By Glenys Furness
- Jay Clarke claimed doubles in Spain
- Brit was second seed
BADALONA, CATALONIA, SPAIN – Jay Clarke was the second seed in the doubles event. The Brit lifted the title with Italian Augusto Virgili.
Jay Clarke teamed up with Augusto Virgili and were the second seeds in the ITF event. In the first round the Brit/Italian were against Spaniards Hugo Ruiz Rodriguez & Robert Watzka. The seeds broke serve early in the first set and managed to take the lead. The second set saw the Spaniards stay with the Brit/Italian, before Clarke & Virgili broke serve and took the match in straight sets 6-3, 6-4.
In the quarter-final the seeds were against Maxime Chazal & Thijmen Loof. The French/Dutch pair stayed with the seeds in the first set, and broke serve to take the lead. The second set saw the seeds re-group and break Chazal & Loof to level the match. The final match tiebreak was very close. However, the seeds edged the breaker to take the match 5-7, 6-4, 10-8.
The semi-final saw the second seeds against fourth seeds Hernan Casanova & Mark Vervoort. Clarke & Virgili broke early in the first set and took the lead. The second saw Argentine/Dutch pair break serve to level up the match. The final set was a match tiebreak. The second seeds eased through and into the next round 6-3, 4-6, 10-5.
In the final the Brit/Italian were against unseeded pair Ryan Nijboer & Alejo Sanchez Quillez. Just like in the semi-final, the seeds broke early and took the lead. Nijboer & Sanchez Quillez fought back in the second set though, breaking the seeds to level up the match. The match tiebreak was very close, before the Brit/Italian managed to edge through and lift the title 6-3, 4-6, 11-9.
Doubles Round Up
Luke Johnson with Luis David Martinez were defeated by Francisco Cabral & Henrique Rocha in the first round in Murcia 6-2, 4-6, 12-10.
Jan Choinski with Denis Yevseyev were defeated by Theo Arribage & Victor Cornea in the quarter-final in Murcia 7-5, 6-3.
Oliver Crawford with Nicholas Bybel were defeated by Thomas Fancutt & Hunter Reese in the quarter-final in Merida 6-4, 7-5.
James MacKinley with Raphael Calzi were defeated by Paul Barbier Gazeu & Theo Papamalamis in the quarter-final in Toulouse-Balma 7-6(10), 6-4.
David Fox with Cash Hanzlik were defeated by Strong Kirchheimer & Quinn Vandecasteele in the first round in Calabasas 6-3, 6-3.
James Beavan & Toby Martin were defeated by Samuel Rubell & Niroop Vallabhaneni in the first round in Calabasas 3-6, 7-5, 10-8.
Charles Broom & David Stevenson were defeated by Mitchell Harper & Alexander Klintcharov in the quarter-final in Calabasas 6-7(5), 6-2, 10-7.
Emile Hudd with Patrick Harper were defeated by Finn Reynolds & Benjamin Sigouin in the semi-final in Calabasas 6-2, 6-3.
Russell Henderson with Duarte Trocado were defeated by John Echeverria & Rafael Izquierdo Luque in the first round in Loule 6-2 (RET).
Aidan McHugh with Sathi Reddy Chirala were defeated by Alexander Donski & Tiago Pereira in the first round in Loule 6-1, 6-2.
Katie Dyson with Alexa Volkov were defeated by Elena Milovanovic & Isabelle Shinikova in the quarter-final in Monastir 6-1, 6-1.
David Quayle with Adam Heinonen were defeated by Emillien Damanet & Matthew William Donald in the first round in Heraklion 7-6(5), 6-3.
Fabio Nestola & Freddie Ridout were defeated by Amr Elsayed & Kris Van Wyk in the first round in Sharm-El-Sheikh 6-3, 6-2.
Ali Habib with Sergo Sikharulidze were defeated by Max Benaim & Koray Kirci in the first round in Sharm-El-Sheikh 2-6, 7-5, 10-6.
Talia Neilson-Gatenby with Maya Drozd were defeated by Ahn Yujin & Lim Eunji in the first round in Sharm-El-Sheikh 7-6(5), 6-4.
Ella McDonald with Kim Yujin were defeated by Varvara Panshina & Ksenyia Yersh in the first round in Sharm-El-Sheikh 6-4, 6-4.
Max Benaim with Koray Kirci were defeated by Alexandr Binda & Gabriele Bosio in the quarter-final in Sharm-El-Sheikh 6-2, 6-7(4), 10-7.
Summer Yardley with Marie Villet were defeated by Stefania Bojica & Ioana Zvonaru in the quarter-final in Sharm-El-Sheikh 6-3, 5-7, 10-6.
George Houghton with Federico Bondioli were defeated by Ilya Beloborodko & Yuril Dzhavakian in the final in Sharm-El-Sheikh 6-4, 7-6(6).
Eliz Maloney with Leonie Kung were defeated by Francesca Curmi & Despina Papamichall in the final in Alaminos-Larnaca 6-3, 6-2.
Ali Collins with Prarthana G Thombare were defeated by Maia Lumsden & Jessika Ponchet in the first round in Maribor 7-6(0), 6-4.
Yuriko Lily Miyazaki with Isabelle Haverlag were defeated by Eden Silva & Anastasia Tikhonova in the quarter-final in Maribor 7-5, 6-2.
Maia Lumsden with Jessika Ponchet were defeated by Eden Silva & Anastasia Tikhonova in the semi-final in Maribor 6-7(6), 7-6(1), 10-5.
Eden Silva with Anastasia Tikhonova defeated Luksika Kumkhum & Peangtarn Plipuech in the final in Maribor 7-5, 6-3.
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