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JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Week 7 - ATP 500 - Doha, Qatar (outdoor hard)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
SF: (1) Julian Cash & Lloyd Glasspool CR 8 (5+3) defeated (Q) Quentin Halys & Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA/FRA) CR 186 (106+80) by 2 & 3

SF: (3) Harri Heliövaara (FIN) & Henry Patten CR 18 (9+9) defeated Simone Bolelli & Andrea Vavassori (ITA/ITA) CR 37 (18+19) by 5 & 4

So, a 75% English final:

Final: (1) Julian Cash & Lloyd Glasspool CR 8 (5+3) vs (3) Harri Heliövaara (FIN) & Henry Patten CR 18 (9+9)

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Julian and Lloyd have lost just 17 games in 6 sets so far, for top class doubles, that is emphatic. H and H have lost 29 games, so a lot closer but both pairs have not lost a set so far.

Be interesting to see who can win the final - both pairs seem to be in form, J and L maybe slightly better. Harri in his blog says the courts here are v slow, they have a rougher abrasive coating that is causing the ball to hold up - Harri says he prefers it to the faster courts, it sets his groundies up and he feels his passing shots are working well.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
L32: (6) Jakub Mensik (CZE) WR 16 defeated (Q) Jan Choinski WR 124 by 6-7(6) 6-2 6-4
A creditable effort!

And Mensik also beat Sinner today, again in 3 sets. Time for Jan C and Sinner to play each other, it should be evenly matched!

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Henry & Harri s!

Final: (3) Harri Heliövaara (FIN) & Henry Patten CR 18 (9+9) defeated (1) Julian Cash & Lloyd Glasspool CR 8 (5+3) by 3 & 3 smile cry

indiana · Tennis legend

Yay, the result I wanted, and the guys retain their title biggrin

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
Yay, the result I wanted, and the guys retain their title

Me also! Nice one H and H!

They move up to equal 8th in the live rankings, leaping over Joe Salisbury who, of course, isnt playing currently.

They also move into 5th in the Race, meaning Neal +, Henry + and Luke + are in the current top 8 at this early stage, with J and L now in 12th.

jb288 · Satellite level

Always team Cashpool for me but they had a bit of a nightmare today, Lloyd in particular. Ah well.

ETA - I think Cashpool were way too reliant on lobs today. They've obviously identified it as something that works, but they overused it. Julian has a great forehand and Lloyd a great backhand so it would be good to lean on those a bit more I think.

-- Edited by jb288 on Friday 20th of February 2026 04:06:25 PM

indiana · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
Yay, the result I wanted, and the guys retain their title

Sorry, was hmm just testing re last year.

Julian & Lloyd won that final against Joe & Neal, with Harri & Henry semi finalists.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
indiana wrote:
Yay, the result I wanted, and the guys retain their title
Sorry, was hmm just testing re last year.
Julian & Lloyd won that final against Joe & Neal, with Harri & Henry semi finalists.

Either way. It seem the British have a dominance on this event!