MONTPELIER 2012, 30/1 - 5/2 (ATP250): ** DOUBLES ** Main thread - draw and information

[Sallydaisy]

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OPEN SUD DE FRANCE, Park et Suite Arena, Route de la Foire, 344470 Perols, Montpelier, France
Dates: 30 JANUARY–5 FEBRUARY, 2012
WEB SITE: www.opensuddefrance.com (http://www.opensuddefrance.com/)

SURFACE: ACRYLIC ON WOOD
BALL: TECHNIFIBRE X-ONE

28 DRAW (Q 32)
Qualifying draw: Friday, January 27, 9:00 p.m.
Main draw: Saturday, January 28, 6:00 p.m.
Doubles draw: Saturday, January 28, 2:00 p.m.

ATP POINTS:

DOUBLES DRAW
[1]Fleming/Hutchins v Bolelli/Ramos
Mahut/Roger-Vasselin v Mannarino/Simon
[4]Marx/Shamasdin v Huey/Skupski
Brunstrom/Nieminen v Rochus/Zelenay

[WC]De Schepper/Martin v Cipolla/Elgin
Emmrich/Siljestrom v [3]Hanley/Murray
Davydenko/Kunitsyn Lopez/Lopez v [WC]Monfils/Monfils
Brown/Zovko v [2]Cermak/Dlouhy

[Sallydaisy]

Slightly weird to see Lopez/Lopez v Monfils/Monfils
;)

It's Feliciano/Marc v Gael/Daryl .....

[JAMES4578]

Slightly weird to see Lopez/Lopez v Monfils/Monfils
;)

It's Feliciano/Marc v Gael/Daryl .....

Yes, that should be an interesting one!

[Linda]

I know that Feli and Marc aren't related, but do you know whether Gael and Daryl are?

[Sallydaisy]

I know that Feli and Marc aren't related, but do you know whether Gael and Daryl are?
Yes, Daryl is his younger brother.

[david1610]

Slightly weird to see Lopez/Lopez v Monfils/Monfils
;)

It's Feliciano/Marc v Gael/Daryl .....
Even weirder would be Lopez/Monfils v Lopez/Monfils :)

[Jane]

Best ofl luck. Jamie and Paul:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

[Sallydaisy]

2-2 first set, Jamie/Paul served first.

[Sallydaisy]

Well, everyone held serve so at 6-6 they went to a tie-break.

Jamie and Paul just had a set point against the serve at 7'6 up but didn't take it so now they're set point down and serving at *7-8
*7-8
*8-8
*9-8 and they've got another set point ...

[Hawkeye]

Currently 8-8 in the first set tie-break...

and Jamie and Paul take it 10-8.

[Sallydaisy]

10-8 and they've got the first set courtesy a DF from t'others.

Phew. That was hard work!!!

Come on Jamie and Paul!
:swingin:

[Jan]

:cheer:

[patmoren]

Thought they would have an easier time than that. Not coping well with return of serve.

[Sallydaisy]

0-3 in the 2nd set 'cos they've dropped their serve.

[patmoren]

Did they go to sleep after winning the first set? 1-4

[Sallydaisy]

Well, it's only one break of serve so they need to hold, break back and hold again ... oh and win the next 5 games if they can to take the 2nd set and avoid the dreaded MTB.
;)

[Jan]

that would be nice!

but now *2-5 down

mtb it is

they've found something - 5-0 up

[patmoren]

Looks as though they have woken up 4-0 in CTB!!

[Jane]

5-1 in mtb

[Jane]

7-3

[Jan]

they win 10-7 in the mtb :cheer:

[Jane]

10-7 in mtb!!!!!!!!! Good win, boys - well done:cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer:

[patmoren]

Made that harder than it should have been won 7-6, 3-6,10-7

[Sallydaisy]

That's better - well done Jamie & Paul.
:clap:

[JAMES4578]

Tough match bit they got there, well done Jamie and Paul!

[lankster2003]

They've lost a few close ones at the start of the season so nice to have a roles reversal

[Linda]

:cheer:

[hfwardhouse]

:yahoo:

[Linda]

BTW it's no longer Lopez/Lopez v Monfils/Monfils - it's listed as ALTERNATES v Monfils/Monfils. Maybe Marc has left early to join his DC team (first time he's been picked for team proper)?

[supergran]

Well done Jamie and Paul!!:cheer::cheer:

[patmoren]

Ken and Conrad take the first set 7-6

[patmoren]

Ken and Conrad win 7-6, 6-1,

[JAMES4578]

Great news, wel done!

[patmoren]

Ken and Conrad win 7-6, 6-1,

[Jan]

brilliant!:yahoo:

[Linda]

Ross & Colin up on livescore now.

