The Doubles Thread
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spystud
Talk Tennis Guru
Quick little 16-team draw for Olympic mixed.
mightyjeditribble
Hall of Fame
Time to resurrect The Doubles Thread for the AO, no?
Pegula was a top seed in each of the three draws she entered; now she's still in it with Coco Gauff in the women's doubles. Next up is a semifinal against the Japanese 10th-seeded pairing of Aoyama and Shibahara, who to my shame I had never heard of! The latter have not faces any seeds so far, while Pegula and Gauff saw off the 11th seeds 6-1 6-1. Likely final opponent for the winner is the Czech pairing of Krejcikova-Siniakova.
In the men's doubles, we have again a surprise Australian pairing reaching the semis: wild cards Hijikata and Kubler. Their opponents Granollers and Zeballos are the only seeds (#8) remaining. Of course Granollers is an experienced doubles player. But the Aussies just beat the #1 seeds Koolhof & Skupski - can they go all the way?
In the mixed doubles finals, I am rooting for the Indian veterans Mirza and Bopanna (36 & 42 years old) against the Brazilian pairing of Stefani and Matos, who are a combined 26 years younger than them.
Pegula was a top seed in each of the three draws she entered; now she's still in it with Coco Gauff in the women's doubles. Next up is a semifinal against the Japanese 10th-seeded pairing of Aoyama and Shibahara, who to my shame I had never heard of! The latter have not faces any seeds so far, while Pegula and Gauff saw off the 11th seeds 6-1 6-1. Likely final opponent for the winner is the Czech pairing of Krejcikova-Siniakova.
In the men's doubles, we have again a surprise Australian pairing reaching the semis: wild cards Hijikata and Kubler. Their opponents Granollers and Zeballos are the only seeds (#8) remaining. Of course Granollers is an experienced doubles player. But the Aussies just beat the #1 seeds Koolhof & Skupski - can they go all the way?
In the mixed doubles finals, I am rooting for the Indian veterans Mirza and Bopanna (36 & 42 years old) against the Brazilian pairing of Stefani and Matos, who are a combined 26 years younger than them.
stringertom
Bionic Poster
Zeballos is no slouch either. Before Grunthollers teamed up with him, he had made RG’13 SF with Cuevas, temporarily uniting Uruguay with Argentina. Wicked lefty ohbh!
Larry Duff
Legend
What a strange bounce!
mightyjeditribble
Hall of Fame
The Aussie dream continues - Hijikata and Kubler are into the final! They will meet fellow maiden slam finalists Monegasque-Polish duo Nys-Zielinski, who I thought were both Polish until I noticed that one of the flags was upside down. 
Will the crowd propel the Aussies to the AO title?
Will the crowd propel the Aussies to the AO title?
mightyjeditribble
Hall of Fame
Apart from the women's doubles, where the two top-seeded teams made the SF, the top 2 seeds were out of all other competitions by the SF stage. In fact, the only one that made it even to the QF were Koolhof-Skupski in the Men's Doubles.
mightyjeditribble
Hall of Fame
Interestingly enough, ten years ago, the top seeds won the title in all competitions except the mixed doubles, where top seeds Lisa Raymond & Mike Bryan pulled out before playing, and the title went to unseeded Aussies Gajdosova and Ebden. (None of the five seeded pairs that actually played made the semis in that competition. But then the seeding in mixed doubles is always a bit dubious.)
stringertom
Bionic Poster
The après-match interview of the winners begged for a nickname for the Ozzies pair; my nomination would be Rinky Tikki Kubie.
slice bh compliment
G.O.A.T.
Yes! I just want to see a dropshot from Hijikata. A rinky dink.
Seth
Legend
You can tell Rinky played college tennis. Dude is super vocal on court.
bertrevert
Legend
Except when losing. Usually quite quiet. Not much emotion. Dbls... bit of a surprise because is not his focus.
Kube's(!) got super smooth silky volleys at net, again a bit of a surprise.
Implies there's a third in this pairing (there might be!), anyways how bout... Ice Rink & the Ice Kube.
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stringertom
Bionic Poster
Kipling is the party guilty of including three words to describe the chattering of the heroic mongoose in his children’s story. Had he known Rinky and Kubie would ascend unexpectedly to big success together maybe he drops one third of the chatter from the mongoose. I’m just adapting his prose.
bertrevert
Legend
Ice Rink & the Ice Kube = The Ice Bros?
Something needed for Saturday...
Something needed for Saturday...
bertrevert
Legend
Since this is... THE dbls thread... Wimbledon 2023 to reduce dbls now to best of three sets only... unsure if third is superTB or just regular???
Seth
Legend
Boooooooo
Mark-Touch
Legend
Mirza must be feeling terrible right now.
Just lost the 1st set tie-break.
She botched two smashes in a row to lose!
Just lost the 1st set tie-break.
She botched two smashes in a row to lose!
Mark-Touch
Legend
I know these are some of the best doubles players in the world, but it's amazing to see the number of bad errors they make!
bertrevert
Legend
Pressure, as they are playing for final and for
| Winner | $695,000 |
| Runner-up | $370,000 |
| Semifinalists | $210,000 |
Mark-Touch
Legend
I'm always confused when I see the numbers.
Does the team share that money or does each player of the team get that amount?
bluetrain4
G.O.A.T.
This mixed doubles looks like my summer league doubles in terms of court positioning. Obviously it's a much higher level.
No ad?? Come on.
No ad?? Come on.
bluetrain4
G.O.A.T.
Share. The amounts are for the winning teams.
bluetrain4
G.O.A.T.
This is Mirza's last match?
spystud
Talk Tennis Guru
coolcamden
Hall of Fame
I’m going on a limb and pick BK/KS to win the next match in straights.
Nostradamus
Bionic Poster
TomTennis495
Professional
Another really enjoyable Mens Doubles final at the AO.
stringertom
Bionic Poster
AO dubs title defended by another pair of lads from DU!
pretty sturdy limb you picked.
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