MIRNYI BLR / NESTOR CAN [1] vs. JOHNSON USA / SOCK USA (W)
NORMAN BEL / WASKE GER vs. CERMAK CZE / MERTINAK SVK
BLAKE USA / QUERREY USA vs. HUEY PHI / INGLOT GBR
MURRAY GBR / SA BRA vs. PEYA AUT / SOARES BRA [15]
MELZER AUT / PETZSCHNER GER [10] (W) vs. FISHER AUS / KERR AUS
BRUNSTROM SWE / CERRETANI USA vs. DELGADO GBR / SKUPSKI GBR
KUBOT POL / YOUZHNY RUS vs. ECKER GER / NIEMINEN FIN
CHARDY FRA / KLIZAN SVK vs. GRANOLLERS ESP / LOPEZ ESP [6]
LINDSTEDT SWE / TECAU ROU [3] vs. BRACCIALI ITA / ZEBALLOS ARG
RAMIREZ HIDALGO ESP / RAMOS ESP vs. PAIRE FRA / ROGER-VASSELIN FRA
STAKHOVSKY UKR / TROICKI SRB vs. KOHLMANN GER / PHAU GER
KNOWLE AUT / POLASEK SVK vs. MARRERO ESP / VERDASCO ESP [13]
MARRAY GBR / NIELSEN DEN [11] vs. CIPOLLA ITA / FOGNINI ITA
LEVINE USA / MATOSEVIC AUS vs. BUCHANAN USA / KLAHN USA (W)
NALBANDIAN ARG / SCHWANK ARG vs. KARLOVIC CRO / MOSER GER
BROWN GER / KAS GER vs. PAES IND / STEPANEK CZE [5]
BHUPATHI IND / BOPANNA IND [8] vs. EBDEN AUS / TOMIC AUS
BOGOMOLOV JR. RUS / KLAASEN RSA vs. ITO JPN / SOEDA JPN
BERLOCQ ARG / MAYER ARG vs. DLOUHY CZE / DOLGOPOLOV UKR
KUKUSHKIN KAZ / LU TPE vs. QURESHI PAK / ROJER NED [9]
FLEMING GBR / HUTCHINS GBR [14] vs. KAVCIC SLO / ZOPP EST
EMMRICH GER / SIJSLING NED vs. BAKER USA / RAM USA
ELGIN RUS / ISTOMIN UZB vs. ERLICH ISR / RAM ISR
HARRISON USA / HARRISON USA (W) vs. FYRSTENBERG POL / MATKOWSKI POL [4]
LLODRA FRA / ZIMONJIC SRB [7] vs. MONROE USA / YOUNG USA (W)
BENNETEAU FRA / MAHUT FRA vs. RATIWATANA THA / RATIWATANA THA
REYNOLDS USA / RUSSELL USA (W) vs. NOVIKOV USA / REDLICKI USA (W)
CABAL COL / FARAH COL vs. DODIG CRO / MELO BRA [12]
GONZALEZ MEX / LIPSKY USA [16] vs. HAASE NED / SEPPI ITA
ANDUJAR ESP / GARCIA-LOPEZ ESP vs. KNOWLES BAH / MALISSE BEL
BUTORAC USA / HANLEY AUS vs. HAJEK CZE / LACKO SVK
DARCIS BEL / GOFFIN BEL vs. BRYAN USA / BRYAN USA [2]
Bottom-half it's gonna be hard to stop the Bryans from making the final.
Top-half looks more uncertain. Think one of Mirnyi/Nestor, Lindstedt/Tecau or Paes/Steps will make it in the end.
Think Marray/Nielsen will crash and burn and go out early. One of the un-seeded US teams will probably cause some upsets, having home advantage and so forth
Bottom-half it's gonna be hard to stop the Bryans from making the final.
Top-half looks more uncertain. Think one of Mirnyi/Nestor, Lindstedt/Tecau or Paes/Steps will make it in the end.
Think Marray/Nielsen will crash and burn and go out early. One of the un-seeded US teams will probably cause some upsets, having home advantage and so forth
--US Open--
I saw the doubles results after your comment. It's shocking defeats for many
Daniel Nestor/Mirnyi out,
Polish Pair Matkowski/Frystenberg out,
Llodra/Zimonjic out.
Big Upsets... Don't think Zimonjic Llodra will continue their partnership.
Great for the Indians...Big chane now for Hesh-Bops to move up in the ladder..In te meantime strong start by Leander-Radek..I think they will move into the final from upper half...
Great for the Indians...Big chane now for Hesh-Bops to move up in the ladder..In te meantime strong start by Leander-Radek..I think they will move into the final from upper half...
djez what the hell happened there in R1. So many seeds went out.
As I expected some of the american teams caused upsets. Still I think it's a shame they don't play BO5 like in Wimbledon in all slams. It benefits the better teams. One crap game or a bad tiebreak often costs the entire match.
Now the road is more open for my favs Lin-Tec in the top half but the big winners look to be the Bryan Bros. I have a hard time seeing anyone stopping Bryans from reaching the final now. On the other hand who knows anymore but I do hope the seeded teams left can show their skills because it's not got for doubles with too many surprises.
