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JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Weeks 35 & 36 - US Open - Flushing Meadows, New York, NY, USA (hard) - DOUBLES

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

JonH comes home wrote:
Marcus could be the last Brit into the US Open and the last Brit standing!

Not so. You're conveniently forgetting the youngsters (Mika Stojsavljevic, Hannah Klugman & Oli Bonding)!

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
Marcus could be the last Brit into the US Open and the last Brit standing!
Not so. You're conveniently forgetting the youngsters (Mika Stojsavljevic, Hannah Klugman & Oli Bonding)!

Well ok - and the wheelchair players then. You know what I meant!

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Anyway, Joe and Neal battled to the second set. 2 hours in now. Marcus and Karol just started.

Ill stick another hour watching the scores- actually wish i could watch it!

DF · Tennis legend

Joe and Neal's doubles

https://en34.sportplus.live/tennis/us-open-doubles/7065956/

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L16: (6) Joe Salisbury & Neal Skupski CR 25 (15+10) defeated (9) Hugo Nys & Edouard Roger-Vasselin (MON/FRA) CR 40 (21+19) by 4-6 7-6(3) 6-4 smile

-- Edited by Stircrazy on Friday 5th of September 2025 11:05:56 AM

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Marvellous - great win; and Marcus and Karol are a set up !

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
L16: (7) Joe Salisbury & Neal Skupski CR 25 (15+10) defeated (9) Hugo Nys & Edouard Roger-Vasselin (MON/FRA) CR 40 (21+19) by 4-6 7-6(3) 6-4

So much for wolf's "break":

L16: Tomás Machac & Matej Vocel (CZE/CZE) CR 265 (150+115) defeated (ALT) Karol Drzewiecki (POL) & Marcus Willis CR 174 (84+90) by 4-6 6-3 6-1 hmm

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QF: (6) Joe Salisbury & Neal Skupski CR 25 (15+10) vs Tomás Machac & Matej Vocel (CZE/CZE) CR 265 (150+115)

-- Edited by Stircrazy on Friday 5th of September 2025 11:06:11 AM

indiana · Tennis legend

Pity for Marcus. Good week after getting in as alts but it was fair enough from wolf in that you couldn't ask for a much better opportunity to reach a Slam QF. Just couldn't convert their "break".

Still, live rankings show Marcus at live 81, matching his October 2024 CH, and which should hold as his ranking as long as the Czechs don't now go and beat Joe & Neal.

To my mind, it will always be a pity about the Marcus tennis wasted years but hopefully he has still quite a bit more to come in rankings and Slam terms.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QF: (6) Joe Salisbury & Neal Skupski CR 25 (15+10) defeated Tomás Machac & Matej Vocel (CZE/CZE) CR 265 (150+115) by 7-6(6) 6-3 smile

*****

SF: (14) Yuki Bhambri & Michael Venus (IND/NZL) CR 57 (32+25) vs (6) Joe Salisbury & Neal Skupski CR 25 (15+10)

-- Edited by Stircrazy on Friday 5th of September 2025 11:06:32 AM

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Excellent for Joe and Neal, really having a good run; Neal is now 7 and Joe 11 in the live rankings. If they win their semi, Joe will be 8 and Neal would be equal with Henry and Harri on points so not sure where he will stand from a count back perspective. As a pair, one more win would see them go up Henry and Harri in the Race and possibly into 3rd, it depends on Granollers and Zeballos.

Blue_Belle · County player

JonH comes home wrote:
Excellent for Joe and Neal, really having a good run; Neal is now 7 and Joe 11 in the live rankings. If they win their semi, Joe will be 8 and Neal would be equal with Henry and Harri on points so not sure where he will stand from a count back perspective. As a pair, one more win would see them go up Henry and Harri in the Race and possibly into 3rd, it depends on Granollers and Zeballos.

I believe for equal points they determine who is "top" by seeing where the points have come from e.g 1000 masters points is better than runs at 500 tournaments.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Blue_Belle wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
Excellent for Joe and Neal, really having a good run; Neal is now 7 and Joe 11 in the live rankings. If they win their semi, Joe will be 8 and Neal would be equal with Henry and Harri on points so not sure where he will stand from a count back perspective. As a pair, one more win would see them go up Henry and Harri in the Race and possibly into 3rd, it depends on Granollers and Zeballos.
I believe for equal points they determine who is "top" by seeing where the points have come from e.g 1000 masters points is better than runs at 500 tournaments.

Thanks Blue Belle - if that is the case, a final for Neal would take him just a touch above Henry and Harri based on grand slams alone, so he would go 5th and they would drop to 6th equal.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Granollers and Zeballos beat Joe and Neal in the French final; maybe a repeat and a chance for revenge?

Lambda · Top national player

JonH comes home wrote:
Blue_Belle wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
Excellent for Joe and Neal, really having a good run; Neal is now 7 and Joe 11 in the live rankings. If they win their semi, Joe will be 8 and Neal would be equal with Henry and Harri on points so not sure where he will stand from a count back perspective. As a pair, one more win would see them go up Henry and Harri in the Race and possibly into 3rd, it depends on Granollers and Zeballos.
I believe for equal points they determine who is "top" by seeing where the points have come from e.g 1000 masters points is better than runs at 500 tournaments.
Thanks Blue Belle - if that is the case, a final for Neal would take him just a touch above Henry and Harri based on grand slams alone, so he would go 5th and they would drop to 6th equal.

1st tie breaker is fewest number of tournaments played
2nd tie breaker is points from grand slams, mandatory masters and ATP finals
3rd tie breaker is highest points from a single tournament
4th tie breaker is 2nd highest points from a single tournament and so on.