AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2021, DOUBLES THREAD: Jamie and lots of other Brits!

[Sallydaisy]

Jamie is back with Bruno Soares, the Skupskis have paired up again and there's a few other Brits in the draw! It's quite a strong field - first chance for many of them to see some action in 2021.


DOUBLES DRAW

(1) J.S. Cabal / R. Farah [COL] vs N. Basilashvili [GEO] / A. Begemann [GER]
A. Balazs / M. Fucsovics [HUN] vs A. Bublik / A. Golubev [KAZ]
M. Demoliner / S. Gonzalez [MEX] vs M. Arevalo [ESA] / M. Middelkoop [NED]
M. Kecmanovic [SRB / C. Ruud [NOR] vs [B]R. Haase [NED] / O. Marach [AUT] (13)

(12) J. Chardy (12) / F. Martin [FRA] vs S. Bolelli [ITA] / M. Gonzalez [ARG]
L. Sonego / A. Vavassori [ITA] vs R. Arneodo [MON] / B. Paire [FRA]
L. Djere [SRB] / S. Travaglia [ITA] vs A. Harris / A. Popyrin [AUS] (WC)
M. Giron [USA] / C. Norrie [GBR] vs J. Murray [GBR] / B. Soares [BRZ] (6)

(3) M. Granollers [ESP] / H. Zeballos [ARG] vs N. Monroe / F. Tiafoe [USA]
V. Pospisil / D. Shapovalov [CAN] vs A. Bolt / J. Thompson [AUS] (WC)
A. Mannarino / G. Simon [FRA] vs M. Daniell [NZL] / P. Oswald [AUT]
D. Koepfer [GER] / T. Sandgren [USA] vs S. Gille / J. Vliegen [BEL] (14)

(10) J. Peers [AUS] / M. Venus [NZL] vs A. de Minaur / M. Reid [AUS]
R. Bopanna [IND] / B. McLachlan [JPN] vs J. Nam / M. Song [KOR] (WC)
T. Brkic / A. Qureshi [PAK] vs P. Andujar / P. Martinez [ESP]
J. O'Mara [GBR] / A. Sitak [NZL] vs [B]R. Ram [USA] / J. Salisbury [GBR] (5)

(7) M. Melo [BRZ] / H. Tecau [ROU] vs F. Krajinovic / D. Lajovic [SRB]
R. Albot [MDA] / D. Evans [GBR] vs A. Molteni [ARG] / H. Nys [MON]
A. Bedene [SLO] / J. Vesely [CZE] vs L. Bambridge / D. Inglot [GBR]
P. Carreno Busta / M. Lopez [ESP] vs I. Dodig [CRO] / F. Polasek [SVK] (9)

(15) M. Purcell / L. Saville [AUS] vs G. Duran [ARG] / A. Ramos-Vinolas [ESP]
P. Cuevas [URU] / G. Pella [ARG] vs M. Ebden / J. Smith [AUS] (WC)
T. Kokkinakis / N. Kyrgios [AUS] (WC) vs L. Harris [RSA] / J. Knowle [AUT] (Alt)
A. Behar [URU] / G. Escobar [ECU] vs W. Koolhof [NED] / L. Kubot [POL] (4)

(8) P. H. Herbert / N. Mahut [FRA] vs G. Mager [ITA] / Y. Nishioka [JPN](Alt)
Y. Hanfmann / K. Krawietz [GER] vs D. Sharan [IND] / I. Zelenay [SVK]
J. Duckworth / M. Polmans [AUS] (WC) vs N. Cacic [SRB] / F. Nielsen [DEN]
R. Berankis [LTU] / M. Kukushkin [KAZ] vs H. Kontinen [FIN] / E. Roger-Vasselin [FRA] (11)

(16) K. Skupski / N. Skupski [GBR] vs F. Auger-Aliassime [CAN] / H. Hurkacz [POL]
F. Coria / D. Schwartzman [ARG] vs J. Millman [AUS] / T. Monteiro
P. Tsitsipas / S. Tsitsipas [GRE] (WC) vs M. McDonald / T. Paul [USA]
Y. Lu [TPE] / S. Querrey [USA] vs [B]N. Mektic / M. Pavic [CRO] (2)

[Jane]

Such a pity that Brits are drawn against Brits :sad:

[Jane]

Jamie and Bruno have just beaten Giron and Norrie 7-6, 6-3. Well done, guys :cheer: :cheer: :skippy:

[Jan]

Well done :clap::clap:

[exislander]

Albot/Evans into 2nd round too.

[JAMES4578]

Good for Jamie/Bruno-well done!:swingin::swingin: Well done Evans/Albot too! :swingin:

[Sallydaisy]

Inglot/Bainbridge d Bedene/Vesely in 3 tie-break sets.
The Skupskis d Hurkacz/Auger-Aliassime
Salisbury/Ram d O'Mara/Sitak

[Jan]

Fabulous doubles results! As many wins as were possible - only losses were to other British players :bravo::GBflag:

[JAMES4578]

Yes good results all round thus far, well done!:clap:

[Jane]

Jamie and Bruno on court at midnight, followed by Heather's doubles match. Jo Salisbury has a mixed doubles at around the same time as Heather. Best of luck to all of them :thumbup: :thumbup:

[Alis]

I'm late to this ..... is Jamie playing in the mixed?

