By Glenys Furness
- Julian Cash & Lloyd Glasspool win in Doha
- Brits didn’t face a seed
- Final was all British affair
DOHA, QATAR – Julian Cash & Lloyd Glasspool claimed the ATP 500 Doha doubles title. The Brits were unseeded and did not face a seed all event. The final was an all British affair.
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Julian Cash & Lloyd Glasspool entered the ATP 500 event in Doha and were unseeded. In the first round they were against Czech qualifiers Petr Nouza & Patrik Rikl. The qualifiers got off to the better start breaking the Brits serve and taking the lead. The second set saw Cash & Glasspool re-group and break the Czech pair to level up the match. The final set was a match tiebreak. The Brits eased through to move into the next round 4-6, 6-4, 10-3.
The quarter-final saw the Brits against Rohan Bopanna & Nuno Borges. In the first set Cash & Glasspool struck first, getting the vital break of serve and taking the lead. The second set saw the Indian/Portuguese pair stay with the Brits and force a tiebreak. In the breaker Bopanna & Borges edged through and levelled up the match. The final set saw the Brits edge ahead in the match tiebreak and move into the next round 6-4, 6-7(5), 10-7.
In the semi-final the Brits were against Yuki Bhambri & Ivan Dodig. Cash & Glasspool were taken to a tiebreak in the first set. The breaker saw the Brits ease through and take the lead. The second set was much easier for Cash & Glasspool, who broke early and held on to take the win in straight sets 7-6(3), 6-3.
The final guaranteed a British pair lifting the title as Cash & Glasspool were against Joe Salisbury & Neal Skupski. In the first set Cash & Glasspool played well and managed to break serve early to take the lead. Salisbury & Skupski could not get back into the set. The second set was dominated by Cash & Glasspool and they went on to lift the trophy in straight sets 6-3, 6-2.
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Doubles Round Up
Jamie Murray with John Peers were defeated by Marcelo Arevalo-Gonzalez & Mate Pavic in the first round in Doha 6-1, 7-5.
Henry Patten with Harri Heliovaara were defeated by Joe Salisbury & Neal Skupski in the semi-final in Doha 3-6, 6-3, 10-5.
Olivia Nicholls with Terza Mihalikova were defeated by Xinyu Jiang & Zhaoxuan Yang in the second round in Dubai 6-3, 6-1.
Luke Johnson with Sander Arends were defeated by Maximo Gonzalez & Andres Molteni in the first round in Rio 7-6(6), 4-6, 10-7.
Charles Broom & Mark Whitehouse were defeated by David Stevenson & Cleeve Harper in the first round in Pau 7-6(2), 6-4.
David Stevenson with Cleeve Harper were defeated by Jakob Schnaitter & Mark Wallner in the semi-final in Pau 4-6, 6-3, 10-5.
Billy Harris with Michael Geerts were defeated by Saketh Myneni & Ramkumar Ramanathan in the first round in Pune 6-0, 6-4.
Jay Clarke with Jurij Rodionov were defeated by Blake Bayldon & Matthew Romios in the semi-final in Pune 6-3, 3-6, 10-5.
Finn Murgett with Francisco Rocha were defeated by Patrick Kaukovalta & Quinn Vandecasteele in the semi-final in Vila Real de Santo Antonio 5-7, 7-5, 10-7.
Adam Jones & Matthew Summers were defeated by Joao Vitor Goncalves Ceolin & Daniel Paty in the semi-final in Naples, Florida 6-0, 7-6(3).
Peter Alam with Victor Paganetti were defeated by Nicolas Ifi & Espen Lagarde in the first round in Lannion 6-4, 7-6(3).
Oliver Bonding with Olaf Pleczkowski were defeated by Tomasz Berkleta & Marks Molder in the quarter-final in Lannion 6-7(1), 6-4, 10-8.
Ben Jones & Hamish Stewart were defeated by Axel Garcian & Yanis Ghazouani Durand in the final in Lannion 6-2, 6-4.
Next Week Brits play in Dubai, Acapulco, San Diego, Bangaluru, Lugano, Portugal, Mexico, Spain, Egypt, Austin, Merida, France, Australia, Tunisia & Germany
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