Tallawah Tennis
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Venus/Skupski out, now rooting for Purcell/Thompson. Young /Townsend is a good story here, hoping they'll win the title. Hope Siniakova / Townsend get through the SF and win it all.
2024 Doubles talk
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JJGUY
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Honestly I am not surprised, both Siniakova and Townsend tend to get very tight at crucial moments, in the last two games, you can see both of them were too cautious, a lot hesitations there.
Bummed about Siniakova/Townsend.
I'm hoping that she can carry Donald in the mixed tomorrow, but it's going to be tough. The Italians are both real dubs players.
I wonder who it was at the usta who thought Taylor was too fat to play, and kept her out of the Open when she was younger. If she wins, I hope she calls them out.
Rooting for lammons/withrow now.
I'm hoping that she can carry Donald in the mixed tomorrow, but it's going to be tough. The Italians are both real dubs players.
I wonder who it was at the usta who thought Taylor was too fat to play, and kept her out of the Open when she was younger. If she wins, I hope she calls them out.
Rooting for lammons/withrow now.
Moose Malloy
G.O.A.T.
It was Patrick McEnroe, there were a lot of threads here when that happened. His quote is on Taylor’s wiki page(under 2012 USO controversy
Taylor Townsend - Wikipedia
sortof
Professional
Krawietz/Puetz down 2:4, 0:40 in the deciding set - win 4 games in a row and are through to the final, just incredible.
travlerajm
Talk Tennis Guru
Some new test pairings this month in China and Davis Cup.
I'm rooting for ram and kracijek. Going to have to look at the entry list for the upcoming tournaments.
Edit: just saw that cash and Galloway have split. Cash playing w glasspool in China.
Tallawah Tennis
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Thompson / Purcell my favs (after Salisbury / Ram and Skupski / Venus went out). Hope they take the title.
Me too, and no joy-Taylor/Donald out in 2.
spystud
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Well, that didn't go well.
I don't dislike her bc of her attire. Her attitude when she loses and talks smack about the person who beats her is what makes her unlikeable.
Larry Duff
Legend
Watching this over college football so hope it is a good one.
Tallawah Tennis
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Hope Purcell / Thompson win it. Man, 3 break points not converted, Krawietz/Puetz holding their opener. Purcell serving well, held to love.
P/T get the break to go 3-2 and P serving.
P/T get the break to go 3-2 and P serving.
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Larry Duff
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AM75
Hall of Fame
Now they are the saddest story of the USO. Pursell need to find another partner if he wants to win another slam.
Tallawah Tennis
Semi-Pro
Nah, man, they resisted the meltdown! Pleased they won.
AM75
Hall of Fame
Same here. But they were pretty close.
That was on par w the wimby final, similar scoreline, too.
Like the jersey ideas
I’d like to see “tennis cards” like baseball cards… or a central place that gives a bio of each player… where they grew up, trained, who’ve they’ve played, their coach, tennis friwnds, etc,…
Otherwise they are often just some random”good player”
Some interesting pairings for the Shanghai masters:
Ebden/Salisbury and Bopanna/Dodig - this is strange bc Ebden/Bopanna are in for the YEC.
Ram/Kracijek are solidified as a team, at least to end the year. Same w Murray/Peers.
The doubles race to the YEC is tight in the 8th spot: lammons/withrow, who should've made it last year based on points, are currently in 8th, barely ahead of Koolhof/mektic by 56 points. It's going to be sad to see if they barely miss out again. The 7th place team is heliovaara/Patten, who are automatically in from the wimby win.
Ebden/Salisbury and Bopanna/Dodig - this is strange bc Ebden/Bopanna are in for the YEC.
Ram/Kracijek are solidified as a team, at least to end the year. Same w Murray/Peers.
The doubles race to the YEC is tight in the 8th spot: lammons/withrow, who should've made it last year based on points, are currently in 8th, barely ahead of Koolhof/mektic by 56 points. It's going to be sad to see if they barely miss out again. The 7th place team is heliovaara/Patten, who are automatically in from the wimby win.
Tallawah Tennis
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Ram / Salisbury have enjoyed an excellent pairing over 6 years, announcing their split:
www.atptour.com
Doubles stars Rajeev Ram & Joe Salisbury Split | ATP Tour | Tennis
On Wednesday, former ATP World No. 1 doubles team Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury announced their split after six successful years.
www.atptour.com
travlerajm
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Big test tomorrow against the heavy-serving Shelton/Thompson.
