Main Doubles Draw

The top seeds are the Bryan twins- will they have a more successful tournament this week?

All the main pairs in action this week. The strength of the field is clear, with Llodra and Clement only ranked #7. #2 are Aspelin and Knowle and #3 are Nestor and Zimonjic.

Friday, 14 March 2008

ATP Main Draw Doubles - First Round
[3] D Nestor (CAN) / N Zimonjic (SRB) d F Gonzalez (CHI) / D Tursunov (RUS) 63 61
[8] P Hanley (AUS) / L Paes (IND) d D Ferrer (ESP) / R Nadal (ESP) 63 64
J Coetzee (RSA) / W Moodie (RSA) d P Kohlschreiber (GER) / J Nieminen (FIN) 36 63 10-4
N Davydenko (RUS) / N Kiefer (GER) d T Berdych (CZE) / L Dlouhy (CZE) 64 76(3)
G Canas (ARG) / D Nalbandian (ARG) d M Fyrstenberg (POL) / M Matkowski (POL) 75 63
R Gasquet (FRA) / R Lindstedt (SWE) d [WC] S Grosjean (FRA) / J Tsonga (FRA) 46 62 10-7
J Bjorkman (SWE) / K Ullyett (ZIM) d L Friedl (CZE) / M Youzhny (RUS) 62 26 10-7

wow andy murray is playing with butorac. i wonder what big brother jamie thinks of that.

Saturday, 15 March 2008

ATP Main Draw Doubles - First Round
E Butorac (USA) / A Murray (GBR) d [5] M Damm (CZE) / P Vizner (CZE) 76(5) 63
M Mirnyi (BLR) / J Murray (GBR) d I Ljubicic (CRO) / T Robredo (ESP) 64 76(3)
P Mathieu (FRA) / R Stepanek (CZE) d [WC] M Fish (USA) / S Querrey (USA) 75 76(6)
J Monaco (ARG) / P Starace (ITA) d J Benneteau (FRA) / N Mahut (FRA) 64 64

Great wins for the Brits, especially Murray Junior and Booty! :clap:

Sunday, 16 March 2008

ATP Main Draw Doubles - First Round
[1] B Bryan (USA) / M Bryan (USA) d M Baghdatis (CYP) / S Wawrinka (SUI) 46 63 11-9
F Cermak (CZE) / J Kerr (AUS) d [2] S Aspelin (SWE) / J Knowle (AUT) 64 67(1) 10-5
[4] J Erlich (ISR) / A Ram (ISR) d J Chela (ARG) / S Prieto (ARG) 61 62
[6] M Bhupathi (IND) / M Knowles (BAH) d C Kas (GER) / R Wassen (NED) 63 76(3)
[7] A Clement (FRA) / M Llodra (FRA) d M Melo (BRA) / A Sa (BRA) 63 57 10-2

ATP Main Draw Doubles - Second Round
[3] D Nestor (CAN) / N Zimonjic (SRB) d J Monaco (ARG) / P Starace (ITA) 67(5) 62 10-1
[8] P Hanley (AUS) / L Paes (IND) d G Canas (ARG) / D Nalbandian (ARG) 75 26 10-5

Monday, 17 March 2008

ATP Main Draw Doubles - Second Round
[6] M Bhupathi (IND) / M Knowles (BAH) d N Davydenko (RUS) / N Kiefer (GER) 63 64
R Gasquet (FRA) / R Lindstedt (SWE) d E Butorac (USA) / A Murray (GBR) 64 64
J Bjorkman (SWE) / K Ullyett (ZIM) d F Cermak (CZE) / J Kerr (AUS) 76(2) 36 10-3

oh dear Andy :(

Yep, disappointing but on a big plus note Jamie and Max have just beaten Clement and Llodra 76(4) 64

:clap: :clap:

and Andy will be able to focus on singles :unsure:

good win for Miryni and Murray against Clement/Llodra - they are a good team so i'm impressed that it didn't go to a tie-break at least, and even more impressed that they won :D

Well, he should be concentrating on singles now anyway.

Also, Gasquet and whatever his partner's name is -- oh yes, Lindstedt -- just beat Bjorkman and Ullyett. :cry:

So I guess they're not all that bad together ...