And there is a live stream for it! http://www.hahasport.com/v-2/16/8/v-360971.html

[Jan]

they've just won the first set 6-1 :yahoo:

[Linda]

They won 6-1, 6-2 :yahoo:

[Jan]

Yes!!! Trying to keep one eye on that, the other on Fed Cup scores, and the other on what I'm really supposed to be doing!!!

[JAMES4578]

A comprehensive win, well done Colin/Ross!

[lankster2003]

Pleased that Ken managed to get his first win of the season today and that Colin and Ross managed to continue their momentum from Down Under :cheer:

[Jane]

Best of luck to Jamie and Paul:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::)

[Sallydaisy]

Phew, they held but t'others took Jamie and Paul to *30-40.
They could do with breaking serve pronto.

[Sallydaisy]

Still on serve at 5-5.
However, Paul/Jamie just had game point at *40-30 but Jamie hit a DF so it's deuce and game point.
But they held again - this could be into a tie-break the way things are going!!!

[Jane]

Bit of a nail-biter this :sofa: - must get on with some housework OMG - tb!!!

[Jane]

:cheer:Phew - first set to Jamie and Paul 7-6 :cheer: - hang in there guys

[patmoren]

Paul and Jamie take the first set 7-6 and they have broken in first game second set. Go guys!!!!

[Jane]

Leading 4-1 in the second set

[patmoren]

Going well 4-1 in the second.

[Jane]

5 - 2

[patmoren]

Serving for the set at 5-2

[Jane]

Well done Jamie and Paul 7-6 6-2:cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer:

[Jan]

great!!:yahoo:

[patmoren]

There we go first of the Brits through to the semis 7-6, 6-2 for Paul and Jamie

[Sallydaisy]

7'6, 6'2 - excellent stuff and into the Semi's!!!
:clap::clap::clap:

[lynne]

Great news...sorry I just haven't been keeping track but Well Done Jamie & Paul!!!:thumbup:

[JAMES4578]

Fabulous news, well done Jamie and Paul!

[Jan]

Ken Skupski and Huey are 2-2 in the first set

now *5-3

they win first set 6-3 :cheer:

and the second by the same score :cheer: :cheer:

[Jan]

Flemchins lost first set

and the second - they go down 7-5 7-5 :sad:

[SamP]

They lost the match 7-5, 7-5

[hfwardhouse]

:sad:

[hfwardhouse]

Well done Jamie and Paul 7-6 6-2:cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer:

:yahoo:

Oh that's cheered me right up :big grin:

[JAMES4578]

Yeah good result for Jamie/Paul plus Ken/Huey! Gutting for Colin/Ross though!

[Sallydaisy]

Yeah good result for Jamie/Paul plus Ken/Huey! Gutting for Colin/Ross though!
A real shame. At least they'll be able to head back to the UK and start warming up for DC!!!
;)

Great stuff from Jamie/Paul and Ken/Treat tho'.
Hope they can get through the next round!

[david1610]

Great stuff in an Olympic year of course!!!!

[xenon21]

wahey! Well done Jamie/Paul and Ken/Treat. :clap:

Poor Flembo and Rossco though

[Jane]

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

[hfwardhouse]

Jamie & Paul are up a break already 2-0 :big grin:

LET'S GO Jamley!

[david1610]

Yes, the Murrays out in force today. Andy who?? :)

[david1610]

Mmm.... having said that, a bit sloppy to lose the break. Need to focus. These guys put the no. 2 seeds out. C'mon Paul and Jamie!
Got it back! C'mon guys!

[Sallydaisy]

But another break puts them serving at *4-2.
:)

[hfwardhouse]

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

[Sallydaisy]

:sofa:

Jamie & Paul were 0-3 in the 2nd set but have just held for 1-3.
Now they need to break t'others ...

[david1610]

Into a MTB
Their opponents are very good servers. Hope they get a look at a lot of second serves.
C'mon Jamie and Paul!

[JAMES4578]

Pity but let's hope they can got off to a good start here, come on!

[Sallydaisy]

That was weird; I was sure LS said Jamie/Paul led 2-0.
Now it's showing them as *1-2!!!
Come on Murley!!!

[hfwardhouse]

Aaaargh LS is jumping - it was 2-2 then 3-3 .... :sofa: (as if a MTB wasn't scary enough!)

[david1610]

MB and now 5-3 Next point important.... oops gave it back 5-4
Good returning... 7-4

[hfwardhouse]

Oooooh 7-4 COME ON JAMIE AND PAUL!

[david1610]

7-5 Jamie went too early.
Now come on Paul and Jamie!

[Sallydaisy]

Murley serving first:

*1-0
1-1*
1-2*
*2-2
*3-2
*3-3
4-3*
*4-4
*5-4
6-4*
7-4* double break!!!
*7-5 darn it

[david1610]

Brown DF 9-5. C'mon guys!

