Nicolas Mahut

[Mario]

Oby jak najszybciej zrobił to WTF, żeby na trawie i pod koniec roku mógł nieco odpuścić debla.

[DUN I LOVE]

Brakuje mu Wimbledonu, że skompletować wszystkie 4 finały WS w deblu.

[Mario]

Wątpię, żeby spędzało mu to sen z powiek.

[DUN I LOVE]

Wydaje mi się, że nieźle mogą się obłowić z Herbertem, jeżeli przez kolejne lata poważnie postawią na debla.

[Mario]

To fakt, ale ja wciąż chyba wolałbym, żeby tych kolejnych lat nie było, a już na pewno nie w formie - gram tylko debla.

[grzes430]

Herbert/Mahut Win Third Consecutive Masters 1000

Spoiler:

Frenchmen come back from set down to claim Monte-Carlo title
Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut are the team to beat at the moment on the ATP World Tour. The French duo won their third ATP World Tour Masters 1000 crown in a row on Sunday at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters. The third seeds became the first French titlists at the Monte-Carlo Country Club since 1986 (Forget/Noah) as they defeated Australian Open champions Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares 4-6, 6-0, 10-6.
"We were playing well and we also had some luck," Mahut said. "When you win matches, you're more confident and you're able to relax when you play the important points. It can turn a match around, especially in the (match) tie-break."
The final was delayed due to rain – a rare weather blip in what has been a near-perfect week in the Principality – and it was Murray/Soares who started the stronger. The British/Brazilian duo missed the chance to serve for the set at 5-4, but broke again in the 10th game to clinch the opener.
"We were the better team the first set. We were returning well, playing good," Murray said.
From there, Herbert and Mahut went on a tear, reeling off the next six games to level the match, dropping just five points on their serve. They carried that momentum into the Match Tie-break and after establishing an early 5-1 lead, fought off any hopes of a fightback from Murray/Soares as they went on to prevail in 74 minutes.
After victories in Indian Wells (d. Pospisil/Sock) and Miami (d. Klaasen/Ram), Herbert and Mahut are the first team since Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan in 2014 to sweep the first three Masters 1000 titles of the season. Herbert and Mahut captured their fifth tour-level title together, a haul that includes the US Open crown last year.
"We have been very humble on the court during the last month and a half," Herbert said. "After losing the first set, we could have been overwhelmed in the second. But we weren't. We kept fighting. That means in the long-term, we can be consistent day after day."
Murray and Soares were bidding to win their third title of the season after victories in Sydney (d. Bopanna/Mergea) and Melbourne (d. Nestor/Stepanek).

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[grzes430]

Herbert/Mahut Carry Home Hopes At Roland Garros

Spoiler:

Top seeds into second round
Top seeds Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut topped Aussies Sam Groth and Bernard Tomic 6-3, 6-3 in the first round of the Roland Garros doubles tournament on Wednesday. The Frenchmen did not face a break point in the 54-minute win.
Herbert/Mahut, the reigning US Open doubles champions, are attempting to become the second French team in three years to lift the doubles trophy at Roland Garros. In 2014, Julien Benneteau and Edouard Roger-Vasselin topped Spaniards Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez to break a 20-year title drought for the home nation (Leconte/Noah in 1984). Mahut was a finalist in 2013, partnering Michael Llodra (l. to Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan). Benneteau/Roger-Vasselin reprised their partnership at this year’s tournament, beating Albert Ramos-Vinolas and Jiri Vesely 6-0, 4-6, 7-6(2) in their opening match.
Four-time champion Daniel Nestor is still in contention after teaming up with Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi to beat Inigo Cervantes and Paolo Lorenzi 7-6(5), 6-2. The Canadian last tasted victory in Paris alongside Max Mirnyi in 2012. Mirnyi and Treat Huey moved into the second round thanks to a 6-7(3), 7-6(5), 6-1 win over Italians Fabio Fognini and Andreas Seppi.
Marcin Matkowski and Leander Paes, seeded No. 16, edged Aliaksandr Bury and Denis Istomin 7-6(3), 7-6(6). Paes won three Roland Garros doubles titles alongside Mahesh Bhupathi (1999 & 2001) and Lukas Dlouhy (2009).

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[Mario]

Jednak wszystko ułożyło się na tyle szczęśliwie, że Nico będzie od jutra numerem 1 w rankingu deblowym.

[Lucas]

Spoiler:

[DUN I LOVE]

No! To już jest coś. Debel będzie pewnie tym, co go będzie trzymać w grze.

Czy za awans na pierwsze miejsce w rankingu ATP przyznaje jakieś premie?

