TORONTO 2021, DOUBLES, Main thread:

[Sallydaisy]

Brits in action here ...

[4] Salisbury/Ram
J.Murray/Max Purcell
Dan Evans/Neal Skupski
Cameron Norrie/Alex De Minaur

[Sallydaisy]

Jamie is in action very soon!

Jamie Murray and Max Purcell vs Matwe Middelkoop and Luke Saville starts shortly in Toronto, live on Prime Video

GRANDSTAND:
Norrie/De Minaur v Karatsev/Lajovic, 2nd after 11am (4pm UK) start - say 6pm???
Match in progress: 4-6, 4-4

COURT 1:
J.Murray/Purcell v Middelkoop/Saville, 2nd after 12noon (5pm UK) start - say 7pm???Match in has just started - Amazon Prime video

[exislander]

Norrie/de Minaur lost 8-10 in MTB

[Sallydaisy]

Norrie/de Minaur lost 8-10 in MTB
:sad:
Curse of the MTB!!!

Murray/Purcell took the first set 7'6(5) ... on serve in the 2nd.

[Sallydaisy]

Ouch, Middelkoop/Saville took the 2nd set 6'1 ... MTB here we come!
:sofa:

[Jane]

:sofa:

[Jane]

:crying: :crying: They lost (11-13 in the mtb) Bad luck, guys!!

[RosieBear]

Those match tiebreaks are such a lottery. Fed up for Cam and Jamie :sad::sad::sad:

[Sallydaisy]

Humph!!!
:hmm:

[Sallydaisy]

We still have Dan/Neal in the doubles ...
:thumbup:

In R1 they'll face Kecmanovic/Ruud (ALT)

[Sallydaisy]

First set to Evski 7'5 against KRuud

[exislander]

and the second 6-3

[Jane]

Well done Dan and Neal. :thumbup: :GBflag:

[RosieBear]

Good win for Dan and Neal, looking sharp, could be wrong but don't think they faced a break point. A few doubles wins will shake Dan's rustiness off in the singles. Keep going guys :GBflag:

[Sallydaisy]

OOP: https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/current/toronto/421/daily-schedule

British action as follows:

Court 1, 11am = 4pm UK: Salisbury/Ram v Golubev/Mies
Grandstand, approx 6pm : Evans/Skupski v Mektic/Pavic (the Olympic Champions ...)

[Sallydaisy]

Salisbury/Ram d Golubev/Mies 6'3, 6'2
:thumbup:

Evans/Skupski v Mektic/Pavic about to start ...

... I have Pilates.
:shades:

[exislander]

Evans/Skupski 6-3 first set.

[Jane]

Dan and Neal take the first set 6-3 :thumbup: :GBflag:

[exislander]

On to the MTB!

[Jane]

One set all!! Come on, Neal and Dan :GBflag::thumbup::thumbup:

[Jane]

:crying::crying: They lost, but still a great performance against the No.1 seeds

[RosieBear]

:crying: So close. Sooo close. Poor Neal will be having nightmares about the 11-11 point. Such a pity Dan didn't make Tokyo (no offence to Jamie).

[exislander]

That was an exciting tiebreak. 1-5 to 9-9 soooo close!

[Sallydaisy]

Quarter-Final:
[3]Salisbury/Ram are through to the Semi's after beating [8]Bopanna/Dodig 4-6 6-3 10:4

[RosieBear]

Really excited for the final tonight. Mektic and Pavic need beating and Joe and Ranjeev are the ones to do it! Dan and Neal so close but got a little nervy. Keep calm and get the job done this time Joe! :GBflag:

[Sallydaisy]

Salisbury/Ram take the first set 6'3.
:thumbup:

fingers crossed for the 2nd set ...
:peace:

[RosieBear]

YES!! GSM! Take a bow Joe and Ranjeev. What a mtb, 4 return winners from Joe. I knew if they had the belief they definitely had the game. So pleased after the Wimbledon heartbreaker. Well now they have taken Mektic and Pavic down they know they have a great shot at Cincy and NY as well. Great timing! So over the moon for them, especially lovely Joe.

[Sallydaisy]

Steven as ever, with the stats:
"As well as it being his own first Masters title, Joe Salisbury is only the second British player ever to win the Canadian Open men's doubles title since it started in 1924, and the first for 60 years, since Mike Sangster won it with American Whitney Reed in 1961! :-)"

[JAMES4578]

Great win for Joe/Rajeev, well done!:cheer::cheer:

[pabbers]

Mike Sangster :fanning: he had lovely legs! Ok I'll :getcoat:

[Sallydaisy]

Mike Sangster :fanning: he had lovely legs! Ok I'll :getcoat:
:facepalm:

[banskogirl]

Brilliant match :cheer:

Well played Joe and Rajeev :cheer:

they looked so happy!!! Bye, bye monkey!

[RoastLamb]

So thrilled for Rajeev and Joe! Joe especially looked super thrilled to win his first Masters. And I am super thrilled it came in Toronto. App. Joe is the first Brit to win a dubs title since 1961!!!

I wish I could have been there to watch it live. I went on Thursday and we were not allowed to go out of the main stadium, alas, and so were not able to watch ANY doubles. :trophy: