By Glenys Furness
- Joshua Paris made the doubles final in Nottingham
- Brit dropped one set en route to the final
NOTTINGHAM, UK – Joshua Paris teamed up with Antoine Escoffier and the pair were unseeded. The Brit/French pair made the final before being defeated.
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Joshua Paris teamed up with Antoine Escoffier and entered the doubles at the ATP Challenger event. In the first round the Brit/French pair were against Remy Bertola & Giorgio Ricca. Paris & Escoffier dominated the first set as the Swiss/Italian pair struggled to keep up. The second set was a little closer, as Bertola & Ricca stayed with Paris & Escoffier. Eventually, the Brit/French pair broke serve and moved into the next round in straight sets 6-2, 6-4.
In the quarter-final the Brit/French pair were against the top seeds Filip Bergevi & Mick Veldheer. The Swede/Dutch pair stayed with Paris & Escoffier in the first set, forcing a tie break. The top seeds eased through the tiebreak and took the lead. The second set saw the unseeded pair re-group and stay with the top seeds. Paris & Escoffier broke serve right at the end to level up the match. The final set was a match tiebreak, which the Brit/French pair eased through and into the next round 6-7(3), 7-5, 10-4.
The semi-final saw Paris & Escoffier against Billy Harris & Ryan Peniston. The Brit/French pair secured a break of serve against the all Brit pair to take the lead. The second set saw Paris & Escoffier dominate the all British pair. No matter what Harris & Peniston tried, they were unable to stop the Brit/French pair moving into the final in straight sets 6-3, 6-2.
In the final the Brit/French pair were against Petr Nouza & Patrik Rikl. The Czech pair broke serve early in the first set to take the lead. The second set was much closer as Paris & Escoffier stayed with Nouza & Rikl to force a tiebreak. In the breaker, however, it was the Czech pair who eased through and lifted the title 6-3, 7-6(3).
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Nottingham Round Up
James Davis & Hamish Stewart were defeated by Billy Harris & Ryan Peniston in the first round 6-2, 3-6, 11-9.
George Houghton & Giles Hussey were defeated by Courtney John Lock & Kelsey Stevenson in the first round 3-6, 6-3, 10-7.
Scott Duncan & Marcus Willis were defeated by Petr Nouza & Patrik Rikl in the first round 6-3, 6-1.
Jan Choinski was defeated by Dimitar Kuzmanov in the first round 6-4, 1-6, 6-3.
Charles Broom was defeated by Mikhail Kukushkin in the first round 6-4, 7-6(3).
Kyle Edmund was defeated by Joris De Loore in the first round 7-6(4), 6-7(5), 6-4.
Alastair Gray was defeated by Billy Harris in the first round 6-4, 6-3.
Henry Searle was defeated by Abdullah Shelbayh in the first round 6-3, 4-6, 6-2.
Ryan Peniston was defeated by Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard in the first round 6-3, 6-2.
Billy Harris was defeated by Matteo Martineau in the second round 7-6(4), 6-4.
Paul Jubb was defeated by Hamish Stewart in the second round 6-4, 6-4.
Aidan McHugh with Christian Harrison were defeated by Luke Johnson & Ben Jones in the quarter-final 6-4, 7-6(5).
Hamish Stewart was defeated by Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard in the quarter-final 7-6(7), 7-6(4).
Luke Johnson & Ben Jones were defeated by Petr Nouza & Patrik Rikl in the semi-final 6-7(5), 6-3, 10-8.
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