Week 46 - Nitto ATP Finals - Turin, Italy (indoor hard) (Doubles)

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Week 46 - Nitto ATP Finals - Turin, Italy (indoor hard) (Doubles)

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Neal and Wes have won 45-43 points overall; Joe and Rajeev have saved 5 of 6 break points. On a knife edge.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

This is tight ! 8-7 for Joe and Rajeev. Two service points for the match

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Oh well done, really pleased for Joe and Rajeev! Hard luck to Neal and Wes, hope they bounce back !

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

RR2: (6) Rajeev Ram (USA) & Joe Salisbury CR 23 (11+12) defeated (2) Wesley Koolhof (NED) & Neal Skupski CR 8 (5+3) by 6-3 3-6 [10-7]

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Joe and Rajeev into the semis !

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

For once we have none of the mathematical calculations needed in the doubles here. Its all worked out so there are two known semifinalists and 2 straight knockout matches left.

Semis will be :

Joe and Rajeev versus Dodig/Krajicek or Gonzalez/ ERV

Granollers/Zeballos versus Neal/Wesley or Bopanna/Ebden

With the USA, we are the only country with 2 players left in with a chance of the title .

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Medvedev beat Zverev tonight. Result means that all semis spots are still up for grabs, with 3 players in with a shout from each group - Sinner, Rune and Djokovic; Medvedev, Alcaraz and Zverev.

Rublev and Tsitsipas head home and Hurkacz cant progress from his one match.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

BBC Sports on TV just now carried literally a 20 second clip of the end of Joe and Neal's match, shaking hands and some narrative around Joe and Rajeev being 2 wins now and into the semis. Wow!

the addict · Tennis legend

JonH comes home wrote:
Medvedev beat Zverev tonight. Result means that all semis spots are still up for grabs, with 3 players in with a shout from each group - Sinner, Rune and Djokovic; Medvedev, Alcaraz and Zverev.

Rublev and Tsitsipas head home and Hurkacz cant progress from his one match.

That win was enough to take Medvedev through, regardless of the last round of matches. But whether he finishes first or second is still to be decided.

9vicman · Satellite level

JonH comes home wrote:
Harri was an option! See post above - in his blog he says he tried to get Neal, Neal asked to think about it; Harri also met Louis cayer over dinner to discuss it. But after two weeks Neal decided to go with Gonzalez

How interesting. Thanks for sharing. Of course there are lots are factors that go into selecting a doubles pairing: who likes to play on which side, looking for opposite strengths, complementary personalities. Would love to hear players talk more about it, although suspect they need to keep cards close to their chests.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

the addict wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
Medvedev beat Zverev tonight. Result means that all semis spots are still up for grabs, with 3 players in with a shout from each group - Sinner, Rune and Djokovic; Medvedev, Alcaraz and Zverev.

Rublev and Tsitsipas head home and Hurkacz cant progress from his one match.
That win was enough to take Medvedev through, regardless of the last round of matches. But whether he finishes first or second is still to be decided.

Yeah, just realised that - he seems to be on form!

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

The mens event seems so much more intense and interesting than the WTA Finals the other week - is that just me?

9vicman · Satellite level

JonH comes home wrote:
The mens event seems so much more intense and interesting than the WTA Finals the other week - is that just me?

No comparison in terms of competitiveness. And crowds!

-- Edited by 9vicman on Thursday 16th of November 2023 12:27:05 PM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

JonH comes home wrote:
The mens event seems so much more intense and interesting than the WTA Finals the other week - is that just me?

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No, it's not just you

Simon has an awful lot to answer for, IMO.

(Carayol wrote a pretty scathing article before the event even kicked off, (https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/oct/30/finals-venue-chaos-is-symbolic-of-the-wtas-failings) - the articles post the event have been even worse)