By Glenys Furness
- Joe Salisbury & Neal Skupski made the semi-final
- Henry Patten also made the semi-final
ROME, ITALY – Joe Salisbury & Neal Skupski entered the ATP 1000 Rome masters and were unseeded. The Brits made the semi-final.
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Joe Salisbury & Neal Skupski entered the Rome Masters and were unseeded. The Brits have had an up and down season so far as a new partnership. In the first round the Brits were against American pair Nathaniel Lammons & Jackson Withrow. The Brits dominated the first set as the Americans struggled to find their game. The second set was much closer. It looked to be heading to a tie break, however, the Brits managed to break serve right at the end and take the match 6-2, 7-5.
The second round saw the Brits against Rohan Bopanna & Adam Pavlasek. The Indian/Czech pair had taken out the sixth seeds in the first round, so were not to be taken lightly. Salisbury & Skupski broke early in the first set and took the lead. The second set was more of the same, as the Brits once again secured the early break and moved into the next round in straight sets 6-3, 6-3.
In the quarter-final the Brits were against the fourth seeds Marcel Granollers & Horacio Zeballos. Salisbury & Skupski eased through the first set, breaking early to take the lead. The second set saw the seeds struggle, as the Brits dominated and took the match in straight sets 6-3, 6-2.
The semi-final saw the Brits against top seeds Marcelo Arevalo-Gonzalez & Mate Pavic. The first set was very close. Salisbury & Skupski forced a tiebreak. In the breaker the seeds dominated and took the lead. The second set saw the top seeds work out the Brits and again dominate. No matter what the Brits tried the seeds were equal to it. Arevalo-Gonzalez & Pavic took the match 7-6(2), 6-1.
Doubles Round Up
Julian Cash with Lucas Medler were defeated by Marcelo Arevalo-Gonzalez & Mate Pavic in the first round in Rome 6-1, 6-4.
Jamie Murray with Rajeev Ram were defeated by Guido Andreozzi & Theo Arribage in the first round in Rome 1-6, 6-4, 10-5.
Olivia Nicholls with Tereza Mihalikova were defeated by Su-Wei Hsieh & Jelena Ostapenko in the first round in Rome 6-1, 6-2.
Luke Johnson with Sander Arends were defeated by Marcel Granollers & Horacio Zeballos in the second round in Rome 6-4, 3-6, 10-4.
Henry Patten with Harri Heliovaara were defeated by Sadio Doumbia & Fabien Reboul in the semi-final in Rome 7-6(5), 6-4.
Oliva Nicholls with Tereza Mihalikova were defeated by Irina Khromacheva & Fanny Stollar in the final in Paris 4-6, 7-6(5), 10-5.
Jamie Murray with Rajeev Ram were defeated by Fernando Romboli & John-Patrick Smith in the first round in Turin 7-6(4), 4-6, 14-12.
Stuart Parker & Ryan Peniston were defeated by Masamichi Imamura & Naoki Tajima in the quarter-final in Tbilisi 7-6(3), 3-0 (RET).
Liam Hignett & James MacKinley were defeated by Svyatoslav Gulin & Leonid Sheyngezikht in the first round in Vic 6-4, 2-6, 10-8.
Blu Baker with Jody Maginley were defeated by Lucca C Pignaton & Marko Mesarovic in the quarter-final in Pensacola 0-0 (RET).
Felix Mischker with Kristjan Tamm were defeated by Ryuki Matsuda & Dimitris Sakellaridis in the first round in Heraklion 6-4, 7-6(4).
Adam Jones with Leonardo Rossi were defeated by Rafael Izquierdo Luque & Ivan Marrero Curbelo in the first round in Heraklion 6-3, 6-4.
Joe Tyler with Niklas Schell were defeated by Ethan Cook & Diogo Marques in the first round in Heraklion 2-6, 6-2, 11-9.
Danny Flynn with Dominique Graf were defeated by Christos Antonopoulos & Melios Efstathiou in the first round in Heraklion 6-4, 6-4.
Matthew Summers with Vladyslav Orlov were defeated by Stefan Cooper & Matthew Howse in the quarter-final in Heraklion 0-0 (RET).
Stefan Cooper & Matthew Howse were defeated by Ryuki Matsuda & Dimitris Sakellardis in the final in Heraklion 6-2, 7-5.
James Davis & Ben Jones were defeated by Photos Photiades & Lasse Poertner in the first round in Monastir 6-2, 5-7, 10-6.
Ewen Lumsden with Constantin Bittoun Kouzmine were defeated by Alp Horoz & Nazim Makhlouf in the first round in Monastir 7-6(6), 4-6, 10-7.
Millen Hurrion with Enzo Wallert were defeated by Gilbert Klier Junior & Igor Marcondes in the quarter-final in Monastir 6-3, 7-6(4).
Freddie Ridout & Robbie Ridout were defeated by Alp Horoz & Nazim Makhlouf in the quarter-final in Monastir 4-6, 6-4, 10-7.
Jodie Burrage with Astra Sharma were defeated by Elena Pridankina & Valeriya Strakhova in the first round in Trnava 7-6(0), 3-6, 10-8.
Freya Christie & Yuriko Miyazaki were defeated by Aneta Kucmova & Nina Vargova in the first round in Trnava 1-6, 7-6(1), 10-8.
Tara Moore with Alexandra Osborne were defeated by Isabella Barrera Aguirre & Maddy Zampardo in the quarter-final in Bethany Beach 1-6, 7-5, 11-9.
Georgina Hays with Marcella Cruz were defeated by Ranah Stoiber & Joy De Zeeuw in the semi-final in Monzon 7-6(5), 6-4.
Ranah Stoiber with Joy De Zeeuw were defeated by Maria Martinez Vaquero & Alba Rey Garcia in the final in Monzon 6-4, 6-2.
Next week Brits play in Geneva, French Open qualifying, Skopje, Tbilisi, Italy, USA, Croatia, Greece, Tunisia, Serbia, Dominican Republic & Spain.
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