favourite pairs win

Two number 1 seeded pairs lifted the trophy in the FIP RISE HOP London. In the men’s draw, the title went to Sweden’s Simon Vasquez and Daniel Windahl, who defeated the Portuguese brothers Nuno and Miguel Deus in three sets (7-6 2-6 6-3) in the final. Vasquez and Windahl were forced into the third set also in the first round by Andersson/Ask and defeated Javier Navarro Perez and Miguel Gonzalez in the semifinal with a double 7-6 7-6.

Dutchwomen Marcella Koek and Stephanie Weterings, on the other hand, won the women’s title at the National Tennis Centre in Roehampton without dropping a set: in the final, they beat 6-4 6-2 Candela Lucendo Millan and Aida Martinez Sanjuan.