European ATP clay season 2018

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Re: European ATP clay season 2018

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Top seeds Purav and Fabrice Martin lost in straight sets 6-7, 5-7 in their first round doubles match in Ain ex Provence (France) against the pair of Joe Salisbury and Jonathan Eysseric.
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Re: European ATP clay season 2018

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Disappointing loss of Rohan-Edouard after winning the first set against Klaasen-Venus.

At €7.1M Mutua Madrid Masters 2018, Spain

[R2] (8) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) l Raven Klaasen (RSA)/ Michael Venus (NZL) 64 67(4) 5-10
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Rohan-Edouard has received bye in the first round and they r in the bottom draw.

At €5.44M Rome Masters 2018, Italy

[R1] (7) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) bye
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Re: European ATP clay season 2018

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I don't understand why they have byes. You have a whole group of players slogging away week on week to get into these tournaments and then players get a bye. Why not increase the draw rather than make a mockery of a leading tournament?
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The ATP wants to kill doubles. They don't want to encourage others to become doubles specialists, it's as simple as that.
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This week, Purav-Fabrice r the 2nd seed and facing Chilean-American pair in the first round.

At $125K+H Bordeaux Challenger 2018, France

[R1] (2) Fabrice Martin (FRA)/ Puraj Raja (IND) vs Hans Podlipnik-Castillo (CHI)/ Jackson Withrow (USA)
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Jeevan is in Europe and playing in Germany with Weissborn ... They r having a tricky match against Brown-King.

At $100K+H Heilbronn Challenger 2018, Germany

[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Tristan-Samuel Weissborn (AUT) vs Dustin Brown (GER)/ Darian King (BAR
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Purav-Fabrice started with a comfortable win ... Next, they r facing Argentine pair, Duran and Gonzalez are former top-50 doubles players.

At $125K+H Bordeaux Challenger 2018, France

[R1] (2) Fabrice Martin (FRA)/ Puraj Raja (IND) bt Hans Podlipnik-Castillo (CHI)/ Jackson Withrow (USA) 75 60

[QF] (2) Fabrice Martin (FRA)/ Puraj Raja (IND) vs Guillermo Duran (ARG)/ Maximo Gonzalez (ARG)
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At $100K+H Heilbronn Challenger 2018, Germany

[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Tristan-Samuel Weissborn (AUT) 6-3 6-4 Dustin Brown (GER)/ Darian King (BAR)

Great win for JN and partner on red clay.

Up next, they play Sander Gille/ Joran Vilegen in QF that upset 2nd seeded Skupski brothers in R1.

[QF] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Tristan-Samuel Weissborn (AUT) vs. Sander Gille (BEL) / Joran Villegen (BEL) :goodluck:
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Purav-Fabrice r struggling on the clay ... They lost against Argentine pair in straight sets.

At $125K+H Bordeaux Challenger 2018, France

[QF] (2) Fabrice Martin (FRA)/ Puraj Raja (IND) l Guillermo Duran (ARG)/ Maximo Gonzalez (ARG) 36 57
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Jeevan-Weissborn failed to keep momentum after winning the first set as Belgian pair controlled the match after that.

At $100K+H Heilbronn Challenger 2018, Germany

[QF] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Tristan-Samuel Weissborn (AUT) l Sander Gille (BEL)/ Joran Vliegen (BEL) 63 36 4-10
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Another early loss for Rohan-Edouard, this time against Granollers-Cuevas.

At €5.44M Rome Masters 2018, Italy

[R2] (7) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) l Pablo Cuevas (URU)/ Marcel Granollers (ESP) 67(5) 46
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Re: European ATP clay season 2018

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This week, Rohan, Divij and Purav r playing at Lyon with their respective partners ... Divij is playing with Spaniard Garcia-Lopez, but having a tough first round against experienced veterans current top-10 player Jean-Julien Rojer and his partner Aisam ... Purav-Fabrice r playing against American-Chilean combination, Withrow and Podlipnik-Castillo ... Rohan and Edouard r the 2nd seed and they r facing French pair.

At €501K Lyon Open 2018, France

[R1] Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs (1) Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK)/ Jean-Julien Rojer (NED)
[R1] Fabrice Martin (FRA)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs Hans Podlipnik-Castillo (CHI)/ Jackson Withrow (USA)
[R1] (2) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) vs (WC) Gregoire Barrere (FRA)/ Tristan Lamasine (FRA)
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Re: European ATP clay season 2018

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Tough match for Divij but Aisam/JJ Rojer aren't regular partners and perhaps could be beatable. :goodluck:
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Re: European ATP clay season 2018

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That match is currently on and Divij-Garcia Lopez have won the first set 6-4.
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