Ken and Neal showing some great consistency in the 2nd half of the year. Hoping this gives them the building blocks and ranking to get back into some ATP 250s and above next year.
Ken and Neal fighting hard to retain/regain that Top 100 spot. With 110 points coming off next Monday, they will need to get at least a Win and a Final over the next two weeks to achieve that, but the form and momentum is clearly with them right now.
Tweets suggest that Top 100 is clearly on their minds.
Odd Challenger. Singles draw seems exceptionally strong for a fairly low-level tournament, and a fair number of "ringers" in the doubles, eg Petzschner, playing with Bemelmans, who is doing well in both singles and doubles (yes, I'm paying closer attention to Belgian results than I normally would).
Hope today's match goes well for the Skupskis.
-- Edited by Spectator on Saturday 7th of November 2015 09:39:18 AM
Odd Challenger. Singles draw seems exceptionally strong for a fairly low-level tournament, and a fair number of "ringers" in the doubles, eg Petzschner, playing with Bemelmans, who is doing well in both singles and doubles (yes, I'm paying closer attention to Belgian results than I normally would).
Hope today's match goes well for the Skupskis.
It is, I wonder why & it does! The Skupskis storm into the final!
SF: Ken Skupski & Neal Skupski CR 202 (99+103) defeated (2) Aliaksandr Bury & Andreas Siljeström (BLR/SWE) CR 156 (59+97) by 1 & 4
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Final: Ruben Bemelmans & Philipp Petzschner (BEL/GER) CR 246 (191+55) vs Ken Skupski & Neal Skupski CR 202 (99+103)
The "ringers", to use Spectator's term, took out the top seeds, Junaid & Zelenay, by 2 & 1 in the first round, then won their QF against Dustov & Gaio by 2 & 4 & their SF against Kowalczyk & Marcan (who'd beaten Bozo & Mate Pavic, the fourth seeds, in three in the first round) by 1 & 4!
Bemelmans is quite decent, I think: he's been the constant in all the Belgian DC doubles - and the doubles are the one area where they have actually won matches against some players who were, on paper, stronger. Pairing him with such an experienced partner has clearly created quite a formidable team.
The Skupskis storm into the final! 
