By Glenys Furness
- Julian Cash & Lloyd Glasspool made final in Monte Carlo
- Brits were seventh seeds
MONTE CARLO, MONACO – Julian Cash & Lloyd Glasspool were the seventh seeds at the ATP 1000 event. The Brits made the final and finished runners up.
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Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool entered the ATP 1000 Monte Carlo masters and were the seventh seeds. The Brits drew Marcelo Melo & Alexander Zverev in the first round. The first set saw the seeds dominate and lose only one game to take the lead. The second set saw Melo & Zverev play better and stayed close. Eventually, the Brits broke serve and moved into the next round 6-1, 6-4.
In the second round Cash & Glasspool were against Wildcard pairing Petros Tsitsipas & Stefanos Tsitspias. The Greeks found the Brits too good in the first set. Cash & Glasspool dominated the first set and took the lead. The second set was much closer. The Greek brothers stayed with the seeds and forced a tiebreak, which the seeds edged and moved into the next round 6-1, 7-6(5).
The quarter-final saw the Brits against fourth seeds Kevin Krawietz & Tim Putz. The Germans stayed with Cash & Glasspool in the first set. Eventually, the seventh seeds broke serve and edged into the lead. The second set saw the Brits dominate, as the Germans struggled with the pace. Cash & Glasspool moved into the next round 6-4, 6-2.
In the semi-final the Brits were against the top seeds Marcelo Arevalo-Gonzalez & Mate Pavic. The first set was very close as both teams could not get the break of serve. In the ensuing tiebreak, the Brits dominated and moved into the lead. The second set was more of the same and once again, a tiebreak ensued. This time it was the top seeds that edged through and levelled up the match. The final set was a match tiebreak saw both sides fight hard, but it was Cash & Glasspool that edged through and into the next round 7-6(2), 6-7(5), 10-6.
The final saw the Brits against Wildcard pairing Romain Arneodo & Manuel Guinard. Cash & Glasspool dominated the first set and took the lead. The second set was much closer as Arneodo & Guinard fought back and forced a tiebreak. In the breaker the wildcard pair edged through to level the match. The match tiebreak saw both sides fighting hard. This time it was Arneodo & Guinard who edged through and lifted the title 1-6, 7-6(8), 10-8.
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Doubles Round Up
Jamie Murray with Rajeev Ram were defeated by Hugo Nys & Edouard Roger-Vasselin in the first round in Monte Carlo 6-7(3), 7-5. 10-5.
Jack Draper with Tomas Machac were defeated by Romain Arneodo & Manuel Guinard in the second round in Monte Carlo 0-0 (RET).
Joe Salisbury & Neal Skupski were defeated by Henry Patten & Harri Heliovaara in the second round in Monte Carlo 6-3, 6-3.
Henry Patten with Harri Heliovaara were defeated by Romain Arneodo & Manuel Guinard in the semi-final in Monte Carlo 6-4, 7-5.
Liam Hignett & James Mackinley were defeated by Francesco Maestrelli & Dalibor Svrcina in the first round in Monza 6-2, 6-4.
Luke Johnson with Sander Arends defeated Filippo Romano & Jacopo Vasami in the final in Monza 6-1, 6-1.
David Stevenson with Johannes Ingildsen were defeated by Martin Damm Jr & Alex Rybakov in the first round in Sarasota 3-6, 6-4, 11-9.
Hephzibah Oluwadare with Eva Maria Ionescu were defeated by Mariam Atia & Yasmin Ezzat in the first round in Sharm El Sheikh 6-3, 6-2.
Holly Hutchinson & Katie Swan were defeated by Katarina Kuzmova & Daria Zelinskaya in the first round in Sharm El Sheikh 6-3, 4-6, 10-8.
Amelia Rajecki & Ranah Stoiber were defeated by Arlinda Rushiti & Marie Weckerle in the final in Sharm El Sheikh 6-2, 6-3.
Hamish Stewart with Amr Elsayed defeated Vesa Ahti & Viktor Jovic in the final in Sharm El Sheikh 3-6, 6-2, 10-8.
Louis Allen & Nicholas Philibert were defeated by Ammar Elamin & Toufik Sahtali in the first round in Monastir 7-5, 6-3.
Giles Hussey & James Story were defeated by Buvaysar Gadamauri & Dimitris Sakellaridis in the quarter-final in Monastir 7-6(5), 3-6, 10-5.
Esther Adeshina with Abigail Rencheli defeated Josy Daems & Vilma Krebs Hyllested in the final in Monastir 6-3, 6-7(4), 10-6.
Emily Appleton with Tang Qian-Hui were defeated by Irene Burillo & Carlota Martinez Cirez in the first round in Zaragoza 3-6, 7-6(6), 10-5.
Ella McDonald with Laura Hietaranta were defeated by Katharina Hobgarski & Antonia Schmidt in the semi-final in Santa Margherita Di Pula 6-1, 6-3.
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