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Tennis | Doubles Round Up | Murray makes semi-final in ATP 500 Dallas

Glenys Furness
Tennis

By Glenys Furness

  • Jamie Murray and John Peers made semi-final
  • Brit/Australian pair were third seeds
DALLAS, TEXAS, USA – Jamie Murray and John Peers entered the ATP 500 event and were the third seeds. The Brit/Australian made the semi-final.

 

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Jamie Murray & John Peers entered the ATP 500 event and were the third seeds. In the first round the Brit/Australian drew wild card pair Mitchell Krueger & Ethan Quinn. The Americans found the seeds too strong in the first set, as Murray & Peers dominated and took the lead. The second set saw the Americans play better and stay with the seeds. Eventually, though, Murray & Peers broke serve and moved into the next round in straight sets 6-2, 6-4.

The quarter-final saw the third seeds against Luke Johnson & Sander Arends. The Brit/Dutch pair got off to the better star, breaking the serve of the seeds to take the lead. Murray & Peers re-grouped in the second set. Playing better the seeds stayed with Johnson & Arends and forced a tiebreak. In the breaker, the seeds edged through and levelled up the match. The final set was a match tiebreak. This saw Murray & Peers break serve and hold on to book a spot in the next round 4-6, 7-6(9), 10-6.

In the semi-final the third seeds were against qualifiers Christian Harrison & Evan King. The Americans had already defeated the second seeds en route and were looking for another scalp. Harrison & King started well and broke the seeds to take the lead. The second set went even better for the qualifiers. Dominating the set the Americans barely put a foot wrong and moved into the final 6-4, 6-2.

 

 

Doubles Round Up

Joe Salisbury & Neal Skupski were defeated by Christian Harrison & Evan King in the first round in Dallas 6-4, 6-4.

Julian Cash & Lloyd Glasspool were defeated by Simone Bolelli & Andrea Vavassori in the semi-final in Rotterdam 7-6(1), 7-6(3).

Billy Harris with Michael Geerts were defeated by Egor Agafonov & Evgeni Tiurnev in the first round in Chennai 7-6(8), 4-6, 10-5.

Charles Broom with Anirudh Chandrasekar were defeated by Mark Whitehouse & Jesse Delaney in the first round in Brisbane 6-4, 6-7(5), 10-7.

Mark Whitehouse with Jesse Delaney were defeated by Matt Hulme & James Watt in the quarter-final in Brisbane 7-6(9), 6-3.

Mingge Xu with Yao Xinxin were defeated by Gabriella Da Silva Fick & Leonie Kung in the quarter-final in Brisbane 6-3, 6-4.

Jan Choinski with Lukas Neumayer were defeated by Andres Andrade & Abdullah Shelbayh in the first round in Tenerife 3-6, 6-1, 10-5.

Scott Duncan with Alexandru Jecan were defeated by Nicolas Alvarez Varona & Inaki Montes-De La Torre in the semi-final in Tenerife 4-6, 6-4, 10-6.

Oliver Okonkwo with Lucas Horve were defeated by Marcelo Rodriguez Mojica & Junior Tavarez in the quarter-final in Sunrise 3-6, 6-3, 10-8.

Aidan McHugh with Charles Barry were defeated by Pranav Kumar & Noah Schachter in the final in Huamantla 6-3, 7-6(2).

Jeremy Gschwendtner with Matyas Cerny were defeated by Max Alcala Gurri & Leonid Sheyngezikht in the first round in Valencia 6-3, 6-4.

Heather Watson with Luisa Stefani were defeated by Zhang Shuai & Kristina Mladenovic in the quarter-final in Abu Dhabi 5-7, 6-2, 10-3.

Olivia Nicholls with Olivia Gadecki were defeated by Zhang Shuai & Kristina Mladenovic in the semi-final in Abu Dhabi 6-1, 6-4.

Maia Lumsden with Simona Waltert were defeated by Jessie Aney & Jessica Failla in the first round in Mumbai 0-0 (RET).

Alicia Barnett with Rutuja Bhosale were defeated by Elena Pridankina & Amina Anshba in the quarter-final in Mumbai 6-4, 6-3.

Eden Silva with Anastasia Tikhonova were defeated by Prarthana Thombare & Arianne Hartono in the semi-final in Mumbai 2-6, 6-4, 10-2.

Madeleine Brooks with Isabelle Haverlag were defeated by Katarzyna Piter & Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the quarter-final in Cluj-Napoca 6-3, 6-2.

Emily Appleton with Tang Qianhui were defeated by Magali Kempen & Anna Siskova in the semi-final in Cluj-Napoca 6-2, 1-6, 10-6.

Freya Christie with Feng Shuo were defeated by Amandine Hesse & Raluca Serban in the first round in Leszno 3-6, 7-6(6), 10-3.

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