[Lucas]

Mahut's Rich Reward

Spoiler:

Amiable Frenchman continues to break new ground in his 30s
Nicolas Mahut is the new No. 1 in the Emirates ATP Doubles Rankings, replacing Brazil's Marcelo Melo at the summit of the team game.
After weeks of no comment, in the end the prospect of becoming the 49th doubles No. 1 was taken out of Mahut's hands. On Saturday, as Marc Lopez and Feliciano Lopez beat Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan for the Roland Garros title, Mahut was 288 miles away preparing for his singles title defence at the Ricoh Open in 's-Hertogenbosch.
"I watched the match on television, at the end of the second set I thought the Bryans would win," Mahut told ATPWorldTour.com. "But the broadcast ended and I then followed the score on the internet and via relatives."
Guy Forget (No. 3), Michael Llodra (No. 3), Julien Benneteau (No. 5), Henri Leconte (No. 6) and Fabrice Santoro (No. 6) were all never able to follow in the footsteps of Yannick Noah, the last French player at No. 1 in August 1987. Today, officially, it's Mahut's fate.
"There was a mixture of pride and fulfillment on learning that the Spaniards had won," said Mahut, who has been in sensational form this year with partner Pierre-Hugues Herbert. "Although it's not the same as singles, you're the first in your discipline. I realise how hard it is to become No. 1. [Mika] Llodra, Santoro and other great French champions did not make it. It's a special feeling."
After dinner with Paul-Henri Mathieu on Saturday night, Mahut was able to call his wife, Virginie, and former players and coaches, who had been part of the journey. "Now that it's done, it will free us," said Mahut. "Unconsciously, it added more pressure. Pierre-Hugues and I can start over and look to tournament goals again."
Over the past 18 months, Mahut and Herbert have reached eight finals, captured the 2015 US Open (d. Murray-Peers) and recently won three straight ATP World Tour Masters 1000 trophies at the BNP Paribas Open (d. Pospisil-Sock), the Miami Open presented by Itau (d. Klaasen-Ram) and the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters (d. Murray-Soares).
It could have been so different. Mahut's career falls into two chapters: pre- and post- 'The Longest Match'.
It's now almost six years since Mahut was the valiant loser against John Isner in an 11-hour, five-minute three-day record-breaking match at 2010 Wimbledon. It brought instant recognition for both players, a high point for Mahut, 10 years on from an excellent junior career.
But what next?
"Nicolas had a career before his match against Isner at Wimbledon and a second career after that match," good friend Fabrice Santoro told ATPWorldTour.com. "Even though he lost that one, people started to talk about this completely crazy match. And that loss gave him confidence."
For a long time, ice packs compressed onto Mahut's knees or elbows were a regular sight at tournaments. The problems hindered his progress, but the smart and amiable Frenchman never gave up. With the birth of his son, Natanel, in August 2011, also came the death of a nephew. Yet he continued to graft.
Since turning 30, the classic serve-volleyer has picked up three ATP World Tour grass-court singles titles and 11 doubles crowns. Questions about 2010 Wimbledon have subsided.
Today, at 34 years of age, Mahut adds another line to the history books: a Frenchman at No. 1 in the Emirates ATP Doubles Rankings. Congratulations, Nico.

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[Mario]

I to by było na tyle, jeśli chodzi o pozycję lidera (przynajmniej na tę chwilę). Nico wtopił w ćwierćfinale i od przyszłego tygodnia zmieni go drugi Murray.

No! To już jest coś. Debel będzie pewnie tym, co go będzie trzymać w grze.

Nie sądzę. Tzn. nie przypominam sobie żadnego Francuza w ostatnim czasie, który gdy kompletnie zdziadział w singlu, przerzucił się wyłącznie na debla (Santoro, Clement, Llodra, u Juliena też się nie zanosi). Pogra max z 2-3 lata i da sobie spokój, jak już przestanie ogarniać grę pojedynczą. Przynajmniej mam taką nadzieję.

[Mario]

#4) 's-Hertogenbosch 2016



R1 [Q] Lukas Lacko (SVK) 6/1 6/4
R2 Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) 4/6 6/1 6/4
QF [2] Bernard Tomic (AUS) 6/7(5) 6/2 6/4
SF [5] Sam Querrey (USA) 6/7(5) 6/4 6/4
F [7] Gilles Muller (LUX) 6/4 6/4

[Damian]

Mahut Wins Third 's-Hertogenbosch Crown

Spoiler:

