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Alicia Barnett in the 2020 Battle of the Brits Premier League of Tennis. London UK
LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 22: Alicia Barnett plays a backhand shot during their round robin match against Katy Dunne during Day Three of the Battle of the Brits Premier League of Tennis at the National Tennis Centre on December 22, 2020 in London, England. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images for LTA)

Tennis | Doubles Round Up | Barnett & Brooks made semi-final of WTA Hua Hin

Glenys Furness
Tennis

By Glenys Furness

  • Alicia Barnett & Madeleine Brooks made semi-final in Thailand
  • Brits were unseeded
  • Defeated third seeds in first round
HUA HIN, THAILAND – Alicia Barnett & Madeleine Brooks made the semi-final in Thailand. The Brits took out the third seeds in the first round.

 

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Alicia Barnett & Madeleine Brooks teamed up for the WTA event. The Brits drew the third seeds Angelica Moratelli & Sabrina Santamaria in the first round. The Brits dominated the first set, as the seeds struggled to get into the match. The seeds re-grouped in the second set, breaking the Brits serve to level up the match. In the ensuing match tiebreak Barnett & Brooks took the lead and held on to book a spot in the next round 6-1, 4-6, 10-8.

In the quarter-final the Brits were against Jana Fett & Mai Hontama. Barnett & Brooks were holding their own against Croat/Japanese when their opponents had to withdraw from the match. The match was only four games in and no one had broken serve. The Brits progressed 2-2 (RET).

The semi-final saw the Brits against the top seeds Anna Danilina & Irina Khromocheva. The seeds dominated the first set, as the Barnett & Brooks struggled to stay with them. The second set was a little closer, however Danilina & Khromocheva were too good and broke serve to move into the final 6-2, 6-3.

 

 

Doubles Round Up

Freya Christie with Yuliana Lizarzo were defeated by Jana Fett & Mai Hontama in the first round in Hua Hin 6-2, 6-4.

Olivia Nicholls with Tereza Mihalikova were defeated by Hao-Ching Chan & Veronika Kudermetova in the first round in Seoul 6-4, 6-2.

Heather Watson with Bethanie Mattek-Sands were defeated by Shuko Aoyama & Eri Hozumi in the first round in Seoul 6-0, 4-6, 10-4.

Jamie Murray with John Peers were defeated by Rinky Hijikata & Mackenzie McDonald in the quarter-final in Hangzhou 3-6, 7-6(3), 10-5.

Julian Cash & Lloyd Glasspool were defeated by Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan & N Vijay Sundar Prashanth in the quarter-final in Hangzhou 6-7(4), 7-6(6), 10-8.

Luke Johnson with Sander Arends defeated Andre Goransson & Sam Verbeek in the final in Saint-Tropez 3-6, 6-3, 10-4.

Scott Duncan with Hunter Reese were defeated by Juan Sebastian Gomez & Johan Rodriguez Rodriguez in the first round in Colombia 2-6, 6-3, 10-2.

Mark Whitehouse with Eric Vanshelboim were defeated by Zvonimir Babic & Divij Sharan in the first round in Sibiu 6-1, 6-1.

Oliver Okonkwo with Lucas Horve were defeated by Alexander Merino & Christoph Negritu in the first round in Sibiu 6-4, 6-4.

Kyle Edmund & Ryan Peniston were defeated by Luke Saville & Tristan Schoolkate in the first round in Columbus 6-2, 7-6(6).

James Markiewicz & Michael Shaw were defeated by Lukas Hellum Lilleengen & Leyton Rivera in the first round in Vaxjo 4-6, 6-4, 10-7.

Finn Bass & Joe Tyler were defeated by Phillip Jordan & Karl Polling in the first round in Vaxjo 6-3, 3-6, 10-5.

Ben Jones with Marvin Moeller defeated Phillip Jordan & Karl Polling in the final in Vaxjo 1-6, 6-2, 10-7.

Ali Habib with Hong-Lin Fu were defeated by Tomohiro Masabayashi & Taiyo Yamanaka in the first round in Bali 6-1, 7-5.

Lucia Cassidy with Julia Adams were defeated by Luisa Hrda & Viola Turini in the quarter-final in Monastir 6-2, 6-4.

Abigail Amos & Nadia Lawson were defeated by Olga Golas & Anna Hertei in the quarter-final in Monastir 2-6, 7-6(3), 10-3.

Georgina Hays with Diana Mihail were defeated by Angelica Raggi & Nie-Hua Tian in the quarter-final in Monastir 6-4, 7-6(5).

Ranah Stoiber with Eilessa Vanlangendonck were defeated by Luise Reisel & Yasmin Wagner in the quarter-final in Monastir 2-6, 6-4, 10-5.

Ewen Lumsden with Mousa Alkotop were defeated by Alex Jones & Miles Jones in the final in Monastir 7-5, 6-3.

Emily Appleton & Yuriko Lily Miyazaki were defeated by Vitalia Diatchenko & Anastasia Zakhrova in the first round in Caldas de Rainha 6-2, 7-5.

Sarah Beth Grey with Yasmine Mansouri were defeated by Jodie Burrage & Anastasia Tikhanova in the first round in Caldas de Rainha 7-5, 6-1.

Emily Webley-Smith with Conny Perrin were defeated by Ingrid Gamarra Martins & Quinn Gleason in the quarter-final in Caldas de Rainha 6-0, 5-7, 10-7.

Jodie Burrage with Anastasia Tikhanova defeated Francisca Jorge & Matilde Jorge in the final in Caldas de Rainha 7-6(3), 6-4.

Naiktha Bains with Ankita Raina were defeated by Sakura Hosogi & Misaki Matsuda in the final in Perth 0-0 (RET).

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