[Sallydaisy]

I'm late to this ..... is Jamie playing in the mixed?

Yes. There are 3 Brits in the Mixed Doubles Draw:-

(4) Chan Hao-Ching & Juan Sebastián Cabal (TPE/COL) CR 18 vs Desirae Krawczyk (USA) & Joe Salisbury CR 37

(WC) Belinda Wollcock & John Peers (AUS/AUS) CR 302 vs Andreja Klepac (SLO) & Neal Skupski CR 67

Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) & Jamie Murray CR 45 vs Duan Yingying & Rohan Bopanna (CHN/IND) CR 57


CR = Combined Ranking

[Alis]

Yes. There are 3 Brits in the Mixed Doubles Draw:-

(4) Chan Hao-Ching & Juan Sebastián Cabal (TPE/COL) CR 18 vs Desirae Krawczyk (USA) & Joe Salisbury CR 37

(WC) Belinda Wollcock & John Peers (AUS/AUS) CR 302 vs Andreja Klepac (SLO) & Neal Skupski CR 67

Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) & Jamie Murray CR 45 vs Duan Yingying & Rohan Bopanna (CHN/IND) CR 57


CR = Combined Ranking

Thank you for that, Sally. So glad that Jamie is playing with Bethanie again! :thumbup:

[Sallydaisy]

Thank you for that, Sally. So glad that Jamie is playing with Bethanie again! :thumbup:
I've set up a thread for the Mixed Doubles.

[Jane]

First set to Jamie and Bruno...6 - 1 :skippy: :thumbup:

[Jane]

Jamie and Bruno get the win...6-1, 6-2...very well done, guys. :yahoo: :yahoo: :clap: :clap:

[JAMES4578]

Certainly was a comfortable win, well done Jamie/Bruno :clap::clap:

[david1610]

Cabal and Farah, the number 1 seeds, just lost which means there are no other seeds apart from Jamie and Bruno in their quarter. - if they get through their next match they were due to meet them in the QF. just saying! ;)

[Sallydaisy]

Not a good session for the Brit's in doubles today...
The 16th seeded Skupskis lost to Millman/Monteiro, Bainbridge/Inglot lost to 9th seeds Dodig/Polasek and 7th seeds Melo/Tecau beat Albot/Evans.

Salisbury/Ram (5th seeds)went through to the next round after a tight 3-setter over Brkic/Qureshi.

So, only Jamie and Joe left in the Mens Doubles draw.

[Hawkeye]

Court 6 is the one to watch tonight/tomorrow.

Heather Watson and partner Leylah Fernandez are first up in the third round of the women's doubles with a winnable tie against Fichman/Olmos.

Following that are 5th seeds Joe Salisbury and Rajeev Ram against 10th seeds Peers/Venus in the men's doubles second round.

That's followed by Jamie and Bruno, seeded 6, against unseeded Bolelli/Gonzalez.

Then Jamie gets a match worth of rest before partnering Bethanie against the third seeds, Dabrowski/Pavic in the second round of the mixed.

[Jane]

Jamie and Bruno won their match, as did Salisbury and Ram - well done all of them :thumbup:

Sadly, Jamie and Bethanie lost theirs :crying:

[Sallydaisy]

Jamie /Bruno and Joe/Rajeev through to the Quarter Finals, playing again on Wednesday.
:GBflag::GBflag:

Heather Watson and Leylah Fernandez lost their R3 match.
:sad:

[JAMES4578]

Took 3 sets but glad Janie/Bruno through:clap::clap:, not did not work out so well in mtb in Mixed with Bethanie though and pity for Heather/Leylah as well. Good to see Ram/Salisburyu going through in 2 breakers too! :cheer::cheer:

[david1610]

Jamie and Bruno through to SFs!!!! 6/3 6/4
PS Joe and Rajeev also through.
They will play each other in the SF.

[Jan]

:cheer::cheer:

[JAMES4578]

Great for Jame/Bruno and Ram/Salisbury:cheer::cheer: Tough semi and whilst would be happy enough for either to advance rooting for Jamie/Bruno!

[themass15]

Shame they have to play each other in the semi

[Hawkeye]

Joe and partner through to the mixed doubles semis. Their semi is tonight/tomorrow at 4am GMT.

Jamie and Bruno v. Joe and Rajeev is first up on RLA tonight/tomorrow at 2am GMT.

[JAMES4578]

Unfortunately Jamie/Bruno lost to Ram/Salisbury 6-4,7-6. (7-2). Pity could not at least take to 3rd, oh well. Still a good run and all the best to Rajeev/Joe in the final.

[Hawkeye]

Rajeev Ram has the chance to make it a doubles double tomorrow at 4am GMT after he and his partner won the mixed doubles.

Rajeev and Joe are up against the 9th seeds Dodig and Polasek in the men's doubles final.

[Hawkeye]

Dodig and Polasek won 6-3 6-4.

[JAMES4578]

Expeced more from Rajeev/Joe but obviously Dodig/Polasek were the better team, too bad.

[banskogirl]

A great match! Pity about 5he lack of spectators

[Jan]

I had thought I might watch it on catch-up, but don't feel motivated to. would probably feel differently if they'd won.

[banskogirl]

I had thought I might watch it on catch-up, but don't feel motivated to. would probably feel differently if they'd won.

Nice for Dodig and partner though :)