By Glenys Furness
- Finn Bass claims title in Romania
- Brit was top seed
CONSTANTA, ROMANIA – Finn Bass and Bogdan Pavel were the top seeds in the ITF event. The Brit/Romanian lifted the title, dropping only one set en route.
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Finn Bass teamed up with Romanian Bogdan Pavel and the pair were the top seeds. In the first round the Brit/Romanian were against an all Romanian pairing of Yannick Theodor Alexandrescou & Alejandro Mateo Berge Nourescu. The top seeds dominated from the outset and only lost two games all match to ease into the next round 6-1, 6-1.
The quarter-final saw Bass & Pavel against all Italian pair Niccolo Clavarella & Lorenzo Ferri. Although unseeded, the Italian pair stayed with the top seeds in the first set. It looked to be heading to a tiebreak, however, the Brit/Romanian broke serve right at the end to take the lead. The second set was much easier for the seeds, who dominated the Italians and moved into the next round 7-5, 6-2.
In the semi-final the Brit/Romanian were against another all Romanian pairing Vlad Andrei Dancu & Gheorghe Claudiu Schintele. The Romanian pair went toe-to-toe with the top seeds in the first set, breaking right at the end to take the lead. The second set saw the top seeds re-group and break Dancu & Schintele to level up the match. The ensuing match tiebreak saw the top seeds take the lead and stay there to move into the final 5-7, 6-3, 10-5.
The final saw Bass & Pavel against Dominic Ducariu & Eric David Verdes. The German/Romanian found the top seeds far too good. The Brit/Romanian dominated from the outset, barely putting a foot wrong. Bass & Pavel eased through to lift the title dropping only two games 6-1, 6-1.
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Doubles Round Up
Jay Clarke with Lukas Pokorny were defeated by Maks Kasnikowski & Elmer Moeller in the first round in Kiseljak 3-6, 6-3, 10-8.
Casper Nicolle & Kyle Rae were defeated by Jordan Chiu & Rohan Mehra in the first round in Monastir 6-1, 6-3.
Stuart Parker with Imran Sibille were defeated by Pedro Araujo & Diogo Marques in the first round in Monastir 6-3, 3-6, 10-7.
Lucia Cassidy with Ayline Esina Samardzic were defeated by Zeel Desai & Naima Karamoko in the quarter-final in Monastir 6-2, 6-1.
Kristina Paskauskas with Gina Maria Dittmann were defeated by Zeel Desai & Naima Karamoko in the semi-final in Monastir 3-6, 6-1, 10-8.
Emily Webley-Smith with Michaela Bayerlova were defeated by Maya Joint & Rasheeda McAdoo in the first round in Otocec 2-6, 6-3, 10-3.
Ali Habib with Lazar Vojinovic were defeated by Svyatoslav Gulin & Maxim Zhukov in the first round in Kursumlijska Banja 0-0 (RET).
Ewen Lumsden & Joe Tyler were defeated by Johannes Seeman & Wally Thayne in the first round in San Diego 6-2, 7-5.
Lui Maxted with Adit Sinha were defeated by Robin Catry & Braden Shick in the quarter-final in San Diego 4-6, 6-3, 10-8.
Daniel Vishnick with Oliver Clark Anderson were defeated by Peter Bertran & Brandon Perez in the first round in Kingston 6-2, 6-1.
Ali Collins with Maria Paulina Perez-Garcia were defeated by Anastasia Abbagnato & Beatrice Ricci in the first round in Brescia 6-4, 7-5.
Sarah Beth Grey & Tara Moore were defeated by Leonie Kung & Evialina Laskevich in the quarter-final in Montemor-o-Novo 6-4, 7-5.
Madeleine Brooks with Eudice Chong defeated Leonie Kung & Evialina Laskevich in the final in Montemor-o-Novo 6-4, 6-4.
Holly Hutchinson & Lauryn John-Baptiste were defeated by Julie Belgraver & Jasmijn Gimbrere in the first round in Klagenfurt 0-0 (RET).
Bronte Murgett with Lillian Poling were defeated by Jessica Hinojosa Gomez & Noelia Zeballos Melgar in the quarter-final in Santo Domingo 7-6(0), 2-6, 10-3.
Next Week Brits play in Paris, Surbiton, Hellbron, Zagreb, Bosnia, Serbia, Portugal, Slovenia, Tunisia, Dominican Republic, USA & Spain.
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