By Glenys Furness
- Joe Salisbury & Neal Skupski made semi-final in Hamburg
- Henry Patten also made the semi-final
HAMBURG, GERMANY – Joe Salisbury & Neal Skupski made the semi-final of the ATP 500 event. The Brits were unseeded and were defeated by third seeds. Henry Patten was top seed.
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Joe Salisbury & Neal Skupski were unseeded. The Brits were against Hugo Nys & Manuel Guinard. The Polish/French pair found the Brits too good in the first set as Salisbury & Skupski broke early and took the lead. The second set was a little closer. Nys & Guinard stayed close, however the Brits eventually broke serve and moved into the next round in straight sets 6-3, 6-4.
In the quarter-final the Brits were against second seeds Tim Putz & Kevin Krawietz. The Germans withdrew before taking to the court, handing the win to Salisbury & Skupski without the Brits having to hit a ball in anger. It would not be the way the Brits wanted to make the next round, but they progressed 0-0 (RET).
The semi-final saw Salisbury & Skupski against the third seeds Andrea Vavassori & Simone Bolelli. The Italians broke early in the first set and took the lead. The Brits had tried to fight back, but were just not able to get the break back. In the second set the seeds dominated and moved into the final 6-3, 6-1.
Doubles Round Up
Lloyd Glasspool & Julian Cash were defeated by Andrea Vavassori & Simone Bolelli in the first round in Hamburg 7-5, 6-2.
Jamie Murray with Rajeev Ram were defeated by Andrea Vavassori & Simone Bolelli in the quarter-final in Hamburg 6-2, 3-6, 10-5.
Luke Johnson with Sander Arends were defeated by Fernando Romboli & Andres Molteni in the quarter-final in Hamburg 6-2, 6-2.
Henry Patten with Harri Heliovaara were defeated by Fernando Romboli & Andres Molteni in the semi-final in Hamburg 1-6, 6-1, 12-10.
Harry Wendelken with Kelsey Stevenson were defeated by Fajing Sun & Lukas Pokorny in the first round in Tbilisi 6-4, 7-6(1).
Alastair Gray & Charles Broom were defeated by Naoki Tajima & Masamichi Imamura in the quarter-final in Tbilisi 7-6(2), 6-4.
Tom Hands & Mark Whitehouse were defeated by Ramkumar Ramanathan & Siddhant Banthia in the semi-final in Tbilisi 6-4, 6-2.
Toby Martin with Karl Poling were defeated by Dan Added & Nino Serdarusic in the first round in Bol 7-6(1), 6-2.
Stefan Cooper & Matthew Howse were defeated by Ryuki Matsuda & Dimitris Sakellaridis in the first round in Heraklion 7-6(4), 6-2.
Mason Dace & Younes Jenkins were defeated by Taym Al Azmeh & Aristotelis Thanos in the first round in Heraklion 6-1, 6-2.
Adam Jones & Joe Tyler were defeated by Ethan Cook & Diogo Marques in the semi-final in Heraklion 1-0 (RET).
Ewen Lumsden with Alex Knaff were defeated by Gilbert Kiler Junior & Igor Marcondes in the final in Monastir 0-0 (RET).
Emily Webley-Smith with Ekaterina Ovcharenko were defeated by Ayla Aksu & Anna Siskova in the first round in Kursumlijska Banja 6-1, 6-1.
Eden Silva with Anastasia Tikhonova were defeated by Freya Christie & Zhibek Kulambayeva in the semi-final in Kursumlijska Banja 6-2, 6-3.
Freya Christie with Zhibek Kulambayeva were defeated by Ayla Aksu & Anna Siskova in the final in Kursumlijska Banja 6-4, 6-2.
Tara Moore with Alexandra Osborne were defeated by Martina Okalova & Anita Sahdiieva in the quarter-final in Pelham 6-4, 7-5.
Madeleine Brooks with Petra Hule defeated Alicia Herrero Linana & Anna Rogers in the final in Pelham 6-1, 7-6(4).
Ava Williamson with Aliesia Reva were defeated by Martina Bovio & Magdalena Hedrzak in the first round in Estepona 0-0 (RET).
Freya Peet with Claudia Ferrer Perez were defeated by Esther Adeshina & Eliz Maloney in the first round in Estepona 7-6(4), 6-0.
Esther Adeshina & Eliz Maloney were defeated by Joy De Zeeuw & Viktoria Morvayova in the semi-final in Estepona 6-1, 6-3.
Next Week Brits play in French Open, Little Rock, Chisinau, France, Greece, Croatia, USA, Spain, Tunisia, Austria, Turkey, Italy & Dominican Republic.
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