By Glenys Furness
- Luke Johnson claimed the doubles title in Spain
- Joe Salisbury & Neal Skupski runners up
- Neither pair were seeded
BARCELONA, SPAIN – Luke Johnson with Sander Arends entered the ATP 500 event and were unseeded. The Brit/Dutch pair lifted the title, defeating fellow Brits in the final.
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Luke Johnson with Sander Arends entered the ATP 500 and were unseeded. In the first round they were against fourth seeds Maximo Gonzalez & Andres Molteni. The Argentines stayed with the Brit/Dutchman at the start of the first set, before the non seeded pair broke serve and took the lead. The second set was more of the same. The Brit/Dutchman broke serve again and moved into the next round in straight sets 6-3, 6-3.
The quarter-final saw Johnson & Arends against Ariel Behar & Joran Vliegen. The Brit/Dutchman secured the vital break of serve in the first set, as Behar & Vliegen tried to stay with them. Johnson & Arends took the lead. The second set saw the Brit/Dutchman dominate and move into the next round in straight sets 6-3, 6-2.
In the semi-final the Brit/Dutchman were against wildcard pair Pedro Martinez & Jaume Munar. The Spaniards obviously had the crowd behind them at the start of the match. Martinez & Munar stayed with Johnson & Arends at the start, before the Brit/Dutchman broke serve and took the lead. the second set was all one way traffic, as Johnson & Arends dominated and moved into the next round 6-3, 6-1.
The final saw Johnson & Arends against Joe Salisbury & Neal Skupski. Having beaten the second seeds in straight sets at the quarter-final stage, the Brits had to battle through to make the final. The first set saw the Brit/Dutchman break serve and take the lead. However, in the second set Salisbury & Skupski fought back. The Brits forced a tiebreak, which they went on to dominate and level up the match. The ensuing match tiebreak saw the Brit/Dutchman race out to a 4-1 lead. However, Salisbury & Skupski pulled back to within 3 points. Johnson & Arends secured the match point and lifted the title 6-3, 6-7(1), 10-6.
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Doubles Round Up
Julian Cash & Lloyd Glasspool were defeated by Hugo Nys & John Peers in the first round in Barcelona 7-5, 6-4.
Jamie Murray with Rajeev Ram were defeated by Rohan Bopanna & Ben Shelton in the first round in Munich 6-4, 6-3.
Eden Silva with Kimberley Zimmermann were defeated by Bernarda Pera & Elena-Gabriela Ruse in the first round in Rouen 6-2, 6-4.
Emily Appleton with Qianhui Tang were defeated by Quinn Gleason & Magali Kempen in the first round in Rouen 5-7, 6-1, 10-7.
Maia Lumsden with Nao Hibino were defeated by Nuria Brancaccio & Camilla Rosatello in the first round in Rouen 6-3, 2-6, 15-13.
Joshua Paris with Daniel Cukierman were defeated by Ji Sung Nam & Kaito Uesugi in the first round in Busan 7-6(2), 6-4.
Tom Hands with Anthony Genov were defeated by Clement Chidekh & Jody Maginley in the semi-final in Abidjan 7-6(5), 6-7(4), 12-10.
Mark Whitehouse with Tristan McCormick were defeated by Aidan Mayo & Kiranpal Pannu in the first round in San Luis Potosi 7-5, 7-6(4).
Marcus Willis with Ivan Liutarevich defeated Trey Hilderbrand & Alfredo Perez in the final in San Luis Potosi 6-3, 6-4.
David Stevenson with Johannes Ingildsen were defeated by Liam Draxl & Cleeve Harper in the semi-final in Tallahassee 6-3, 3-6, 12-10.
Alicia Barnett with Elixane Lechemia were defeated by Anastasia Detiuc & Patricia Maria Tig in the first round in Oeiras 6-4, 0-6, 10-6.
Holly Hutchinson & Katie Swan were defeated by Aliona Falei & Polina Iatcenko in the first round in Sharm-El-Sheikh 6-2, 6-2.
Ranah Stoiber with Kamilla Bartone were defeated by Aliona Falei & Polina Iatcenko in the semi-final in Sharm-El-Sheikh 7-6(6), 6-3.
Victoria Allen & Amelia Rajecki were defeated by Katarina Kuzmova & Mariia Tkacheva in the semi-final in the Sharm-El-Sheikh 6-2, 6-1.
Hamish Stewart with David Poljak were defeated by Ryan Peniston & Yaroslav Demin in the final in Sharm-El-Sheikh 6-2, 3-6, 11-9.
Joe Cooper with Alex Martinez were defeated by Jiri Barnat & Filip Duda in the first round in Santa Margherita Di Pula 7-6(1), 6-2.
Soumeya Anane with Vlada Ekshibarova were defeated by Ella McDonald & Laura Hietranta in the quarter-final in Santa Margherita Di Pula 7-5, 7-5.
Jay Clarke with Daniil Golubev were defeated by Mario Mansilla Diez & Bruno Pujol Navarro in the semi-final in Santa Margherita Di Pula 6-3, 6-2.
Ella McDonald with Laura Hietranta defeated Anastasia Bertacchi & Viola Turini in the final in Santa Margherita Di Pula 6-2, 6-3.
Esther Adeshina with Abigail Rencheli were defeated by Vilma Krebs Hyllested & Johanne Svendsen in the first round in Monastir 6-4, 7-6(7).
Georgina Hays with Elissa Vanlangendonck were defeated by Zeel Desai & Anastasiia Gureva in the semi-final in Monastir 6-0, 7-5.
Madeline Brooks with Alina Charaeva were defeated by Marina Bassols Ribera & Andrea Lazaro Garcia in the semi-final in Madrid 7-5, 6-3.
Freya Christie with Petra Hule were defeated by Riya Bhatia & Sada Nahimana in the semi-final in Calvi 7-6(9), 6-4.
Tara Moore with Makenna Jones were defeated by Irina Bara & Elvina Kalieva in the first round in Zephyrhills4-6, 6-3, 10-6.
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