Week 24 - Challenger (€35,000 +H): Blois, France (red clay) - doubles

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Week 24 - Challenger (€35,000 +H): Blois, France (red clay) - doubles

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

R1: Adham El-Effendi (USA) & Darren Walsh CR 1061 (749+312) defeated Federico Coria & Roberto Ortega (ARG/ESP) CR 921 (653+268) by 2-6 7-5 [10-6] biggrin

They'll have to be on their mettle in the quarter-final:

QF: Adham El-Effendi (USA) & Darren Walsh CR 1061 (749+312) vs (3) Jordan Kerr & Fabrice Martin (AUS/FRA) CR 371 (198+173)

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And they were on their mettle:

QF: Adham El-Effendi (USA) & Darren Walsh CR 1061 (749+312) defeated(3) Jordan Kerr & Fabrice Martin (AUS/FRA) CR 371 (198+173) by 5-7 7-6(2) [10-5] biggrin

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SF: Adham El-Effendi (USA) & Darren Walsh CR 1061 (749+312) vs Tristan Lamasine & Laurent Lokoli (FRA/FRA) CR 1403 (664+739)

On the face of it, a good chance of a place in the final, but the French pair earlier saw off the second seeds, Gonzales & Maytin (CR 352), in their QF...

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SF: Tristan Lamasine & Laurent Lokoli (FRA/FRA) CR 1403 (664+739) defeated Adham El-Effendi (USA) & Darren Walsh CR 1061 (749+312) by 7-5 7-6(3) bleh