Main draw now out:

L16:  (1) Rajeev Ram (USA) & Joe Salisbury CR 3 (2+1) vs Jamie Murray & Bruno Soares (BRA) CR 47 (21+26) 
L16:  Nicolas Mahut & Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA/FRA) CR 59 (6+53) vs (WC) Lloyd Glasspool & Harri Heliövaara (FIN)

L16:  Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) & Daniel Evans CR 676 (482+194) vs Taylor Fritz & Tommy Paul (USA/USA) CR 265 (146+119)
L16:  Alex de Miñaur (AUS) & Cameron Norrie CR 252 (131+121) vs (3) Wesley Koolhof (NED) & Neal Skupski CR 19 (9+10)

L16:  (WC) Jonny O'Mara & Ken Skupski CR 188 (76+112) vs (2) Nikola Mektic & Mate Pavic (CRO/CRO) CR 8 (5+3)

The qualifiers get Cabal & Farah (4).  Bit of a loaded draw!

Off topic, I see that Dustin "Dreddy" Brown, who has a wild card into the doubles at Halle & is now 37, has reverted to representing Jamaica, the country of his father's birth. 

-- Edited by Stircrazy on Saturday 11th of June 2022 10:59:11 AM

JonH comes home wrote:

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Stircrazy wrote:

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Main draw now out:

L16:  (1) Rajeev Ram (USA) & Joe Salisbury CR 3 (2+1) vs Jamie Murray & Bruno Soares (BRA) CR 47 (21+26) 
L16:  Nicolas Mahut & Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA/FRA) CR 59 (6+53) vs (WC) Lloyd Glasspool & Harri Heliövaara (FIN)

L16:  Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) & Daniel Evans CR 676 (482+194) vs Taylor Fritz & Tommy Paul (USA/USA) CR 265 (146+119)
L16:  Alex de Miñaur (AUS) & Cameron Murray CR 252 (131+121) vs (3) Wesley Koolhof (NED) & Neal Skupski CR 19 (9+10)

L16:  (WC) Jonny O'Mara & Ken Skupski CR 188 (76+112) vs (2) Nikola Mektic & Mate Pavic (CRO/CRO) CR 8 (5+3)

The qualifiers get Cabal & Farah (4).  Bit of a loaded draw!

Off topic, I see that Dustin "Dreddy" Brown, who has a wild card into the doubles at Halle & is now 37, now represents Jamaica, the country of his father's birth. 

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 I hope the third murray brother lives up to the family name !! 

seriously,  I saw that re Brown. Didnt he originally swap from Jamaica to Germany years ago and this is back again ? 

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The typo was totally unconscious:  I once worked with someone called Cameron Murray! 

Re Brown, I should have checked the ATP site rather than just glancing at Wiki.  Yes, he started his career playing for Jamaica, then took German citizenship in 2010, before reverting this year.  I've now rectified both errors.

QR1:  (q1) André Göransson & Ben McLachlan (SWE/JPN) CR 117 (70+47) defeated (qWC) Jay Clarke & Alastair Gray CR 780 (439+341) by 2 & 4

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L16:  Alex de Miñaur (AUS) & Cameron Norrie CR 262 (145+117) defeated (3) Wesley Koolhof (NED) & Neal Skupski CR 15 (7+8) by 7-6(4) 5-7 [10-6]   

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 Ooh, thats interesting ! 

Stircrazy wrote:

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L16:  Alex de Miñaur (AUS) & Cameron Norrie CR 262 (145+117) defeated (3) Wesley Koolhof (NED) & Neal Skupski CR 15 (7+8) by 7-6(4) 5-7 [10-6]   

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L16:  (WC) Lloyd Glasspool & Harri Heliövaara (FIN) CR 86 (49+37) defeated Nicolas Mahut & Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA/FRA) CR 65 (15+50) by 5 & 3 

Just of passing interest, Ryan Peniston has a junior ITF CH of 460 - that's pretty low

After turning 18, he spent three years ranked about ATP 1600

And then dropped out altogether (all obviously linked to going to college in the US)

When he came back, he then spent about 2 years at approx ATP 600 or so

And then another two years at about 350 or so

He finally cracked the top-300 back in Nov. 2021

And then the top-200 six months later

And counting.....

It's good we don't all take the same path

Coup Droit wrote:

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Just of passing interest, Ryan Peniston has a junior ITF CH of 460 - that's pretty low

After turning 18, he spent three years ranked about ATP 1600

And then dropped out altogether (all obviously linked to going to college in the US)

When he came back, he then spent about 2 years at approx ATP 600 or so

And then another two years at about 350 or so

He finally cracked the top-300 back in Nov. 2021

And then the top-200 six months later

And counting.....

It's good we don't all take the same path

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 That's so funny. I just looked up that exact thing, his junior career high that is to say. I'm often curious as to why players with such a low junior ranking then go onto try their luck in the senior game where there's even more competition, just from the greater number of players at senior level. 

However, with Ryan it seems to have paid off as his senior ranking easily beats his junior career high. I'd love to know more about how some players don't make the transition (injuries aside, obviously) whereas others come from lower levels and do pretty well. I still imagine he's something of an outlier though.