By Glenys Furness

  • Hugo Coquelin claims the ITF Doubles title in Tunisia
  • Brit and Italian Partner were unseeded
  • Henry Jefferson claimed doubles title in Turkey

MONASTIR, TUNISIA – Hugo Coquelin entered the ITF event and in the doubles was unseeded. The Brit and Italian Gabriele Vulpitta claimed the title, defeating the third seeds.

 

 

Hugo Coquelin teamed up with Gabriele Vulpitta and were unseeded in Monastir. In the first round they were against Joao Dinis Silver & Nicolas Tepmahc. The Portuguese/Frenche pair were broken early by Coquelin & Vulpitta in the first set who took the lead. The second set was a little closer as Dinis Silver & Tepmahc tried to mount a come back. However, Coquelin & Vulpitta secured the vital break and moved into the next round 6-3, 7-5.

The quarter-final saw the Brit/Italian against against the top seeds Matthew Rankin & Ryuki Matsuda. The Brit/Japanese pair were broken early by Coquelin & Vulpitta in the first set who took the lead. The second set was closer as Rankin & Matsuda tried to mount a come back. The set looked to be heading to a tiebreak. However the Brit/Italian pair broke right at the end and moved into the next round 6-3, 7-5.

In the semi-final Coquelin & Vulpitta were against Amine Jamji & Nicolas Robert. Coquelin & Vulpitta broke serve in the first set and took the lead. The second set saw the Brit/Italian dominate Jamji & Robert who struggled to get back into the match. The Brit/Italian progressed in straight sets 6-4, 6-2.

The final saw the Brit/Italian against third seeds Valentin De Carvalho & Mathieu Scaglia. The Frenchmen stayed close to Coquelin & Vulpitta in the first set, before the Brit/Italian secured the vital break of serve to move ahead. The second set was even closer. It looked like the seeds were going to force a tiebreak. However, Coquelin & Vulpitta broke just at the right point and lifted the title in straight sets 6-4, 7-5.

 

 

Doubles Round Up

William McLennaghan & Freddie Ridout were defeated by Matthew Rankin & Ryuki Matsuda in the first round in Monastir 5-7, 6-3, 10-7.

Francesco Abbadessa with Yacoub Makzoume were defeated by Nazim Makhlouf & Rocco Valente in the first round in Monastir 6-0, 6-1.

Georgiana Mititelu with Lourdes Ayala were defeated by Romy De Baene & Gaia Mais in the first round in Monastir 6-2, 6-1.

Dan Evans & Henry Searle were defeated by Pranav Kumar & Karl Polin in the quarter-final in Little Rock 6-4, 3-6, 10-6.

Johannus Monday with Luis David Martinez were defeated by Jody Maginley & Braden Shick  in the quarter-final in Little Rock o-o (RET).

Liam Broady & Mark Whitehouse were defeated by Alexandru Jecan & Bogdan Pavel in the quarter-final in Chisinau 3-6, 6-3, 11-9.

Finn Bass & Jay Clarke were defeated by Skander Mansouri & Maximilian Neuchrist in the first round in Kosice 5-7, 6-4, 10-5.

Tom Hands with Filip Peliwo were defeated by Philip Henning & Courtney Lock in the first round in Centurion 6-3, 6-1.

Millen Hurrion & Giles Hussey were defeated by Constantin Bittoun Kouzmine & Robert Strombachs in the quarter-final in Centurion 0-6, 6-4, 10-7.

Thomas Linley with Zen David Uehling were defeated by Carl Overbeck & Olle Wallin in the first round in Bol 6-1, 6-2.

Isabelle Cherny with Mariya Yemshanova were defeated by Eva Bennemann & Enola Chiesa in the first round in Bol 6-2, 6-3.

Carl Holder with Daniel Blazka were defeated by Henry Jefferson & Pablo Perez Ramos in the first round in Kayseri 7-6(1), 3-6, 10-5.

Stefan Cooper with Romain Faucon were defeated by Jeffrey Fradkin & Maxwell McKennon in the semi-final in Kayseri 4-6, 6-3, 11-9.

Henry Jefferson with Pablo Perez Ramos defeated Jeffrey Fradkin & Maxwell McKennon in the final in Kayseri 6-3, 6-4.

Harry Jordan with Dominic Mugenis-Mendonca were defeated by Matic Hrbar & Rok Jarc in the first round in Kranjska Gora 6-0, 6-0.

Allegra Korpanec Davies with Giulia Popa were defeated by Ana Gobbi Monllau & Mariana Higuita Barraza in the semi-final in Szentendre 6-1, 6-2.

.Next Week Brits play in Paris (French Open), Birmingham, Perugia, Heilbronn, Tyler, Centurion, Italy, Turkey, Tunisia, USA, Slovenia, Foggia, Portugal, Croatia, Bosnia & Romania.