Tuesday, 18 March 2008

ATP Main Draw Doubles - Second Round
[1] B Bryan (USA) / M Bryan (USA) d J Coetzee (RSA) / W Moodie (RSA) 63 62
[4] J Erlich (ISR) / A Ram (ISR) d P Mathieu (FRA) / R Stepanek (CZE) 62 61
M Mirnyi (BLR) / J Murray (GBR) d [7] A Clement (FRA) / M Llodra (FRA) 76(4) 64

ATP Main Draw Doubles - Quarterfinals
[3] D Nestor (CAN) / N Zimonjic (SRB) d [8] P Hanley (AUS) / L Paes (IND) 62 61
R Gasquet (FRA) / R Lindstedt (SWE) d J Bjorkman (SWE) / K Ullyett (ZIM) 63 46 13-11

Murnyi defeated the Bryans. :o :clap: :yahoo:

Erliram are up next - they haven't dropped a set yet, so that will be another tough match. :pray:

Wednesday, 19 March 2008

ATP Main Draw Doubles - Quarterfinals
M Mirnyi (BLR) / J Murray (GBR) d [1] B Bryan (USA) / M Bryan (USA) 57 64 10-6 :clap: :clap:
[4] J Erlich (ISR) / A Ram (ISR) d [6] M Bhupathi (IND) / M Knowles (BAH) 63 64

:clap: A rough and tumble year for the ATP doubles number ones...much like the singles ATP/WTA so far... who is invincible anymore..?

Well done Murray /Mirnyi in their own backyard.... :)

:yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:

that's a couple of wins that Murray and Miryni have had over the Bryans :ok:

Murray picks up over 200 points from Indian Wells-the biggest total of his tennis career- SHould push him back up to about 31 which is close to his career high ranking.

Cracking win for Myrni and Murray,looks like their partnership is starting to gel.I wonder this year is it too early to predict a deep run into slam for them.
I would imagine it's harder to develop a doubles slam team,than a singles game which is capable of great things,because their are much more intangibles attatched to doubles.
Creating the magic that can lift 2 good players into an extraordinary team is the hard bit.

YAY! :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:

Great win for Murray and Mirnyi but I thought it possible. The Bryans aren't as invincilbe as everyone thinks. Hope they can go on and win :ok:

It'll be tough against Erliram - they've been in such good form this year, and they just beat one of the in-form teams so far this year in straight sets.

Go Murnyi!

Thursday, 20 March 2008

ATP Main Draw Doubles - Semifinals
[3] D Nestor (CAN) / N Zimonjic (SRB) d R Gasquet (FRA) / R Lindstedt (SWE) 75 62
[4] J Erlich (ISR) / A Ram (ISR) d M Mirnyi (BLR) / J Murray (GBR) 63 64

Shame that Murnyi didn't make it through but as Sctosguy said, this is a major step up for Jamie and his partnership with Max looks very promising!

Erlich and Ram for the title!

Who is this Lindstedt playing with Gasquet? Never heard of him before. Who does he play with ususally? They had a good run too.

Looks like Zymo and Nestor are the team in form at the moment.

Tenez, Lindstedt has been around for a fair amount of time....he used to play with Aspelin before Aspelin joined up with Knowle. Lindstetdt played a few match with Johansson earlier this year, beating M&M once and then losing to them the next week.

This week sure, but prior to this they had had a pretty poor season, the two form teams were really Erlich/Ram and Bhupathi/Knowles.....

In contrast the Bryans have been a mere blip on the radar this year :blink:

Ooooh......Erliram won :yahoo: well done to them :ok: they're having a really good year so far.

The Bryan's are definitely in slump at the moment....they've reached 4 finals this year but are yet to win a title and failed to make an impact at the two main events this year so far....

Just to confirm...

ATP Main Draw Doubles - Final
[4] J Erlich (ISR) / A Ram (ISR) d [3] D Nestor (CAN) / N Zimonjic (SRB) 64 64

Great result for the Israelis, or the smilers as I like to call them! It'll be another disappointing loss for Nestor and Zimonjic.