By Glenys Furness
- Alicia Barnett & Olivia Nicholls claim W100 Title
- Brits were second seeds
- Dropped one set en route
GRODZISK MAZOWIECKI, POLAND – Alicia Barnett & Olivia Nicholls entered the W100 event and were the second seeds. The Brits claimed the title dropping only one set.
Alicia Barnett & Olivia Nicholls entered the ITF event in Poland and were the second seeds. In the first round the Brits were against Valeriia Olianovskaia & Stefania Rogozinska-dzik. The Wildcard pairing got off to the better start and broke the serve of the seeds to take the lead. However, Barnett & Nicholls re-grouped in the second set and broke serve to level the match. In the ensuing match tiebreak the Brits secured the break and moved into the next round 4-6, 6-3, 10-5.
The quarter-final saw the Brits against Weronika Falkowska & Ankita Raina. The Pole/Indian tried to stay with the seeds, but Barnett & Nicholls broke serve to take the lead. The second set was much the same as the first as Falkowska & Raina found the Brits too hot to handle. The seeds moved into the semi-final in straight sets 6-3, 6-3.
In the semi-final the Brits were against the third seeds Estelle Cascino & Jessika Ponchet. The French pairing were dominated by Barnett & Nicholls in the first set, and the second seeds soon had the lead. The second set was a little closer, but the Brits still secured an early break to move into the final 6-2, 6-3.
The final saw the second seeds against the top seeds Vivian Heisen & Katarzyna Kawa. The German/Pole were dominated by Barnett & Nicholls in the first set, as the top seeds struggled to stay with the Brits. The second set was much closer, as the top seeds forced a tiebreak. However, the Brits managed to get the break early and did not look back, lifting the title 6-1, 7-6(3).
Doubles Round Up
Jamie Murray with Bruno Soares were defeated by Nicolas Mahut & Edouard Roger-Vasselin in the first round in Washington 6-3, 6-7(7), 10-4.
Neal Skupski with Wesley Koolhof were defeated by Robert Farah & Juan Sebastian Cabal in the first round in Washington 6-4, 3-6, 10-8.
Heather Watson with Sabrina Santamaria were defeated by Jessica Pegula & Erin Routliffe in the first round in Washington 6-4, 6-1.
Emma Raducanu with Clara Tauson were defeated by Lucie Hradecka & Monica Niculescu in the first round in Washington 6-4, 6-1.
Dan Evans with John Peers were defeated by Ivan Dodig & Austin Krajicek in the quarter-final in Washington 5-7, 7-6, 10-6.
Emily Webley-Smith with Ingrid Gamarra Martins were defeated by Anna Kalinskaya & Catherine McNally in the quarter-final in Washington 7-6(2), 6-2.
Millen Hurrion with J Mercer were defeated by Yuki Bhambri & Saketh Myneni in the first round in Lexington 4-6, 6-3, 10-6.
Billy Harris with Petros Tsitsipas were defeated by Nicolas Mejia & Andres Urrea in the first round in Lexington 7-6, 6-4.
Julian Cash & Henry Patten were defeated by Enzo Couacaud & Andrew Harris in the quarter-final in Lexington 6-4, 3-6, 11-9.
Jodie Burrage & Eden Silva were defeated by Jada Myii Hart & Dalayna Hewitt in the semi-final in Lexington 6-3, 6-3.
Aidan McHugh with Gijs Brouwer were defeated by Yuki Bhambri & Saketh Myneni in the final in Lexington 3-6, 6-4, 10-8.
Alexis Canter with Kazuma Kawachi were defeated by Lior Goldenberg & Yair Sarouk in the quarter-final in Kfar Saba 6-7(4), 6-4, 10-6.
Yujiro Onuma with Ryusuke Horiuchi were defeated by Ignasi De Rueda De Genover & Noah Lopez in the first round in Monastir 7-6(6), 6-1.
Emma Cohen with Nicole Poj were defeated by Maria Vittoria Viviani & Clara Vlasselaer in the first round in Monastir 0-0 (RET).
Felix Mischker & Raffaello Papajcik were defeated by Alejandro Garcia & Mario Mansilla Diez in the semi-final in Xativa 6-4, 6-3.
James Markiewicz & Deji Thomas-Smith were defeated by Rayane Stable & Emillen Voisin in the quarter-final in Agadir 6-7(3), 6-4, 10-8.
Next Week Brits play in Montreal, Toronto, Chicago, Lima, USA, Georgia, Israel, Germany, Finland, Tunisia, Belgium, Sutton, Kazakhstan & Mexico.
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