Mahut captures his fourth ATP World Tour singles title
Nicolas Mahut became a three-time Ricoh Open champion on Monday, when he completed a rain-interrupted final. It was his 18th win in 20 matches on the Autotron Rosmalen lawns.
The eighth-seeded French wild card defeated seventh seed Gilles Muller of Luxembourg 6-4, 6-4 in 76 minutes for his fourth ATP World Tour grass-court title (also 2013 Newport).
The 34-year-old Mahut earned €100,800 by successfully defending the 's-Hertogenbosch title, which he also won in 2013, and picked up 250 Emirates ATP Rankings points. Muller received €53,085 and 150 points.
"Playing a final is always special, but this was different," said Mahut. "Getting the trophy is the most important thing. Winning the tournament as the World No. 1 in doubles is really special. I started the match really well and tried to relax. I know winning a title doesn't happen every week."
"Yesterday, I had to change my flights. I will now go to the airport for the earliest flight to London. I have to be ready to play Andy Murray tomorrow [at the Aegon Championships]."
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The rain-interrupted match, carried over from Sunday, had resumed at 10:25 a.m. local time on Monday at the start of the second set.
On Sunday, Muller got off to a strong start in the two-part final. Having struck 76 aces and held in 48 of his 49 service games en route to the final, he broke Mahut for a 3-1 lead. But Mahut responded by earning service breaks in the fifth and seven games. At 5-4, prior to a heavy downpour, Mahut saved two break points when serving for the 41-minute opener.
The pair's first tour-level encounter resumed on Monday in overcast conditions and it was Mahut, who broke first, to 30, for a 3-1 lead. He held his nerve to record his 60th grass-court match win (60-33 lifetime) and is now 14-12 on the year.
Muller was appearing in his fourth ATP World Tour final - also 2004 Washington, 2005 Los Angeles and 2012 Atlanta. The 33 year old dropped to a 14-11 record on the 2016 season.
Last week, Mahut became the 49th player in history at No. 1 in the Emirates ATP Doubles Rankings. Following a quarter-final loss with Rohan Bopanna in 's-Hertogenbosch, Mahut has been replaced by Jamie Murray in top spot.

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[Lucas]

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[Mario]

Tak mnie wczoraj zirytował, że miałem ochotę obrazić wszystko i wszystkich, dlatego ograniczyłem się do dwóch zdań po meczu.

Jak w run na Wimbledonie już wcale nie wierzę, tak w ostatni wielki wynik w drugim najpoważniejszym turnieju na trawie (czyli QC) zdecydowanie liczyłem. Oczywiście losowanie zrobiło swoje, bo jak wczoraj przejrzałem sobie dokładnie drabinkę to naliczyłem z 7 zawodników, z którymi mogłoby być ciężko, z czego czterej grają pomiędzy sobą, ale nawet tego Murraya mógł wczoraj dość łatwo klepnąć. Ciekaw jestem jak to będzie w przyszłym roku, już w zeszłym uznałem wszystko za łabędzi śpiew, więc tym razem wolę poczekać.

Irytuje mnie trochę odpuszczenie przyszłego tygodnia. Rozumiem co nim kieruje, bo mnie z perspektywy kibica dużo łatwiej uznać ten Wimbledon za przegraną misję, on wielokrotnie wspominał jak bardzo boli go fakt, że nigdy w Londynie nic poważnego nie zrobił, i pewnie czując dobrą formę liczy, że uda się przełamać złą passę. Skończy się pewnie na słabym losowaniu, w najlepszym razie na głupiej porażce, w Nottingham z kolei byłaby okazja dopisania kolejnego tytułu i 250 pkt do rankingu (wtedy rozstawienie w US Open zaczyna wyglądać realnie). Co na tę chwilę wydaje się dużo bardziej realne niż wygranie 3 meczów w najbliższym Szlemie.

[Mario]

Wimbledon 2016: 4 runda w singlu i tytuł w deblu!



Wprawdzie jedenasty start zwykle bywa szczęśliwy w Paryżu, ale to właśnie za jedenastą próbą Francuz uzyskał swój najlepszy wynik na londyńskiej trawie. W pokonanym polu zostawił między innymi Davida Ferrera (oddając mu 8 gemów) i swojego deblowego partnera, przegrał ze świetnie dysponowanym tego dnia (jak i w całym turnieju) Samem Querreyem.

Jakby tego było mało w parze z Herbertem wygrali cały turniej deblowy i od poniedziałku Nico wraca na pierwsze miejsce w rankingu. Tym razem z dużo większą przewagą nad drugim tenisistą, a więc zostanie tam dłużej niż przez jeden tydzień.

Miło, że przynajmniej w jakimś stopniu spełnił swoje marzenia o wielkim wyniku na Wimbledonie.

[Damian]

Herbert/Mahut Secure Wimbledon Title

Spoiler:

Top seeds prevail in all-French final

Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut are Wimbledon champions.

The top seeds overcame countrymen Julien Benneteau and Edouard Roger-Vasselin 6-4, 7-6(1), 6-3 in just over two hours to secure their second Grand Slam title (2015 US Open) and first at the All England Club. It was the first all-French doubles final at Wimbledon in the Open Era. The most recent all-French team to win the men’s doubles title at SW19 was Arnaud Clement and Michael Llodra in 2007.

