Olympics men's doubles tournament

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Who are the favorites?

Here are the teams:
Argentina: David Nalbandian/Eduardo Schwank (*)
Austria: Jurgen Melzer/Alexander Peya
Belarus: Alexander Bury/Max Mirnyi
Brazil: Marcelo Melo/Bruno Soares, Thomaz Bellucci/Andre Sa (*)
Canada: Daniel Nestor/Vasek Pospisil
Colombia: Juan Sebastian Cabal/Santiago Giraldo (*)
Croatia: Marin Cilic/Ivan Dodig
Czech Republic: Tomas Berdych/Radek Stepanek
France: Michael Llodra/Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Julien Benneteau/Richard Gasquet
Germany: Christopher Kas/Philipp Petzschner
Great Britain: Andy Murray/Jamie Murray, Colin Fleming/Ross Hutchins
India: Leander Paes/Vishnu Vardhan, Mahesh Bhupathi/Rohan Bopanna
Israel: Jonathan Erlich/Andy Ram (*)
Italy: Daniele Bracciali/Andreas Seppi
Japan: Kei Nishikori/Go Soeda (*)
Netherlands: Robin Haase/Jean-Julien Rojer
Poland: Mariusz Fyrstenberg/Marcin Matkowski
Romania: Horia Tecau/Adrian Ungur (*)
Russia: Nikolay Davydenko/Mikhail Youzhny (*)
Serbia: Janko Tipsarevic/Nenad Zimonjic, Novak Djokovic/Victor Troicki
Slovak Republic: Martin Klizan/Lukas Lacko (*)
Spain: Marcel Granollers/Marc Lopez, David Ferrer/Feliciano Lopez
Sweden: Johan Brunstrom/Robert Lindstedt
Switzerland: Roger Federer/Stanislas Wawrinka
USA: Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan, John Isner/Andy Roddick
 
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sdont said:
Who are the favorites?

I still can't find a list of the teams, but off the top of my head:
Bryan brothers
Fed-Wawrinka
Llodra-Tsonga
Berdych-Stepanek?
Nestor-Raonic?
should make the tournament interesting.
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Nestor is playing with Pospisil.
 
I can see Fed focusing on singles so wouldn't expect him to go too deep in the doubles.

If Djokovic and Murray lose early in the singles they might focus on the doubles, like Fed did in 2008.
 
underground said:
I can see Fed focusing on singles so wouldn't expect him to go too deep in the doubles.

If Djokovic and Murray lose early in the singles they might focus on the doubles, like Fed did in 2008.
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it doesn't work that way. As far as I know, Djokovic is playing singles only (plus he sucks in doubles). Zimonic and Tipsy are playing doubles. Back in 2008 Rog was registered to play both doubles and singles.

I love watching doubles and I think it's going to be wide open, so anything can happen. Cheering for Nestor, or course. Go Canada. :)
 
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woodrow1029 said:
Or you could have looked at the link I posted previously in this thread and see that Djokovic is playing doubles with Troicki.
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OK, I'm lost here. Why would he play with Victor? Zimonjic is one of the best doubles players in the world. sorry, didn't see your post, but I read it on MTF, I think, that Zimonjic and Tipsy will play doubles. I'm completely confused to be honest with you :confused:

OK, I just checked your link. It says Zimonic/Tipsy and Djokovic/Troicki. I guess I'm not familiar enough the the Olympics rules. So, I assume they can choose one or another team, or can both Serbian teams (or any other teams) play.
 
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Bryan brothers
Fyrstenberg/Matkowski
Bhupathi/Bopanna
Granollers/Lopez
Fleming/Hutchins
Elrich/Ram
Fed/Wawa
Llodra/Tsonga
Berdych/Stepanek
Tipsy/Zimonjic
Melzer/Peya
Isner/Roddick

all looking good to me :lol:

What about Murray/Murray?
 
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Evan77 said:
OK, I'm lost here. Why would he play with Victor? Zimonjic is one of the best doubles players in the world. sorry, didn't see your post, but I read it on MTF, I think, that Zimonjic and Tipsy will play doubles. I'm completely confused to be honest with you :confused:

OK, I just checked your link. It says Zimonic/Tipsy and Djokovic/Troicki. I guess I'm not familiar enough the the Olympics rules. So, I assume they can choose one or another team, or can both Serbian teams (or any other teams) play.
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What? Both Serbian teams listed are playing.
 
