By Glenys Furness
- Julian Cash claimed the doubles title in France
- Brit was top seed
MOUILLERON LE CAPTIF, FRANCE – Julian Cash teamed up with Robert Galloway and were the top seeds in the Challenger event. The pair claimed the title without facing another seeded pair.
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Julian Cash teamed up with Robert Galloway and the pair were the top seeds. The Brit/American pair drew Hunter Reese & Szymon Walkow in the first round. The first set saw the seeds break early and take the lead. The second set saw Reese & Walkow re-group and break serve to level up the match. The final set tiebreak saw the top seeds edge through and take the match 6-3, 4-6, 10-8.
In the quarter-final the Brit/American were against Roman Jebavy & Petr Nouza. The Czech pair found the top seeds too strong in the first set, as Cash & Galloway broke early and took the lead. The second set was much closer though, as Jebavy & Nouza stayed toe to toe with the seeds. The Czech pair forced a tiebreak, but the top seeds eased through to take the match 6-3, 7-6(2).
The semi-final saw the top seeds against Ivan Liutarevich & Vladyslav Manafov. Cash & Galloway battled against Liutarevich & Manafov in the first set, which looked to be heading to a tiebreak. However, the Brit/American broke serve just when needed and took the lead. The second set saw the seeds break early and book a spot in the final 7-5, 6-3.
In the final, the top seeds were against Maxime Cressy & Otto Virtanen. Cash & Galloway broke serve in the first set and took the lead. The second set saw the American/Fin fight back. Both pairs stayed toe to toe and it looked to be heading to a tiebreak. However, Cressy & Virtanen broke right at the end and levelled up the match. The final match tiebreak was very close. Eventually, the top seeds edged though and took the title 6-4, 5-7, 12-10.
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Doubles Round Up
Charles Broom & Henry Patten were defeated by Maxime Cressy & Otto Virtanen in the quarter-final in Mouilleron le Captif 4-6, 7-5, 10-4.
Joshua Paris with Daniel Cukierman were defeated by Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha & Divij Sharan in the quarter-final in Alicante 6-1, 6-3.
Billy Harris with Akira Santillan were defeated by Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan & John-Patrick Smith in the quarter-final in Alicante 6-2, 6-2.
Connor Thomson with Parikshit Somani were defeated by Jaime Faria & Henrique Rocha in the first round in Lisbon 6-4, 6-0.
Scott Duncan & Marcus Willis were defeated by Oriol Roca Batalla & Timo Stodder in the quarter-final in Lisbon 6-3, 6-4.
Johannus Monday & Mark Whitehouse were defeated by Luke Johnson & Skander Mansouri in the first round in Tiburon 6-1, 6-3.
Luke Johnson with Skander Mansouri defeated William Blumberg & Luis David Martinez in the final in Tiburon 6-2, 6-3.
Millen Hurrion with Finn Reynolds were defeated by Loan Lestir & Niels Villard in the quarter-final in Nevers 0-0 (RET).
Freya Christie with Yuliana Lizarazo were defeated by Mariia Bergen & Daria Lopatetska in the quarter-final in Reims 6-4, 4-6, 12-10.
Emily Appleton & Sarah Beth Grey were defeated by Julia Avdeeva & Anna Chekanskaya in the semi-final in Reims 5-7, 6-3, 10-5.
Soumeya Anane with Marleen Tilgner were defeated by Nefisa Berberovic & Vasanti Shinde in the quarter-final in Baza 6-1, 6-2.
Samantha Murray Sharan with Olivia Gadecki defeated Lea Boskovic & Angela Fita Boluda in the final in Baza 7-5, 4-6, 10-4.
Joe Cooper & Sean Drewry were defeated by Finn Murgett & Federico Salomone in the first round in Sharm El Sheikh 6-4, 6-3.
Amelia Fortescue & Annabelle Lammas were defeated by Zuzanna Bednarz & Evgeniya Burdina in the first round in Sharm El Sheikh 6-2, 6-4.
Finn Murgett with Federico Salomone were defeated by Sergey Fomin & Saba Purtseladze in the semi-final in Sharm El Sheikh 6-3, 6-4.
Adam Jones & Henry Searle were defeated by Sergey Fomin & Saba Purtseladze in the final in Sharm El Sheikh 6-3, 6-4.
Ali Habib with Stefan Vujic were defeated by Christoph Negritu & Lasse Poertner in the quarter-final in Doha 6-3, 6-3.
Louis Allen & Nicolas Philibert were defeated by Thomas Brown & Menelaos Efstathiou in the first round in Monastir 6-4, 6-3.
Imogen Haddad with Elisabeth Lila were defeated by Abigail Amos & Marente Sijbesma in the quarter-final in Monastir 0-0 (RET).
Carl Holder with Aleksei Mokrov were defeated by Matthieu Chambonniere & Adam Panaras in the quarter-final in Monastir 6-1, 7-6(4).
Abigail Amos with Marente Sijbesma defeated Flavie Brugnone & Astrid Lew Yan Foon in the final in Monastir 6-4, 6-1.
James Davis & Emile Hudd were defeated by Andrew Fenty & Axel Nefve in the quarter-final in Ithaca 7-6(5), 6-4.
Isabelle Cherny with Krystyna Pochtovyk were defeated by Tea Nikcevic & Lucie Urbanova in the first round in Sibenik 6-4, 6-4.
Eleanor Baglow with Madelief Hageman were defeated by Agustina Chipac & Nicole Gadient in the quarter-final in Sibenik 6-4, 6-2.
Katherine Barnes & Jizel Matos Sequeira Fernandes were defeated by Victoria Borodulina & Mariana Drazic in the quarter-final in Sibenik 0-0 (RET).
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