“I’ve said ever since I started playing tennis that Wimbledon is the greatest tournament,” Mahut said. “When you win the match point in the final, you just realise that you're going to have your name written on the trophy and everywhere. Being the champions here in Wimbledon, it's a dream come true for me.

“We are good friends. We play together, so we stay together. Even if sometimes we're going to lose some matches, we know at the end of the year, we are going to win more than we're going to lose. Sometimes doubles players, once they lose one, two, three matches, then they want to split. Because we like each other, we like to spend time together, we like to spend time on the court and off the court, this is something we don't even think about changing.

“What makes us a little bit more special is the fact that we're both playing an offensive game, going to the net, but a little bit in a different way,” Herbert said. “I think Nico is more the guy who puts up the numbers, the guy who is going to serve 80 per cent of first serves and make 90 per cent of his volleys. He's not going to miss. He's going to be the guy who is the solid player on his side.

“Me, I'm maybe playing the same game, going to the net, but having my moments in a game. Maybe having, I don't know, a good moment for three games. I'm not as consistent as he is. But I think it's quite difficult for the other teams to know how to play us.”

Saturday’s match snapped a streak of 11 Grand Slam championships won by different doubles teams and cemented Herbert and Mahut’s position as the best doubles team in 2016. They have won five titles this year, including the first three ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events of the season.
Event Winning Team
2013 US Open Paes/Stepanek
2014 Australian Open Kubot/Lindstedt
2014 Roland Garros Benneteau/Roger-Vasselin
2014 Wimbledon Pospisil/Sock
2014 US Open Bryan/Bryan
2015 Australian Open Bolelli/Fognini
2015 Roland Garros Dodig/Melo
2015 Wimbledon Rojer/Tecau
2015 US Open Herbert/Mahut
2016 Australian Open Murray/Soares
2016 Roland Garros Lopez/Lopez
2016 Wimbledon Herbert/Mahut

Herbert and Mahut’s efficient serving paved their way to victory. They won 65 per cent of second-serve points to their opponents’ 47 per cent and saved all four break points faced. Herbert, at 25 the youngest player on the court, returned from the ad court and was instrumental in securing three breaks of serve for his side (3/12).

Mahut was overcome with emotion and fell to the court after his team converted their third match point. The 34 year old captured the Boy’s Singles title at Wimbledon 16 years ago and was facing two friends and former doubles partners. Benneteau and Mahut, born a month apart, enjoyed a successful partnership in the junior ranks, winning the 1999 US Open juniors doubles together and being named the year’s ITF Junior Boys’ Doubles World Champions. At tour-level, Benneteau and Mahut won two ATP World Tour titles and reached two US Open semi-finals (2004 and 2007) while Mahut and Roger-Vasselin captured four ATP World Tour titles as a team between 2012 and 2013.

The fortnight marked a return to form for Benneteau and Roger-Vasselin. They renewed their partnership earlier this year after Benneteau recovered from an adductor injury which kept him out of action for nearly a year. In their only previous Grand Slam final, the duo beat Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez to secure the 2014 Roland Garros title.

Herbert and Mahut earned 2,000 Emirates ATP Doubles Rankings points and £350,000, while Benneteau and Roger-Vasselin will split 1,200 points and £175,000

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[Damian]

[Lucas]

b]Herbert/Mahut Qualify For Barclays ATP World Tour Finals[/b]

Spoiler:

French duo qualifies for second consecutive year
Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut have become the first doubles team to qualify for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, to be held at The O2 in London from 13-20 November. They will compete at the prestigious season finale for the second successive year, following the announcements of the Citi Open, J. Safra Sarasin Swiss Open Gstaad, Generali Open and Konzum Coratia Open Umag doubles draws.

The Frenchmen have been a force to be reckoned during the 2016 season, leading the ATP World Tour in doubles matches won (29) and team titles (5). With 6,175 points, they are No. 1 in the Emirates ATP Doubles Race To London and lead second-placed Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan (4,630) by 1,545 points.
View Emirates ATP Doubles Race To London Standings
Herbert and Mahut captured the first three ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events of the year - the BNP Paribas Open, the Miami Open presented by Itau and the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters - before winning their second Grand Slam championship title at Wimbledon (d. Benneteau/Roger-Vasselin).
The 34-year-old Mahut has won 16 tour-level doubles titles and four singles titles. The 25-year-old Herbert owns eight tour-level titles, all but one alongside Mahut (2014 Tokyo w/ Przysiezny).
The Frenchmen went 1-2 in the round-robin stage of their Barclays ATP World Tour Finals debut in 2015.
World No. 1 and five-time champion Novak Djokovic and No. 2-ranked Andy Murray have already qualified for the singles competition at the 2016 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals.

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