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Watch the Men’s Doubles Round of 32 match: (1) Ben Johns/Collin Johns vs (28) Gregory Dow/Casey Diamond at the Veolia Open Presented by Deep Eddy Vodka
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20 minutes
ago this is Colin and Ben’s first match
of the day and we are about to get
going we’ll see how quick of a game this
is going to be there’s going to be
dinking we know the John’s Bros love
their dinking we’ll see if Greg and
Casey start to speed it up on them or
vice
versa Colin into the net there second
server over to Ben Jones still at 0
it’s a very rare Miss from Ben John’s on
that drive
there ball back over to Greg and
Casey too high of a drop there from
Casey they got their second serve here
see get a point on
four wow switched up
and it’s good play
there Casey moved over right in
time Casey Diamond coming off of a win
uh yesterday mixed against jeie Bard and
Sam query
[Music]
let’s
go can’t miss that serve there
especially against the Johns
what a shot from Ben
Johns right in the line of the kitchen
there oh Casey’s on the ground what Ser
in
B good get from Casey look like
ke They’re laughing about Ben says it’s
a lot of spin
have some dinking exactly what the Johns
want what Ben and uh Greg were just
practicing on here on grand stand Court
wow what a shot down the middle from Ben
johnes bit of a high dink there but when
you’re Ben Johns you can recover very
fast from
[Music]
those Greg is wondering why the net is
there
two drops missed from both Colin and Ben
now it’s very very quick game here
already at
72 look like Greg and Casey 722 Colin
John on second server
here great hands from Casey Diamond
there I want to say they probably talked
about on the bench about slowing it down
a little bit um but the Johns are also
speeding up as well
[Music]
Casey’s shaking his head and laughing to
himself great drive from Casey
Diamond all three players calling Ben
and Casey using the new Yola paddle
different versions of
so
who wow oh my gosh oh my go oh my
goodness Casey Diamond what an effort
what an
effort trying to keep that ball alive
there
ball came over to the side they’re just
grabbing
it fans love that
big ATP from case D Casey
Diamond wow great Point look like Casey
and Greg are starting to get the Rhythm
here 572 inching their way up
nice
wow bit too high of a drop there from
Casey good speed up recovery from great
Dow there punches It Right Down the
[Music]
Line lob surf John
it’s been right in the thigh
[Music]
there good Ernie from Ben John’s there
so much
reach big hop over the kitchen
oh that’s exactly what he wanted just
made that error right there into the
net good leave
[Music]
yep see that’s the same play from about
two points ago it’s what he wanted and
he finally made that ball over the net
smashed it right down to the left side
Colin didn’t even look back he just
looked forward moved his battle out of
the way
great play right down the
middle gray came down right to the
middle
[Music]
oh that’s spin around move he tried
it didn’t work out for
him
great seems very upset about that last
point
game point here for Ben and Colin
johnes good speed up from Casey Diamond
there
there’s the first game pretty quick game
here on brain standand court and Johns
and Colin Johns take game one 117 over
Greg da and Casey Diamond here we
go very close but
out Ben’s been working on that
two-handed
backhanding quick start here for the
John’s bros two
Z2 what a point for Ben
Johns Right Down the Line there
wow Greg and Casey take a timeout here B
and Colin still on the
court seem very comfortable out here got
a big crowd always a big crowd for the
John’s
Bros quick timeout here GRE PC coming
back onto the
court 302 calling to
Surf
wow firefight and Colin finds an opening
gets that down on the court
B’s laughing like come on bro I did all
the work you couldn’t even smash that
one down for me
o big Ernie for Colin Johns one of his
favorite shots on the PPA
Tour ball back over to the John side
[Music]
it’s Casey right in the chest there
couldn’t get that paddle up high enough
there’s been finishing flick
there surprised he didn’t take that
second to last ball
wow what a point Ben tries to lob that
up just out
there calling his M his is mad that he
missed that one in the
net walking back over to the
Baseline been a lot of switching between
grg and Casey this
match and it’s been working well for
them see if they can get some more
points
here very rare Ben John’s M dink
wow wow what a play Ben John goes around
the
post great defense from Greg Dow here
but Colin finds an opening on that right
side and just smashes it down
641 here
oh Casey’s had trouble with
that grip
[Music]
there making that paddle super flat not
being able to get that ball right over
the net like he wanted
down the line for GRE Dow they’re doing
GRE and Casey doing a great job moving
the JNS Bros around not making them too
comfortable in the spots that they’re
in that is exactly what Colin w
that he misses missed a few points
[Music]
ago just out for bed
get here
watch
go great pickups from GRE and casy just
couldn’t finish that point
off did a great job getting back into
the kitchen line
[Music]
no Greg is saying they have no clue he’s
going there
side out here Greg back over to Greg in
Casey’s
[Music]
hands Greg chirping a bit to Ben he has
no idea that Ball’s coming down the line
Ben just laughing to himself
[Music]
he got it this time Ben knows now I
would maybe not pull that point again
especially after that last one
[Applause]
what a shot from joh so much reach like
I
said lots of power
it’s a good play from Casey but you’re
going to pull that play you got to make
that ball in they would have had Ben and
call him very back
third Ernie for calling John there Greg
and Casey will take a
timeout back here at
961 right off the
[Applause]
net Colin John’s heza those when it’s
not in his favor but seems to like them
when they go his
way second serve here match point
oh I line all right and the
John’s Bros taking in two 117 116
[Applause]
2 Comments
Never saw Diamond play before. He won some kitchen fights against the Johns brothers!
where's the last point for game 1?