By Glenys Furness
- Harry Wendelken & Benjamin Hannestad claim title in Portugal
- Take out second seeds en route
SINTRA, PORTUGAL – Harry Wendelken & Benjamin Hannestad entered the ITF event and lifted the doubles title taking out the second seeds along the way.
Joe Salisbury & Rajeev Ram defending their US Open title which you can read about here.
Outside of the US Open Harry Wendelken teamed up with Benjamin Hannestad and entered the ITF event in Portugal. The Brit/Dane were unseeded.
In the first round Wendelken & Hannestad were against Portuguese pairing Filipe Grebentsov & Nuno Pinheiro. The Brit/Dane were able to secure a break of serve against the Portuguese and take the lead. The second set saw Grebentsov & Pinheiro tried to fight back in the second set, but the Brit/Dane again managed to break serve to take the match in straight sets 6-3, 6-3.
The quarter-final saw the Brit/Dane against the second seeds Scott Duncan & Kelsey Stevenson. The second seeds broke the serve of Wendelken & Hannestad and took the lead. The second set saw the Brit/Dane re-group and stay with Duncan & Stevenson forcing a tiebreak. In the tiebreak Wendelken & Hannestad edged through and levelled up the match. The ensuing match tiebreak saw the Brit/Dane dominate and book a spot in the semi-final 4-6, 7-6(5), 10-1.
In the semi-final the Brit/Dane were against Arthur Fery & Sasikumar Mukund. The Brit/Indian struggled from the start, in fact only one game was played before Fery & Mukund were forced to retire from the match. Not the way that Wendelken & Hannestad would want to make the final, but the Brit/Dane moved on 1-0 (RET).
The final saw Wendelken & Hannestad against fourth seeds Diego Fernandez Flores & Adria Soriano Barrera. The Chilean/Spaniard broke the Brit/Dane in the first set and took the lead. The second set saw the Brit/Dane dominate and level up the match. The final match tiebreak ebbed and flowed, until eventually Wendelken & Hannestad broke and took the title 4-6, 6-1, 10-7.
Doubles Round Up
Jonny O’Mara with Fabrice Martin were defeated by Hugo Nys & Jan Zielinski in the first round of the US Open 7-6(6), 6-1.
Alicia Barnett & Olivia Nicholls were defeated by Andreja Klepac & Alexa Guarachi Mathison in the first round of the US Open 6-4, 7-5.
Harriet Dart with Liudmila Samsonova were defeated by Asia Muhammad & Ena Shibahara in the first round of the US Open 6-2, 6-1.
Jamie Murray with Laura Siegsmund were defeated by Ellen Perez & Michael Venus in the first round of the US Open 6-2, 7-6(5).
Jamie Murray with Bruno Soares were defeated by Hugo Nys & Jan Zielinski in the second round of the US Open 7-6(2), 7-6(6).
Neal Skupski with Desirae Krawczyk were defeated by Caty McNally & William Blumberg in the second round of the US Open 6-2, 6-4.
Lloyd Glasspool with Harri Heliovaara were defeated by Juan Sebastian Cabal & Robert Farah in the quarter-final of the US Open 7-6(5), 6-2.
Mark Whitehouse with Eero Vasa were defeated by Alexander Donski & Alexander Lazarov in the first round in Cassis 3-6, 6-4, 10-7.
Luke Johnson with Skander Mansouri were defeated by Michael Geerts & Joran Vliegen in the quarter-final in Cassis 7-6, 6-3.
Andra Sutherland with Milla Sequeira were defeated by Choi Ji-Hee & Hiroko Kuwata in the first round in Santarem 6-1, 6-1.
Yuriko Lily Miyazaki with Nagi Hanatani were defeated by Katarina Jokic & Taylor Ng in the first round in Santarem 2-6, 7-6(2), 13-11.
John Horoz Garner with Quinn Vandecasteele were defeated by Luciano Doria & Alejandro Mendoza in the quarter-final in Cancun 6-4, 7-6(8).
Blu Baker with Tristan McCormick defeated Joe Tyler & Kareem Al Allaf in the final in Cancun 3-6, 6-4 (RET).
Ying Hou & Adam Jones were defeated by Mattias Southcombe & Matthew William Donald in the quarter-final in Budapest 6-1, 3-6, 10-8.
Mattias Southcombe with Matthew William Donald were defeated by Antonin Bolardt & Michael Vrbensky in the final in Budapest 6-4, 7-5.
Luc Koenig & Andreas Scott were defeated by Anis Ghorbel & Aziz Ouakaa in the quarter-final in Monastir4-6, 6-3, 10-6.
James MacKinley & Marcus Willis were defeated by Joris De Loore & Yannick Mertens in the final in Bagneres-De-Bigorre 7-6(3), 6-7(6), 10-6.
Georgina Hayes with Pauline Dore were defeated by Jade Borney & Flavie Brugnon in the first round in Saint-Palais-Sur-Mer 2-6, 6-2, 10-1.
Isabella Gibson with Anna Schubries were defeated by Julia Riera & Daniela Seguel in the first round in Marbella 6-0, 6-0.
Iman Khan with Elizaveta Morozova were defeated by Lucia Cortez Llorca & Joelle Lilly Sophie Steur in the first round in Marbella 6-0, 6-3.
Next Week Brits play in Glasgow, Rennes, Istanbul, Cary, Portugal, France, Spain, Mexico, Chennai, Portoroz, Tunisia & Morocco.
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