Evan77 said:
well that's what I'm confused about, both teams are listed (according to that link you provided), but I think only one team can play ... I asked for some clarification.
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You are wrong. A country can enter up to 4 singles players and 2 doubles teams. No more than 6 players. So if a country has 4 singles players, at least one doubles team has to be made up of singles players.
 
woodrow1029 said:
You are wrong. A country can enter up to 4 singles players and 2 doubles teams. No more than 6 players. So if a country has 4 singles players, at least one doubles team has to be made up of singles players.
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K, thanks for your clarification. I thought only one team could play.
cheers :)
 
Isner/Roddick sound brilliant on paper but I dont think it'll work. Got to support Murray/Murray and Hutchins/Fleming, but also enjoy Bryan/Bryan
 
djok is a terrible dubz player, i have a feeling i'll be making some nice money betting on the first decent team they run into

tipsy/zim is a good pairing, can see them going deep

bryans should get their asses handed to them in the QFs or SFs again

very interested 2 see llodra/tsonga play, havent watched them before but they could be quite exciting

actually think this is prolly the Murrays tourney to lose, if andy takes it seriously
 
too bad the swedish dont have anyone to back up lindstedt

federinka and murr/murrs ambition will likely depend on how the singles go for them

dont expect much from djoko/troicki or the spanish doubles tbh

if i had to pick the favorites id probably go with the brians. standard pick i know
 
how does the seeding work for the doubles btw? with some players obviously not playing a whole lot of doubles and those who do usually do with different partners.. makes the regular seeding turn out quite absurd and random doesnt it?
 
joeri888 said:
According to bookmakers, Bryans are favourites, followed by federer and wawrinka
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what a joke. no way id be betting on byans. they have a very poor record any time they run into a team of players with better skills who know how to play dubs properly

tactically they r excellent but the bottom line is they just aint very good tennis players. cant see em winnin in a tourny with this much quality

purge said:
how does the seeding work for the doubles btw? with some players obviously not playing a whole lot of doubles and those who do usually do with different partners.. makes the regular seeding turn out quite absurd and random doesnt it?
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they r just seeded based on world rankings, same as for gs tournaments. seeding is a result of the combined ranking of each partner (i.e. if u r both high ranked dubz players u will have a high seeding even if u dont play together normally)

bit annoyin but nothin u can do. they do offer a lotta WCs for dubs in order 2 get around the ranking problem for non-dubs players. it always results in a bunch of upsets early in the tournament tho
 
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for outside chances on gold id nominate czech and the french llodra/tsonga combo :D hard hitting and net rushing FTW
 
Chech Republic
Poland
Switzerland
India
Canada
France

are looking all good.

Switzerland should be the favourite, if Federer is not having problems with his game in the Singles tournament.
 
Doubles at Olympics is really unpredictable.It`s a bit like the Indian Wells tournament where lots of singles players are into doubles. Bryan/Bryan are the best when it comes to playing typical doubles teams but their record against top singles players who play doubles isn`t great.Their record with no titles at IW shows it,where they have to deal with atypical doubles teams.
Regarding the Swiss it will be tough as Wawrinka is not necessary in great form right now and for Federer,if he does well in singles,it won`t be easy to do double duty till the end.
 
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TeflonTom said:
djok is a terrible dubz player, i have a feeling i'll be making some nice money betting on the first decent team they run into

tipsy/zim is a good pairing, can see them going deep

bryans should get their asses handed to them in the QFs or SFs again

very interested 2 see llodra/tsonga play, havent watched them before but they could be quite exciting

actually think this is prolly the Murrays tourney to lose, if andy takes it seriously
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Seriously mate - The Flemchins are a far better bet. AM is not a goood doubles player. I've seen him drag down decent doubles players like his brother and Hutchins before.
 
batz said:
Seriously mate - The Flemchins are a far better bet. AM is not a goood doubles player. I've seen him drag down decent doubles players like his brother and Hutchins before.
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we'll see

i rate them pretty good when andy takes it seriously
 
Somehow,

Federer and Wawrinka are seeded 6; Djokovic and Troicki are seeded 8.