Tallawah Tennis
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Dudes overcame the test, albeit via a walk-over, but pleased nevertheless. Lammons/Withrow out to Behar/Galloway in Japan. My picks for the title are Cash/Glasspool; Behar/Galloway or Nys/Zielinski.
It disappoints me that 'proper' dubs teams are up against platonic pairings of singles players. In Japan, Cobolli / Musetti beat Skupski / Venus and Cerundolo/Jarry beat Bopanna/ Dodig. Perhaps I'm miffed because I wanted the losers in this example to win! My picks for the title are one of Bolleli / Vavasorri, Koohhof/Mektic or Murray/Peers.
travlerajm
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Don’t want to jinx it, but in Beijing my guys are back on their dominating Wimbledon pace, at +27 box plus-minus thru two rounds.
travlerajm
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Only doubs guys left in the Asian 500 draws now - the singles interlopers have been purged.
Recently separated partners Cash & Galloway will meet in the Tokyo final.
Recently separated partners Cash & Galloway will meet in the Tokyo final.
I imagine it's awkward when they split, and meet up in the next tourney. Seems like it happens a lot, usually first or second round. The fact that it's a final must put some extra motivation on the result.
travlerajm
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It’s like musical chairs to finish out the year. We’ll be going up against Salisbury and his new test partner Ebden this week.
It seems like the new pairings are just trying to get used to each other and are going down to the regular teams: Ebden/Salisbury, Dodig/Bopanna, Ram/Kracijek are all out. Bolleli/Vavassori escaped a 3-tiebreak match vs. Machac/Zhang. The #2 seeds Arevalo/Pavic are out at the hands of Gille/Vliegen.
travlerajm
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The high humidity conditions in Shanghai tend to lead to a lot of upsets.
Why is that? Too slow through the air?
Well, it looks like lammons/withrow are out of the YEC again, for the second year in a row. Even if they win a 250, they'll miss out by 150 points or so. Heliovaara/Patten have the 8th spot locked, since they won wimby. It could be 2 years in a row that lammons/withrow get ousted by the grand slam winner rule.
At least this year, heliovaara/Patten are legit contenders. Last year, hijikata/kubler almost fell out of the top 20 and lost their automatic spot. After their 2000 points from the AO, I don't think they even accumulated another 500 points the rest of the year. Then, in the YEC, they got destroyed, losing evey match, and only winning one set in the last dead match vs eventual champs ram/Salisbury.
At least this year, heliovaara/Patten are legit contenders. Last year, hijikata/kubler almost fell out of the top 20 and lost their automatic spot. After their 2000 points from the AO, I don't think they even accumulated another 500 points the rest of the year. Then, in the YEC, they got destroyed, losing evey match, and only winning one set in the last dead match vs eventual champs ram/Salisbury.
travlerajm
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Lammons is historically a lot better in sweaty outdoor conditions than in indoor, so I wouldn’t bet on them going on a tear.
travlerajm
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Vienna has a lot tougher draw than Basel.
Thankful that tennistv posted the replays. I guess it takes a 500 to video doubles. I like to replay the match tiebreaks. Koolhof/Mektic barely made it through. Lammons/Withrow squeezed by Gille/Vliegen 11-9 in the match tb. I was worried they were going to get ousted in the first round. Arevalo/Pavic are out first round. Noticeably absent from these 500s is Granollers/Zeballos.
travlerajm
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Following the race to Turin closely.
3 teams have officially punched their ticket, and 4th is a virtual lock.
6 other teams vying for the remaining 4 spots.
Lammons/Withrow (in 9th) and Gonzalez/Molteni (10th) will face off in the Vienna QF in what is effectively a wildcard elimination match in the race for the last spot in Turin. Loser is all but eliminated.
3 teams have officially punched their ticket, and 4th is a virtual lock.
6 other teams vying for the remaining 4 spots.
Lammons/Withrow (in 9th) and Gonzalez/Molteni (10th) will face off in the Vienna QF in what is effectively a wildcard elimination match in the race for the last spot in Turin. Loser is all but eliminated.
travlerajm
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The Argie veterans save a match point on Lammons’ serve in the second set and go on to win!
can you tell who I was selfishly rooting for?
Just saw the score. I have to queue that one up on tennistv. Also, the scoreline for the Murray/Peers and Ebden/Bopanna match looked really close, too.The Argie veterans save a match point on Lammons’ serve in the second set and go on to win!
can you tell who I was selfishly rooting for?
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