Lloyd Glasspool at the 2020 Battle of the Brits Team Tennis, London, UK
Lloyd Glasspool at the 2020 Battle of the Brits Team Tennis, London, UK | (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images for Battle Of The Brits)

Tennis | Doubles Round Up | Cash & Glasspool claim ATP 250 Brisbane title.

By Glenys Furness

  • Julian Cash & Lloyd Glasspool start 2025 with a title
  • The Brits were seeded fifth
 BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA – Julian Cash & Lloyd Glasspool entered the ATP 250 event and were the fifth seeds. The Brits lifted the trophy, their second ATP doubles title together.

 

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Julian Cash & Lloyd Glasspool entered the ATP 250 event and were the fifth seeds. As a result, the Brits received a bye in the first round. The second round saw the seeds against French pair Manuel Guinard & Arthur Rinderknech. The non seeded pair started better. Guinard & Rinderknech broke serve and took the lead. The seeds re-grouped in the second set though, securing a break of serve to level up the match. The final set was a match tiebreak. This was very close, as neither pairing could get ahead. Eventually, the seeds managed to break serve and moved into the next round 4-6, 6-4, 12-10.

The quarter-final saw the seeds against the top seeds Nikola Mektic & Michael Venus. As expected, the top seeds started better with Maktic & Venus breaking serve to take the lead. The second set saw the Brits re-group. Cash & Glasspool broke serve early and levelled up the match. In the match tiebreak, the Brits eased through without too much trouble and moved into the next round 4-6, 6-3, 10-3.

In the semi-final the Brits were due to be against Rinky Hijikata & Jason Kubler. However, the unseeded Australians were unable to take to the court, so handed the victory to the fifth seeds without a ball being struck. Cash & Glasspool moved into the final 0-0 (RET).

The final saw the fifth seeds against unseeded Czech pair Jiri Lehecka & Jakub Mensik. In the first set the Brits broke early and took the lead. However, the second set, saw Lehecka & Mensik fight hard. The Czech pair forced a tiebreak, which they dominated to level up the match. The match tiebreak saw the Brits and Czech pairs stay close early on. Eventually, Cash & Glasspool secured the break needed and held on for the win 6-3, 6-7(2), 10-6.

 

 

Doubles Round Up

Marcus Willis with Christian Harrison were defeated by Austin Krajicek & Rajeev Ram in the second round in Brisbane 6-2, 6-4.

Jamie Murray with John Peers were defeated by Nicolas Jarry & Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard in the second round in Brisbane 6-7(5), 7-6(5), 10-7.

Henry Patten with Harri Heliovaara were defeated by James Duckworth & Aleksandar Vukic in the second round in Brisbane 6-7(6), 6-4, 10-8.

Cameron Norrie with Luciano Darderi were defeated by Zizou Bergs & Learner Tien in the first round in Hong Kong 6-7(5), 7-6(7), 11-9.

Luke Johnson with Sander Arends defeated Karen Khachanov & Andrey Rublev in the final in Hong Kong 7-5, 4-6, 10-7.

Emily Appleton & Maia Lumsden were defeated by Jiang Xin-Yu & Wu Fang-Hsien in the first round in Auckland 6-4, 6-4.

Tara Moore with Rebecca Marino were defeated by Sloane Stephens & Clara Tauson in the second round in Auckland 6-4, 3-6, 10-7.

Jacob  Fearnley with Patrick Harper were defeated by Mitchell Kruger & Aleksandar Kovacevic in the quarter-final in Canberra 6-4, 4-6, 10-7.

Alastair Gray with Mathys Erhard were defeated by Parkishit Somani & Dhakshineswar Suresh in the final in Indore 0-0 (RET).

Next Week Brits play in Melbourne (Australian Open Qualifying), Auckland, Nottingham, Nonthaburi, India, France, USA, Spain, Norway, Turkey, Adelaide, Tunisia & Thailand.