Olympics QF Mens Doubles. Evans/Murray v Fritz/Paul. Thursday 4th on Lenglen

GBR v USA for a place in the Semi-Finals of the Olympics and possibly medal.
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Currently the match appears to be down for 11am on Thursday ...
... am presuming that will be updated because today ...
Tommy Paul beat Frenchman Moutet to progress to the last 8, and is listed to play Alcaraz at 11am Thursday.

Taylor Fritz was knocked out of the Singles today (by Musetti)
Fritz teams up with Gauff to play Mixed Doubles later today.

Dandy are on 4th after an 11am start (10am UK) on Lenglen.

Hopefully Fritz will be tired.

Hope they are both tired!
So roughly when is that likely to be?

Probably early evening.

BBC1 have 18.00 to show the Dandy match ...

On Lenglen there's a Ladies Doubles (8-8 in the match tie-break)
followed by
Zverev v Musetti and then Ruud v FAA.
Finally Dandy.

I think this will be one heck of a tussle.
Fritz and Paul both now out of the singles (Paul just lost to Alcaraz),
last night Fritz/Gauff lost in the mixed.

So the Americans will want to do their absolute best now their only chance
to win an Olympic medal is to win their Doubles event and that means beating Andy & Dan.

So right Sallydaisy. Hopefully Paul will be tired and over hyped from his fight with Carlos and Fritz can be unpredictable. Andy and Dan want it so much and deserve it. Going to be a hard one to watch. x

I am not sure I am going to watch it. I hope desperately they get through, but I don’t want my last memory of Andy on a tennis court to be him walking off defeated.

Yes I know I am a coward.

Any ideas where I can watch this?

Hopefully BBC1.

If you do not have Discovery+ or Bet365 the BBC will at least show highlights I would imagine. Also if you go to Murraysworld.com forums you may find a thread which gives links to free livestreams. I cannot vouch for these as I have never used them.

I read somewhere that it will be on either BBC1 or iplayer.

BBC1 have already said they would show it.

FAA is now 3-0 up in the 3rd set.

Hmm, have just seen on BBC Live Feed Olympics that Dandy might be on BBC iplayer which is currently showing surfing.

Apparently it's definitely (for now!) going to be shown only on BBC iPlayer Olympics Extra.

It's on Eurosport

It is on channel 601 which is BBC red button channel on my very old TV.

Thanks!
USA break in the 1st game.

Oh no, broken 1st game!

Can’t say I’m enjoying this atm.
If this is to be his last match then I’d love to see more of an even battle

Ah, they're on the board. Sealed with an Ace from Dan for 1-4.

I thought (or perhaps hoped) that the Americans would be lacking energy but it's Andy and Dan that seem a bit lack-lustre. Get this 1st set out of the way and start from scratch.x

Argh! Andy's serve broken. USA to serve at 2-1 up.

US 3-1 up in 2nd set. Everything going their way. Looks like our dream is over, bless them. x

Ooft. Hard to watch.

Tennis now moved from 601 to BBC1 ...

OOO first break point of the match for GBR

Americans certainly on form but our team just not sharp enough, one break back though-can Andy/Dan really keep pressure on!

Wondering because Carlos beat Fritz and making him more determined to win doubles. He doesn't look tired even though he play earlier.

Another break point for GBR ... just when USA thought they were serving for the match.

Deuce for the 4th time ...

:rolling::rolling::rolling:

Andy Murray is not giving up!

GBR break USA who were serving for the match.
Evo to serve to keep them in the match at 3-5 down.

A bit of flourish,still a challenge to turn this around though.

Dandy hold serve for 4-5.
Fritz has to serve to take the match.

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That's that now. Goodbye Andy. So sad!!!

I'm going to say thank you for all the help, advice, information, fun over the years. Andy will be back in another guise. So much entertainment watching Andy. A very emotional moment.

Thank you, Sir Andy.

What a last few games. Am so sad it's over but so glad Andy came into my life all those years ago. I have made some lovely friends and shared some amazing moments over the years! Smiling through the tears.

Definitely some Murray magic at the end. But was not to be. End of an era. I shed a tear, well, more than one. Hold your head up high, Andy, in my ancient eyes you will always be the best. x