Even funnier is that the Williams sisters on the other hand are unseeded.

Makes sense?
 
joeri888 said:
Somehow,

Federer and Wawrinka are seeded 6; Djokovic and Troicki are seeded 8.

Even funnier is that the Williams sisters on the other hand are unseeded.

Makes sense?
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well, doubles for top guys/gals is kinda a recreational sport. Djokovic/Troicki combo is just hilarious, as they are both clueless when it comes to doubles.

Nestor/Pospisil for the gold. Go Canada. :)
 
joeri888 said:
Somehow,

Federer and Wawrinka are seeded 6; Djokovic and Troicki are seeded 8.

Even funnier is that the Williams sisters on the other hand are unseeded.

Makes sense?
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So, from the ITF Olympics Rulebook, this is what is said about seeding for doubles:

The selection of seeds for the Doubles events will be at the discretion of the ITF, however the latest available recognised international computer rankings shall be a primary, but not sole, basis for such selections.​
 
woodrow1029 said:
So, from the ITF Olympics Rulebook, this is what is said about seeding for doubles:

The selection of seeds for the Doubles events will be at the discretion of the ITF, however the latest available recognised international computer rankings shall be a primary, but not sole, basis for such selections.​
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Thanks Woodrow :) Great help. I think that the election of Federer and Wawrinka as the no. 6 seeds is fair, but why on earth are the Williams' sisters unseeded. And Djokovic/Troicki will be a joke I think.
 
joeri888 said:
Thanks Woodrow :) Great help. I think that the election of Federer and Wawrinka as the no. 6 seeds is fair, but why on earth are the Williams' sisters unseeded. And Djokovic/Troicki will be a joke I think.
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From the ATP website:

"Seeds are based on the South African Airways ATP Rankings of Monday, 23 July. The seeds for the doubles event are based on the combined rankings of each team, with each player using the higher of their singles or doubles ranking."

So it's just because Wawrinka and Troicki are fairly highly ranked, and Venus' ranking is pretty bad. Though isn't Murray's brother's dubs ranking fairly high? I would have thought they would be able to sneak in.
 
Would be totally awesome if the Murray brothers took the gold. But I think it's going to go to the Bryan brothers.
 
pound cat said:
Pospisil and nestor have played together successfully (at Davis cup?) which tie Canada won. I think Canada thinks Raonic has the best chance of winning at singles..
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As much as I wold love to see Milos winning a medal, I doubt it. Nestor/Pospisil will have a good shot IMHO :).
 
okdude1992 said:
have a feeling djokovic/ troicki will get killed 1st rd.
i see czech/france/india/poland/us with a chance
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You can forget India. Paes has a weak partner, and Bhupathi and Bopanna aren't exactly going to cut it. One of them could reach the QF at best.

You don't think Fred/Wawa stand a chance.
 
woodrow1029 said:
So, from the ITF Olympics Rulebook, this is what is said about seeding for doubles:

The selection of seeds for the Doubles events will be at the discretion of the ITF, however the latest available recognised international computer rankings shall be a primary, but not sole, basis for such selections.​
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yeah i expected something like that and not just the combined ranking
 
Sentinel said:
You can forget India. Paes has a weak partner, and Bhupathi and Bopanna aren't exactly going to cut it. One of them could reach the QF at best.

You don't think Fred/Wawa stand a chance.
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What makes you say that, dear Senti?

I don't really follow doubles, I would've given them a chance to get a medal.
 
Czech republic is a good team too, but I still like the chances of Federer and Wawrinka. I expect Wawrinka to focus mostly on doubles, helping them through the early rounds like in Beijing. In the final weekend, it would be interesting to see what Federer does if he was to make it to the semis of both for instance. I think he'll want to defend his doubles title but the singles eluding him is bigger. I'm interested if he would really dare and go for both if that situation occurs.
 
-RF- said:
Grr. Why is Federer even bothering with Doubles?? Waste of energy.
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He is the defending champion and a gold is a gold. Doubles on quick grass courts in best of three with a partner who's willing to die on court for you shouldn't take much out of him. He needs a practice a day anyway.
 
Lol at Stan Wawrinka retweeting pseudofed:

@PseudoFed Can't wait to defend My singles Gold medal again for the Olympics pic.twitter.com/uYY8gxhS
 
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