Week 44 - ATP 1000 - BNP Paribas Masters, Paris (indoor hard)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Week 44 - ATP 1000 - BNP Paribas Masters, Paris (indoor hard)

thejester · Satellite level

A chance for Dom the Bomb and Robert to avenge Peers & Murray's defeat yesterday then. Come on Anglo-Swedes, you can do it

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

And they do avenge it:

QF: Dom Inglot & Robert Lindstedt (SWE) CR 51 (27+24) defeated Raven Klaasen & Rajeev Ram (RSA/USA) CR 59 (19+40) by 7-6(4) 6-3 biggrin

The Bryans or Pospisil & Sock in the semi.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Great news for Dom. This partnership really seems to have some mileage in it. I really hope this is a permanent thing and they play a full season together next year.

steven · Tennis legend

Congrats to Dom on making his first ATP Masters 1000 semi-final

(previous best: QFs at Indian Wells in 2014/15, though of course he has made a semi at a slam)

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Excellent; well done Dom :D

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

SF: Vasek Pospisil & Jack Sock (CAN/USA) CR 45 (25+20) vs Dom Inglot & Robert Lindstedt (SWE) CR 51 (27+24)

indiana · Tennis legend

Pospisil & Sock are making a late WTF bid, having beaten the Bryans in the QF.

They look as if they will go 8th if they win the Paris title and Bopanna & Mergea fail to reach the final.

Jaffa · Challenger level

Bopanna and Mergea lost, so I believe if Pospisock win tomorrow that'll be them there.

Oh, the irony.

theemptyvessel · Club Coach

Jaffa wrote:
Bopanna and Mergea lost, so I believe if Pospisock win tomorrow that'll be them there.

Oh, the irony.

Wonder if Dom can persuade Bobby to issue a walkover for that one biggrin

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

SF: Vasek Pospisil & Jack Sock (CAN/USA) CR 45 (25+20) defeated Dom Inglot & Robert Lindstedt (SWE) CR 51 (27+24) by 7-6(6) 6-1

Competitive first set, disappointing second. cry

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

A hilarious account of the completely bewildering world of doubles sign-in - luckily Andy seemed to have seen the funny side

www.espn.co.uk/tennis/story/_/id/14043923/andy-murray-reveals-chaos-professional-doubles-paris-masters-was-absolute-mayhem

indiana · Tennis legend

Just checking the rankings, and with both the Bryans and Roger & Tecau exiting at the QF stage, iff Jamie & John had won the title here :

1) They would have gone to number 1 race pair, essentially won the race to the O2

2) They would have gone to WR 2 ( Jamie ) and WR 3 ( John ), behind Marcelo Melo.

As it is, scoring 0, they will drop 1 to number 4 pair and remain WRs 7 and 8.

indiana · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:
A hilarious account of the completely bewildering world of doubles sign-in - luckily Andy seemed to have seen the funny side

www.espn.co.uk/tennis/story/_/id/14043923/andy-murray-reveals-chaos-professional-doubles-paris-masters-was-absolute-mayhem

Chaos indeed

I still think, like others have said, they should have 32 pairs minimum in doubles master's, protecting the not quite top doubles specialists more for gaining entry.

Clearly any exclusions now won't really effect the race where it matters ( though still denying some entry to the a big event in itself ), but there was one particular 24 pair field earlier in the year with a plethora of 'singles' players.

-- Edited by indiana on Sunday 8th of November 2015 11:08:45 AM