By Glenys Furness
- Jamie Murray made the semi-final in Madrid
- Brit was eleventh seed
MADRID, SPAIN – Jamie Murray entered the ATP 1000 Masters event in Madrid and was eleventh seed. The Brit and his Kiwi partner Michael Venus made the semi-final.
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Jamie Murray with Michael Venus entered the ATP 1000 Masters in Madrid and were the eleventh seeds. In the first round the Brit/Kiwi were against Alexander Bublik & Denis Shapovalov. The Kazakh/Canadian pair stayed with the seeds at the start of the first set, before Murray & Venus broke serve to take the lead. The second set was easier for the seeds as they dominated and moved into the next round in straight sets 6-3, 6-2.
The second round saw Murray & Venus against Benjamin Hassan & Abdullah Shelbayh. The German/Jordanian pair stayed with the seeds at first. Eventually, the Brit/Kiwi broke serve and took the lead. The second set proved to be much closer, as both pairs couldn’t get the vital break. In the ensuing tiebreak, Murray & Venus edged ahead and took the win in straight sets 6-3, 7-6(4).
In the quarter-final the Brit/Kiwi were against the sixteenth seeds Sadio Doumbia & Fabien Reboul. The French pair got off to the best start. Doumbia & Reboul dominated the first set, as Murray & Venus were unable to get on the board. The second set saw the eleventh seeds re-group and break the French pair to level up the match. The final set was a match tiebreak, which the Brit/Kiwi dominated and moved into the next round 0-6, 6-4, 10-2.
The semi-final saw Murray & Venus against Sebastian Korda & Jordan Thompson. The American/Australian pair found the seeds too good in the first set, as the Brit/Kiwi broke serve and took the lead. The second set saw the unseeded pair re-group and break serve to level up the match. The match tiebreak was very close, however, it was Korda & Thompson that edged through and into the final 3-6, 6-3, 10-8.
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Doubles Round Up
Lloyd Glasspool with Jean-Julien Rojer were defeated by Hugo Nys & Jan Zielinski in the second round in Madrid 6-3, 7-6(4).
Joe Salisbury & Neal Skupski were defeated by Ariel Behar & Adam Pavlasek in the second round in Madrid 6-4, 3-6, 12-10.
Heather Watson with Yifan Xu were defeated by Hsieh Su-Wei & Elise Mertens in the second round in Madrid 6-2, 6-4.
Katie Boulter with Marketa Vondrousova were defeated by Lyudmyla Kichenok & Jelena Ostapenko in the second round in Madrid 6-3, 7-6(6).
Henry Patten with Harri Heliovaara were defeated by Luke Johnson & Skander Mansouri in the quarter-final in Aix-en-Provence 6-7(3), 6-3, 10-8.
Luke Johnson with Skander Mansouri defeated Diego Hidalgo & Cristian Rodriguez in the final in Aix-en-Provence 6-3, 6-3.
Daniel Vishnick with Ren Nakamura were defeated by Ty Gentry & Daniel Moreno in the first round in Xalapa 6-4, 6-2.
Aidan McHugh with Andre Ilagan were defeated by Jody Maginley & Evan Zhu in the semi-final in Xalapa 0-0 (RET).
Jay Clarke with Damien Wenger were defeated by Gianluca Carlini & Lorenzo Ferri in the first round in Santa Margherita Di Pula 7-6(5), 6-3.
Tara Moore & Annali Olivelle were defeated by Andrea Gamiz & Eva Vedder in the quarter-final in Santa Margherita Di Pula 6-0, 6-1.
Stuart Parker with Max Wiskandt were defeated by Zachary Fuchs & Wally Thayne in the semi-final in Monastir 6-1, 6-2.
Andreas Scott with Patrick Kotan were defeated by Ben Jones & Strong Kirchheimer in the quarter-final in Orange Park 0-0 (RET).
Ben Jones with Strong Kirchheimer were defeated by Sekou Bangoura & Boris Kozlov in the semi-final in Orange Park 5-7, 7-6(2), 10-4.
Emily Appleton with Quinn Gleason were defeated by Fanni Stoller & Lulu Sun in the quarter-final in Bonita Springs 7-5, 6-1.
Bronte Murgett with Lilian Poling were defeated by Alexandra Bozovic & Kayla Cross in the first round in Boca Raton 6-1, 6-1.
Sarah Beth Grey with Rutuja Bhosale were defeated by Madeleine Brooks & Eudice Chong in the quarter-final in Gifu 2-6, 6-1, 10-7.
Madeleine Brooks with Eudice Chong were defeated by Liang En-Shou & Tang Qian-Hui in the semi-final in Gifu 2-6, 6-4, 10-7.
Charles Dossetter with Harrison Adams were defeated by Joaquim Almeida & Vitor Leal in the first round in Anapoima 6-1, 6-4.
Felix Mischker with Michael Agwi defeated Simon Beaupain & Matej Vocel in the final in Antalya 7-5, 6-7(4), 10-5.
Samantha Murray Sharan with Laura Pigossi defeated Himeno Sakatsume & Anita Wagner in the final in Wiesbaden 7-5, 6-2.
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