soon.

[supergran]

Disappointing and disappointed. Didn't play well enough in first set especially. Really surprised as thought they were coming along well.

[JAMES4578]

Think Jamie and Neal's results have been a bit mixed overall but they did have a good run in Cincinatti (even if did not perform that well in final) and were semi finalists at Us Open last year .

[exislander]

Very disappointing for Jamie and Neal. I had hoped they’d be doing better than this at this point in their partnership. I do wonder if Jamie will regret moving on from Bruno. Hopefully the decision will start to bear fruit soon.

I think we should remember that although they paired up in June 2019, between then and now there has been the normal off-season and several months of no tournaments played. In effect, it is still early days in their partnership and they have had some very good results if not consistent yet.

[Sallydaisy]

Salisbury/Ram will be on shortly, Ladies Doubles have just finished.

[HoopGirl]

I think we should remember that although they paired up in June 2019, between then and now there has been the normal off-season and several months of no tournaments played. In effect, it is still early days in their partnership and they have had some very good results if not consistent yet.

I recognise that but that issue is the same for all players This year - And Bruno was playing well with his new Partner.
I wonder if the fact that Neal lives in the US and plays there for these stints means they don’t get enough time together?

[Stell]

Tie break in the first set for Ram and Salisbury.

[Stell]

Koolhof and Mektic win the first set 7 - 6 (7 - 3).

[Alis]

I had hoped when Jamie and Bruno split that Jamie might have paired up with Salisbury ........ if the objective was to have a British partner to play the Olympics with ..... that would have been awesome! Sadly, it wasn't to be but I think we have to give the Jamie/Neal partnership a fair shot before writing it off.

[RosieBear]

I think we should remember that although they paired up in June 2019, between then and now there has been the normal off-season and several months of no tournaments played. In effect, it is still early days in their partnership and they have had some very good results if not consistent yet.


I recognise that but that issue is the same for all players This year - And Bruno was playing well with his new Partner.
I wonder if the fact that Neal lives in the US and plays there for these stints means they don’t get enough time together?

Personally think their problem isn't lack of understanding/ time together - they gel as a pair - it's that Neal struggles with nerves in big matches, and subsequently Jamie doesn't have confidence in him and gets tight as well. Shame.

[Stell]

4 - 4 in the second set for Ram and Salisbury.

[Sallydaisy]

They've been broken, Mektic/Koolhof serving for the match at *5-4.

[Stell]

Koolhof and Mektic win the match 6 - 4.

[Sallydaisy]

Such a shame for Joe and Rajeev, couldn't find their form today.
Mektic/Koolhof win 7'6(3), 6'4.
:sad:

[RosieBear]

:sad: :sad::sad: Sadly Joe and RR couldn't find their best today, but can't win them all.

[JAMES4578]

Not to be as Joe /Rajeev could not take the crucial points, expected a better performance really but still had another good run in a slam.

[RoastLamb]

Noooooooooooooooooooooooo! So sad. ALL my faves our out.

[JAMES4578]

Soares and Pavic take the title 7-5,6-3 over 8th seeds Koolhof/Mektic well done! Tight initially but once they broke to take the first always seemed in command.

[RoastLamb]

Happy for both Bruno and Pavic. Pavic is Cdn Gabi Dabrowski's mixed dubs partner so I have a soft spot for him and Bruno used to be Jamie's. So, well done them!