By Glenys Furness
- Julian Cash & Henry Patten make final in Texas
- Brits were third seeds
HOUSTON, TEXAS, USA – Julian Cash & Henry Patten entered the ATP 250 event and were the third seeds. The Brits made the final before narrowly missing out.
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ATP/WTA
Julian Cash & Henry Patten entered the ATP 250 event in Texas and were the third seeds. Their first round opponents were Emilio Gomez & Hugo Dellien. The seeds dominated the first set as the Ecuadorian/Bolivian pair struggled to get into the match. The second set was a little closer as Gomez & Dellien managed to hold serve. However, eventually, Cash & Patten broke through and took the match in straight sets 6-1, 6-4.
In the quarter-final the Brits were against Facundo Bagnis & Tomas Martin Etcheverry. The Argentines were unable to take to the court and handed a walkover to the third seeds. Cash & Patten made the semi-final without having to hit a ball. 0-0 (RET).
The semi-final saw Cash & Patten against unseeded pair Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela & Robert Galloway. The Mexican/American pair stayed with the Brits in the first set and forced a tiebreak. The breaker was very close, but it was Reyes-Varela & Galloway edged through to take the lead. The second set proved just as close, and again went to a tiebreak. This time the seeds eased through to level the match. The final set match tiebreak saw the seeds take an early lead and claim match 6-7(6), 7-6(4), 10-5.
In the final the Brits were against Australians Jordan Thompson & Max Purcell. Cash & Patten got off to a great start, breaking the Aussies to take the lead. The second set saw Thompson & Purcell re-group and break the seeds to level up the match. The match tiebreak saw the Australians take the lead, and unfortunately the seeds couldn’t break back. The Australians took the match 4-6, 6-4, 10-5.
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Doubles Round Up
Alicia Barnett & Olivia Nicholls were defeated by Nicole Melichar-Martinez & Alycia Parks in the first round in Charleston 5-7, 7-6(8), 10-8.
Dan Evans & Jonny O’Mara were defeated by Roman Jebavy & Adam Pavlasek in the first round in Marrakech 6-3, 6-2.
Billy Harris with Akira Santillan were defeated by Marco Bortolotti & Sergio Martos Gornes in the semi-final in Murcia 6-4, 7-6.
Luke Johnson with Constantin Frantzen were defeated by Steven Diez & Nicholas David Ionel in the quarter-final in Barletta 6-4, 6-4.
Jizel Matos Sequeira Fernandes with Anastasiya Kuparev were defeated by Marta Huqi Gonzalez Encinas & Amy Zhu in the first round in Telde 6-3, 6-2.
Freddy Blaydes & James MacKinley were defeated by Mark Wallner & Luca Wiedenmann in the semi-final in Monastir 6-4, 6-4.
Georgina Hays with Alice Battesti were defeated by Wang Jiaqi & Yang Yidi in the semi-final in Monastir 6-2, 3-6, 10-8.
Jasmine Conway & Isabelle Lacy were defeated by Ekaterina Kazionova & Aleksandra Pospelova in the quarter-final in Sharm-El-Sheikh 6-4, 6-3.
Kristina Pasauskas & Eva Shaw were defeated by Emilie Lindh Gallagher & Jessica Failla in the quarter-final in Sharm-El-Sheikh 6-2, 6-3.
Emilie Lindh Gallagher with Jessica Failla were defeated by Aliona Falei & Polina Iatcenko in the semi-final in Sharm-El-Sheikh 2-6, 6-3, 10-8.
Tiffany William with Meisha Kendall-Woseley were defeated by Chiraz Bechri & Yasmin Ezzat in the first round in Bujumbura 7-6(7), 3-6, 13-11.
Next Week Brits play in Aldershot, Monte Carlo, Leon, Italy, Egypt, Ecuador, Coventry, Spain, Switzerland, Burundi & USA.
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