Week 7- ATP 250 - Doha, Qatar (outdoor hard)

wolf · Tennis legend

Week 7- ATP 250 - Doha, Qatar (outdoor hard)

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Neal and Wes move into the Qatar final with a 2 sets win today, well done to them, another final in a generally good start to the year and their pairing

wolf · Tennis legend

SF: (3) Wesley Koolhof (NED) & Neal Skupski CR 39 (20+19) beat Andrey Golubev & Fabrice Martin (KAZ/FRA) CR 64 (31+33) 6-4 7-6(3)

Final: Rohan Bopanna & Denis Shapovalov (IND/CAN) CR 122 (38+84) vs (3) Wesley Koolhof (NED) & Neal Skupski CR 39 (20+19)

indiana · Tennis legend

Neal is up to live ranked 16, getting closer to his CH 14 from last August. He and Wesley are live #3 in the early race, behind only the Australian Open finalists and they will go to #2 if they win the final here.

It says a lot about their new partnership that there was maybe a bit of disappointment that they 'only' reached the Aus Open QF. Generally good start indeed!

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Neals final is tomorrow in fact . Good luck to Wesley and him.

RBA beat ADF 1 and 1- some comfort for Andy in that but probably little for Evo!

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

And Neal and Wesley take the title, well done to them , another title and their 3rd of the season I believe

LordBrownof · Futures level

And they're now 2nd in the race.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Indeed, and Joe and Rajeev are 5th, so all in all a decent position for our top teams.

Both those pairings (Joe/Rajeev, Neal/Wes) go in Dubai next week, with Dan/Ken in qualies

And we have Jamie and Bruno in Acapulco, with Cam also playing there with Tommy Paul, and with Luke and Harri in qualies

First, it would be nice if Jamie can add to Neal's title by winning the 500 event in Rio

wolf · Tennis legend

Final: (3) Wesley Koolhof (NED) & Neal Skupski CR 39 (20+19) beat Rohan Bopanna & Denis Shapovalov (IND/CAN) CR 122 (38+84) 7-6(4) 6-1

wolf · Tennis legend

JonH comes home wrote:
And Neal and Wesley take the title, well done to them , another title and their 3rd of the season I believe

I seem to remember some idiots doubting this partnership when it was announced. Can't remember who they were though.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

wolf wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
And Neal and Wesley take the title, well done to them , another title and their 3rd of the season I believe

I seem to remember some idiots doubting this partnership when it was announced. Can't remember who they were though.

Was that me?! Idiots seems a bit strong though !

wolf · Tennis legend

Me and you (well mainly me).

The idiots is in jest. smile

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

wolf wrote:
Me and you (well mainly me).

The idiots is in jest.

I definitely doubted - and watching last week at Rotterdam , the body language didnt look like they are that easy together. But the results are speaking for themselves.

and, yes, I know - but actually probably not too strong to be fair !

Spaced · Lower Club Player

JonH comes home wrote:
Indeed, and Joe and Rajeev are 5th, so all in all a decent position for our top teams.

Both those pairings (Joe/Rajeev, Neal/Wes) go in Dubai next week, with Dan/Ken in qualies

And we have Jamie and Bruno in Acapulco, with Cam also playing there with Tommy Paul, and with Luke and Harri in qualies

First, it would be nice if Jamie can add to Neal's title by winning the 500 event in Rio

I realise you meant Lloyd and Harri, not Luke. But this comment made me wonder, where is Luke? I know he got married at the end of last year but he doesn't seem to have played for ages. He was on a pretty poor run of results last year but I hope he's just taking a break and hasn't packed it in.