Steve Johnson USA/Jack Sock USA vs. Frantisek Cermak CZE/Michal Mertinak SVK
Treat Conrad Huey PHI/Dominic Inglot GBR vs. Alexander Peya AUT (15)/Bruno Soares BRA (15) Jurgen Melzer AUT (10)/Philipp Petzschner GER (10) vs. Jamie Delgado GBR/Ken Skupski GBR
Lukasz Kubot POL/Mikhail Youzhny RUS vs. Marcel Granollers ESP (6)/Marc Lopez ESP (6)
Robert Lindstedt SWE (3)/Horia Tecau ROU (3) vs. Benoit Paire FRA/Edouard Roger-Vasselin FRA
Sergiy Stakhovsky UKR/Viktor Troicki SRB vs. Julian Knowle AUT/Filip Polasek SVK Jonathan Marray GBR (11)/Frederik Nielsen DEN (11) vs. Jesse Levine USA/Marinko Matosevic AUS
Thomaz Bellucci BRA/Joao Souza BRA vs. Leander Paes IND (5)/Radek Stepanek CZE (5)
Matthew Ebden AUS/Bernard Tomic AUS vs. Alex Bogomolov Jr. RUS/Raven Klaasen RSA
Carlos Berlocq ARG/Leonardo Mayer ARG vs. Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi PAK (9)/Jean-Julien Rojer NED (9) Colin Fleming GBR (14)/Ross Hutchins GBR (14) vs. Brian Baker USA/Rajeev Ram USA
Jonathan Erlich ISR/Andy Ram ISR vs. Christian Harrison USA/Ryan Harrison USA
Nicholas Monroe USA/Donald Young USA vs. Julien Benneteau FRA/Nicolas Mahut FRA
Dennis Novikov USA/Michael Redlicki USA vs. Ivan Dodig CRO (12)/Marcelo Melo BRA (12) Santiago Gonzalez MEX (16)/Scott Lipsky USA (16) vs. Pablo Andujar ESP/Guillermo Garcia-Lopez ESP
Eric Butorac USA/Paul Hanley AUS vs. Bob Bryan USA (2)/Mike Bryan USA (2)
Easy path for the Bryans.
Very tough for Paes/Steps.Possible path R3 onwards:
Marray/Nielsen; Lind/Tec; Melz/Petz; Bryans
From bottom half Bryans have easy road to the finals, top half will be decided in the QF between Paes/Steps and Lindst/Tecau, it seems. But nothing is set in stone in this tournament....
Frantisek Cermak CZE/Michal Mertinak SVK vs. Alexander Peya AUT (15)/Bruno Soares BRA (15)
Jamie Delgado GBR/Ken Skupski GBR vs. Marcel Granollers ESP (6)/Marc Lopez ESP (6) Robert Lindstedt SWE (3)/Horia Tecau ROU (3) vs. Julian Knowle AUT/Filip Polasek SVK
Jesse Levine USA/Marinko Matosevic AUS vs. Leander Paes IND (5)/Radek Stepanek CZE (5)
Alex Bogomolov Jr. RUS/Raven Klaasen RSA vs. Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi PAK (9)/Jean-Julien Rojer NED (9) Colin Fleming GBR (14)/Ross Hutchins GBR (14) vs. Christian Harrison USA/Ryan Harrison USA
Julien Benneteau FRA/Nicolas Mahut FRA vs. Ivan Dodig CRO (12)/Marcelo Melo BRA (12) Santiago Gonzalez MEX (16)/Scott Lipsky USA (16) vs. Bob Bryan USA (2)/Mike Bryan USA (2)
7 seeds already out after 2 rounds
From bottom half Bryans have easy road to the finals, top half will be decided in the QF between Paes/Steps and Lindst/Tecau, it seems. But nothing is set in stone in this tournament....
Benny-Mahut scoreline was surprising, IMO. Dodig/Melo were in good form.
QF
Alexander Peya AUT/Bruno Soares BRA [15] vs. Marcel Granollers ESP/Marc Lopez ESP [6]
Julian Knowle AUT/Filip Polasek SVK vs. Leander Paes IND/Radek Stepanek CZE [5]
Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi PAK/Jean-Julien Rojer NED [9] vs. Christian Harrison USA/Ryan Harrison USA
Julien Benneteau FRA/Nicolas Mahut FRA vs. Bob Bryan USA/Mike Bryan USA [2]
Paes/Steps by far the strongest team in the top half.
Somehow, the bottom half seems a lot more open.
SF
Marcel Granollers ESP/Marc Lopez ESP [6] vs. Leander Paes IND/Radek Stepanek CZE [5]
Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi PAK/Jean-Julien Rojer NED [9] vs. Bob Bryan USA/Mike Bryan USA [2]
After all that seed exodus we have 4 seeded teams in SFs. Bryans won another close match versus the Frenchies; Paes/Steps vs. Spaniards could be interesting.
Hope for the same finalists like in the AO.
Qureshi/Rojer swept aside the Harrisons like they were yesterday's news. They have not played too many matches, so they would have a very tough time against the Bryans. Bryans have not been at their best, but should be able to reach the finals.
Nobody has given Paes/Steps any problem, but their draw had cleared up a lot.
My 0.02$ :
Both SF will be straight sets. Paes/Steps beat Bryans in 3 in the final. Bryans wining the second set in a TB.
Will def be tough match for Leander-Radek. Lopez-Granollers have an good season so far.
Even Bryans will have it tough against Qureshi/Rojer. Will be two tight matches, so will be hard to decide who wins.
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