By Glenys Furness
- Billy & Freddy Blaydes made the final in Tunisia
- The Brits didn’t drop a set until the final
MONASTIR, TUNISIA – Billy & Freddy Blaydes entered the ITF event and were unseeded. The Brits made the final before being defeated.
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Billy & Freddy Blaydes entered the ITF event and were unseeded. In the first round the Brits drew the fourth seeds Max Cunat & Raphael Lambling. The Blaydes brothers dominated the first set, not losing a game. The second set was a little closer as Cunat & Lambling managed to hold serve. Eventually, though, the Brits got the break of serve needed to close out the match 6-0, 6-3.
The quarter-final saw the Brits against Alexis Gautier & Fons Van Sambeek. Once again the Brits dominated the first set to take the lead. The second set was much closer as the French/Dutch pair stayed toe to toe with Billy & Freddy. However, the Brits managed to secure the vital break of serve and take the win 6-1, 6-4.
In the semi-final the Brits were against Mu Tao & Nikolay Nedelchev. The Chinese/Bulgarian pair stayed with Billy & Freddy at the start. However, the Brits managed to break serve and take the lead. The second set was more of the same. Again, the Brits secured the break of serve to take the match 6-3, 6-3.
The final saw the Brits against French pair Francois Musitelli & Nicolas Tourte. In the first set the Brits dominated the French pair to take the lead. The second set was a little closer and Musitelli & Tourte broke serve to level up the match. The final match tiebreak saw the French ease through to claim the title 2-6, 6-3, 10-4.
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Doubles Round Up
Sam Bird with Youssef Labbene were defeated by Leanid Boika & Victor Paganetti in the first round in Monastir 6-4, 7-6(5).
Louis Allen with Aleksei Mokrov were defeated by Alexis Gautier & Fons Van Sambeek in the first round in Monastir 6-3, 6-2.
Nicolas Philibert with Aaron Gil Garcia were defeated by Francois Musitelli & Nicolas Tourte in the first round in Monastir 7-5, 6-4.
Soumeya Anane with Asmitha Easwaramurthi were defeated by Sofia Da Cruz Mendonca & Luana Plaza Araujo in the first round in Monastir 4-6, 6-3, 10-7.
Alisha Reayer with Noelia Bouzo Zanotti were defeated by Louise Kwong & Anna Ulyashchenko in the final in Monastir 4-6, 6-2, 10-5.
Tiffany William with Denise Torrealba were defeated by Anastasia Gasanova & Ekaterina Yashina in the first round in La Marsa 6-2, 6-3.
Lauryn John-Baptiste with Fanny Ostlund were defeated by Anastasia Gasanova & Ekaterina Yashina in the semi-final in La Marsa 6-2, 7-5.
Zach Stephens with Jordan George Georgiev were defeated by Illya Maksymchuk & Samuel Martinez Arjona in the first round in La Nucia 6-3, 6-2.
Emilie Lindh with Valentina Ryser were defeated by Matilda Mutavdzic & Nicola Fossa Huergo in the quarter-final in Yecla 7-6(12), 7-6(6).
Madeline Brooks & Holly Hutchinson were defeated by Georgina Garcia-Perez & Katarina Kozarov in the semi-final in Yecla 6-4, 7-6(5).
Matilda Mutavdzic & Nicola Fossa Huergo were defeated by Georgina Garcia-Perez & Katarina Kozarov in the final in Yecla 6-3, 6-4.
Eleanor Baglow with Xenia Bandurowska were defeated by Elena Gemovic & Katerina Stewart in the first round in Kursumlijska Banja 4-6, 6-2, 10-6.
Charles Dossetter with Romain Faucon were defeated by Lorenzo Carboni & Volodymyr Uzhylovskyi in the quarter-final in Kursumlijska Banja 6-3, 6-4.
Adam Jones & Giacomo Revelli were defeated by Aidan McHugh & Keegan Smith in the first round in Rancho Santa Fe 6-3, 6-1.
Joe Tyler with Juan Carlos Aguillar were defeated by Jack Anthrop & Bryce Nakashima Nakashima in the semi-final in Rancho Santa Fe 7-6(1), 1-6, 10-4.
Aidan McHugh with Keegan Smith were defeated by Jack Anthrop & Bryce Nakashima Nakashima in the final in Rancho Santa Fe 6-1, 6-4.
Ella McDonald with Lucie Nguyen Tan were defeated by Micheala Bayerlova & Jenny Duerst in the semi-final in Annenheim 6-2, 6-0.
Andra Sutherland with Teresa Franco Dias were defeated by Maria Fernanda Navarro & Guilia Pereira De Aguiar in the first round in Montemor-O-Novo 6-1, 6-2.
Emma Wilson with Bianca Jolie Fernandez were defeated by Eudice Chong & Arianne Hartono in the semi-final in Montemor-O-Novo 6-2, 6-2.
Next Week Brits play in Paris, Surbiton, Spain, Serbia, Indonesia, Bosnia, USA, Finland, Tunisia, Guam, Italy & Portugal.
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