By Glenys Furness
- Julian Cash & Henry Patten claimed title in Fairfield
- Brits were top seeds
- Dropped one set en route
FAIRFIELD, CALIFORNIA, USA – Julian Cash & Henry Patten claimed the title in the ATP Challenger event. The Brits were the top seeds and dropped one set en route.
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Julian Cash & Henry Patten entered the ATP Challenger event and were the top seeds. In the first round the Brits drew American pair Evan King & Mitchell Krueger. Cash & Patten broke early in the first set and took the lead as King & Krueger were unable to get back on terms. The second set was more of the same, as the top seeds once again broke serve of the Americans. No matter what King & Krueger tried they could not get back on terms, the Brits moved into the next round in straight sets 6-3, 6-4.
In the quarter-final the Brits were against Charles Broom & Constantin Frantzen. The first set was dominated by Cash & Patten, as expected as top seeds. The Brits broke freely as the Brit/German struggled to hold serve. However, in the second set Broom & Constantin fought hard to try and bring the match back and looked to be heading for a tiebreak. However, the Brits secured the break just when needed and moved into the semi-final in straight sets 6-1, 7-5.
The semi-fina saw the Brits against Martin Damm Jr & Christian Langmo. The top seeds broke in the first set to take the lead and the Americans could not get back into the set. The second set saw the unseeded Americans broke the Brits serve and levelled up the match. The ensuing match tiebreak saw the Brits edge through and move into the final 6-4, 3-6, 10-6.
In the final, the top seeds were against unseeded Indian pairing of N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth & Anirudh Chandrasekar. The seeds secured an early break of serve in the first set and the Indians were not able to get back on serve. The second set saw Cash & Patten dominate and claim their fifth ATP Challenger title in straight sets 6-3, 6-1.
Doubles Round Up
Jamie Murray with Francisco Cabral were defeated by Maximo Gonzalez & Andres Molteni in the quarter-final in Gijon 6-3, 7-5.
Neal Skupski with Wesley Koolhof were defeated by Nicolas Mahut & Edouard Roger-Vasselin in the first round in Florence 6-2, 6-4.
Alicia Barnett & Olivia Nicholls were defeated by Kirsten Flipkens & Laura Siegemund in the first round in Cluj-napoca 6-2, 7-5.
Jan Choinski with Sumit Nagal were defeated by Marcelo Zormann da Silva & Joao Lucas Reis Da Silva in the first round in Rio de Janeiro 6-4, 6-3.
Luke Johnson with Marco Bortolotti were defeated by Tristan-Samuel Weissborn & Romain Arneodo in the first round in Saint-Tropez 6-1, 6-3.
Jonny O’Mara with Ramkumar Ramanthan were defeated by Vladslav Manafov & Ivan Liutarevich in the first round in Ismaning 7-6, 6-7, 10-8.
Billy Harris with Akira Santillan were defeated by Hendrik Jebens & Fabian Fallert in the quarter-final in Ismaning 6-3, 7-6.
Anna Popescu with Fabienne Gettwart were defeated by Giorgia Pinto & Gaia Squarclalupi in the quarter-final in Heraklion 6-1, 2-6, 10-7.
Adam Jones & Mattias Southcombe were defeated by Tibo Colson & Emmett Ward in the quarter-final in Maputo 2-0 (RET).
Freya Christie with Beatrice Gumulya were defeated by Lee Pei-Chi & Wu Fang-Hsien in the quarter-final in Trnava 1-6, 7-6, 10-5.
Emily Appleton with Conny Perrin were defeated by Isabelle Haverlag & Suzan Lamens in the quarter-final of W60 Monastir 6-3, 6-1.
Kristina Paskauskas with Zuzanna Kubacha were defeated by Flavie Brugnone & Stephanie Judith Visscher in the semi-final in W15 Monastir 6-3, 6-2.
Yuriko Lily Miyazaki with Julie Belgraver were defeated by Diana Marcinkevica & Daniela Vismane in the first round in Cherbourg En Cotentin 6-4, 7-6.
Emily Webley-Smith with Sofia Shapatava were defeated by Dea Herdzelas & Laura Hietaranta in the first round in Sozopol 6-1, 3-6, 10-7.
Andra Sutherland with Milla Sequeira were defeated by Laura Boehner & Sandra Samir in the first round in Quinta Do Lago 6-1, 6-0.
Eden Silva with Jaimee Fourlis were defeated by Laura Boehner & Sandra Samir in the quarter-final in Quinta Do Lago 0-0 (RET).
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