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PARIS, FRANCE - JUNE 01: Jamie Murray of Great Britain, parter of Bruno Soares of Brazil plays a backhand in their mens doubles first round match against Luke Bambridge and Dominic Inglot of Great Britain during day three of the 2021 French Open at Roland Garros on June 01, 2021 in Paris, France. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)

Tennis | Doubles Round Up | Jamie Murray runner up in Western & Southern Open

Glenys Furness
Tennis

By Glenys Furness

  • Jamie Murray runner up in Cincinnati
  • Brit was unseeded and dropped one set en route to the final
CINCINNATI, USA – Jamie Murray with Michael Venus entered the ATP 1000 event and made the final. The Brit/Kiwi dropped only one set en route to the final.

 

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Jamie Murray & Michael Venus entered the Cincinnati main draw and were unseeded. The Brit/Kiwi drew Novak Djokovic & Nikola Cacic in the first round. The Serbians stayed close to Murray & Venus at the start of the first set, before the Brit/Kiwi broke serve and took the lead. The second set saw Murray & Venus dominate and break quickly to move into the next round 6-4, 6-2.

In the second round Murray & Venus were against the top seeds Neal Skupski & Wesley Koolhof. The Brit/Dutch pair stayed with the Brit/Kiwi and forced a tiebreak. In the breaker Murray & Venus eased through and took the lad. The second set saw the top seeds re-group and fight back. Another tiebreak followed and this time it was the top seeds that eased through to level up the match. In the ensuing match tiebreak Murray & Venus dominated and moved into the next round 7-6(3), 6-7(3), 10-1.

The quarter-final saw the Brit/Kiwi against Italian Wildcard pairing of Lorenzo Sonego & Lorenzo Musetti. The Italians stayed with Murray & Venus to force a tiebreak in the first set. In the breaker the Brit/Kiwi edged through and took the lead. The second set was more of the same, as Murray & Venus were held again to a tiebreak. Once again in the breaker the Brit/Kiwi edged through to book a spot in the next round 7-6(5), 7-6(7).

In the semi-final Murray & Venus were against sixth seed Edouard Roger-Vasselin & Santiago Gonzalez. Although seeded, it was the Brit/Kiwi that got the upper hand. Breaking the serve of the seeds Murray & Venus took the first set. The second was slightly closer, but the Brit/Kiwi were able to break serve again and move into the final 6-3, 6-4.

The final saw the Brit/Kiwi pair against Argentines Maximo Gonzalez & Andres Molteni. Murray & Venus started well, breaking the Argentines and taking the lead. The second set saw Gonzalez & Molteni dominate, breaking easily to level up the match. The ensuing match tiebreak was very close. Unfortunately, the Argentines edged through to lift the title 3-6, 6-1, 11-9.

 

 

Doubles Round Up

Lloyd Glasspool with Harri Heliovaara were defeated by Andrey Rublev & Max Purcell in the first round in Cincinnati 7-6(10), 7-5.

Dan Evans with Andreas Mies were defeated by Robin Haase & Karen Khachanov in the first round in Cincinnati 6-4, 1-6, 10-7.

Joe Salisbury with Rajeev Ram were defeated by Maximo Gonzalez & Andres Molteni in the second round in Cincinnati 7-6(4), 5-7, 10-7.

Ryan Peniston & Scott Duncan were defeated by Andrew Harris & Chris Harrison in the first round in Winnipeg 6-1, 3-6, 15-13.

Billy Harris with Kelsey Stevenson were defeated by Leandro Riedi & Gabriel Diallo in the quarter-final in Winnipeg 6-2, 6-4.

Mark Whitehouse & Charles Broom were defeated by Theo Arribage & Luca Sanchez in the quarter-final in Grodzisk Mazowiecki 4-6, 6-3, 10-8.

Luke Johnson with Skander Mansouri were defeated by Vijay Sundar Prashanth & Anirudh Chandrasekar in the semi-final in Grodzisk Mazowiecki 7-6, 6-2.

Nicolas Philibert with Imran Sibille were defeated by Garrett Johns & Kazuma Kawachi in the first round in Monastir 6-1, 6-2.

Aryana Bartlett & Katie Dyson were defeated by Ekaterina Shalimova & Radka Zelnickova in the quarter-final in Monastir 6-2, 6-3.

Emily Webley-Smith with Sofia Shapatava were defeated by Mana Kawamura & Manon Leonard in the first round in Erwitte 6-1, 6-4.

Emilie Lindh with Clara Vlasselaer were defeated by Alina Charaeva & Lina Glushko in the quarter-final in Ourense 6-4, 7-5.

Next Week Brits play in Flushing Meadows, Winston-Salem, Augsburg, Zhuhai, Portugal, Belgium, Tunisia, Cleveland, Chicago, Czech Republic, Spain, Poland & Azerbaijan.

 

 


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