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9vicman · Futures qualifying

RE: Weeks 32 & 33 - ATP Masters 1000 - Cincinnati, OH, USA (hard)

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

9vicman wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
I think Harri and Henry are playing with less freedom and more self imposed pressure since sometime this season; maybe striving for top rankings caused them both, Harri certainly to focus too much on that and lose the freedom to play their best tennis. Maybe they need to play Winston Salem next week, and just focus on enjoying themselves for now.
That's to be expected, but they're still third in the race. With the exception of Cash and Glasspool recently, a lot of pairs have been up and down this season.

Agreed.

as an aside, Lloyd is now showing as live WR1, Julian as 2

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
L32: (2) Julian Cash & Lloyd Glasspool CR 7 (4+3) defeated Nuno Borges & Tomás Mahcac (POR/CZE) CR 226 (82+144) by 6-1 5-7 [10-8]

L32: (5) Joe Salisbury & Neal Skupski CR 23 (12+11) defeated (ALT) Fernando Romboli & John-Patrick Smith (BRA/AUS) CR 94 (44+50) by 7-6(3) 6-2

*****

L16: Sadio Doumbia & Brandon Nakashima (FRA/USA) CR (31+268) vs (5) Joe Salisbury & Neal Skupski CR 23 (12+11)

L16: Matthew Ebden & Jordan Thompson (AUS/AUS) CR 64 (48+16) vs (2) Julian Cash & Lloyd Glasspool CR 7 (4+3)

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Neal is live ranked 9, could be top 10 again end of this event

Really good to see

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

9vicman wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
I think Harri and Henry are playing with less freedom and more self imposed pressure since sometime this season; maybe striving for top rankings caused them both, Harri certainly to focus too much on that and lose the freedom to play their best tennis. Maybe they need to play Winston Salem next week, and just focus on enjoying themselves for now.
That's to be expected, but they're still third in the race. With the exception of Cash and Glasspool recently, a lot of pairs have been up and down this season.

Harri flown home to Finland for a week before the US, Henry has Calvin with him at home and training together

wolf · Tennis legend

Ebden & Thompson were the last pair to beat Julian & Lloyd in the final of s'-Hertogenbosch.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

wolf wrote:
Ebden & Thompson were the last pair to beat Julian & Lloyd in the final of s'-Hertogenbosch.

2 tie breaks and an MTB for this one?!

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

JonH comes home wrote:
wolf wrote:
Ebden & Thompson were the last pair to beat Julian & Lloyd in the final of s'-Hertogenbosch.
2 tie breaks and an MTB for this one?!

Nearly , 7-5 5-7, now a match tie break