[hfwardhouse]

8-5 .... two points and it's their's!

Oooooh 9-5 - 4 match points!

[david1610]

Great lob and they have done it!!!

[hfwardhouse]

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

[Sallydaisy]

:yahoo::yahoo::yahoo:


*8-5 come on lads - just 2 points to go!!!
9-5* 4 match points
They did it .................

6'3, 3'6, 10'5.

INTO THE FINAL
Where they'll meet the winners of Skupski/Huey v Mahut/ERV

[david1610]

Quite a classy act, that Murray family....

[-J-]

:clap::clap::clap:

[hfwardhouse]

Great lob and they have done it!!!

Were you watching?!

[Jane]

Well done, Jamie and Paul :cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer:

[patmoren]

Great win for Jamie and Paul, wonder who they will get in the final.

[david1610]

That was weird; I was sure LS said Jamie/Paul led 2-0.
Now it's showing them as *1-2!!!
Come on Murley!!!
There were quite a few strange scores throughout!

[JAMES4578]

Fab. comfortable enough inthe end! Well done Jamie/Paul!

[supergran]

So happy Jamie and Paul won!! Well done!:cheer:

[MurrayAOne]

Well done Jamie and Paul!!!

[Jan]

great - forgot all about this :doh:

[RFS]

Good stuff - would be great to start the year with a title!

[greatunclebulgaria]

brill great stuff


good luck in the final

[xenon21]

Wahey! Well done Jamie and Paul! Hope they win the title! Been a rough start to the year so this will be good :)

[david1610]

Were you watching?!
YEs... fuzzy stream... why did I get the wrong shot? It was on livescorehunter

[Sallydaisy]

Huey/Skupski got knocked out of the doubles Semi-Finals by Mahut/ERV so that's who Jamie/Paul will be up against in Sunday's Final.

Tweet from Ken:

k_skupski (https://twitter.com/#%21/k_skupski) Ken Skupski



Outplayed from start to finish! A tough end to a good week. Quimper next week with my new partner Jamie Delgado. Looking forward to it.

[SamP]

Watched monfils match on ESPN for 5 minutes, you can barely see the ball and theres no scoreboard and the commentator sounds pretty depressed.

[JAMES4578]

Seen some of it, didn't realise it was on TV earlier! An all french battle as Monfils edged out Simon 6-4 in the 3rd.

[patmoren]

Bad loss for Jamie and Paul 6-2, 6-2

[Sallydaisy]

Bad loss for Jamie and Paul 6-2, 6-2

Pat - Jamie/Paul haven't lost. They play the Final tomorrow against Mahut/ERV.
The French guys beat Ken Skupski and Treat Conrad Huey 6'2, 6'2...

[patmoren]

Pat - Jamie/Paul haven't lost. They play the Final tomorrow against Mahut/ERV.
The French guys beat Ken Skupski and Treat Conrad Huey 6'2, 6'2...
Another senior moment, so much jhas been happening the last 4 days, losing track.

[Jane]

Just remembered this was on - good luck Jamie and Paul:thumbup::thumbup:

[Jane]

Down 4-5 in the first set

[Jane]

Ooops - lost the set 4-6:crying:

[Jane]

Holding serve and leading 3-2 in the second set

[Jane]

4-4

[Sallydaisy]

Come on Jamie and Paul .......

:swingin::swingin::swingin:

[Jane]

Aaaaww - bad luck - they lost 4-6 6-7:crying: - but well done getting to the final, and putting up such a good fight:cheer::cheer:

[hfwardhouse]

Gutted :crying: :crying:

Not the news I wanted to come home to :sad:

[Sallydaisy]

:sad:

At least Jamie will get 150 points which are much needed.
Big wodge of them coming off in a couple of weeks 'cos last year he and Andy won Rotterdam!

Jamie is off next week - and probably in Scotland 'cos of the event he, Judy and Andy are doing for RBS.
He's in San Jose w/c 13th February and I'd guess he'll stay in American thru' to end March and hopefully get into I/Wells and Miami Masters.

[JAMES4578]

:crying::crying:Such a pity but at least it was a brave effort and they had a good run this week.

[Linda]

:sad:

Still, getting to the final was a good result! :clap:

[supergran]

:crying:Sorry they lost but good run for Jamie and Paul!!

[RFS]

Aww shame they lost - but a great run to the final... maybe the start of a decent partnership?

[xenon21]

Gutted! But a great week for Jamie still...

[david1610]

Did not see it but had a look at the match stats... I think the opponents had 2/2 Bps and Jamie and Paul 1/2. The points score was not very different but what was clear was how good the serving was of their opponents in terms of first percentage and first serves won.... in other words, it was closer than the score suggested and the difference seemed to be a very high level of serving from the opponents.