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Coup Droit


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Well, there's a BIG difference in rankings...

But James beat two higher-ranked players to qualify (one MUCH higher ranked), and a decent junior, so it's been a good week.

Well done.

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R1:  Fabrice Martin (FRA) & Neal Skupski CR 176 (66+110) defeated Romain Barbosa & Steve Darcis (POR/BEL) CR  983 (375+608) by 1 & 2

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QF:  (1) Oliver Marach & Nicholas Monroe (AUT/USA) CR 116 (53+63) vs Fabrice Martin (FRA) & Neal Skupski CR 176 (66+110)



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QF:  Fabrice Martin (FRA) & Neal Skupski CR 176 (66+110) defeated (1) Oliver Marach & Nicholas Monroe (AUT/USA) CR 116 (53+63) by 7-6(3) 6-4  biggrin



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Great win! Well done Mr Skupski +

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Neal must be closing in on top 100 now....

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Massive scalp !!

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paulisi wrote:

Neal must be closing in on top 100 now....

 

Yes, winning the title here would take Neal to the points equivalent to WR 99 in the current rankings. Reaching the final will take him above a certain Ken Skupski, the current WR 104.



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Would love to see the Skupskis get their rankings up. When's the cut-off for the AO?

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SF:  Fabrice Martin (FRA) & Neal Skupski CR 176 (66+110) vs (4) Wesley Koolhof & Matwé Middelkoop (NED/NED) CR 159 (79+80)

After the top seeds, the fourth-ranked pair should be a cakewalk... wink 



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Not to be, sadly:

SF:  (4) Wesley Koolhof & Matwé Middelkoop (NED/NED) CR 159 (79+80) defeated Fabrice Martin (FRA) & Neal Skupski CR 176 (66+110) by 6-4 3-6 [10-6] cry

Still a good week for Neal.



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Stircrazy wrote:

And my attempt at optimism was no better:

L32:  (4) Malek Jaziri (TUN) WR 109 defeated (Q) James Marsalek WR 645 by 1 & 2 cry

 

Worth mentioning in passing that Jaziri went on to take the title.

So not much James could have done......



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