L32: Colin Fleming WR 590 lost to (6) Ilya Belyaev (RUS) WR 397 by 6-7(*2) 7-6(5) 6-2 L32: Ken Skupski WR 618 lost to (SE) Patrick Telawetz (AUT) WR 1158 by 3-6 6-4 6-4
This is probably the strongest pair to have gone on an African safari in recent years (apart from Seator and Fitzy, obviously ), yet it's not generating many points.
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GB on a shirt, Davis Cup still gleaming, 79 years of hurt, never stopped us dreaming ... 29/11/2015 that dream came true!
* The third seeds had a much easier passage into the SF, beating the unranked pair from Burkina Fasso, Sansan Dabire & Zakaria Lonfo, 0 & 1! Hope Flemski aren't too exhausted after their little marathon!
They won 4 & 2 & play the second seeds, Pierre-Ludovic Duclos & Andreas Haider-Maurer (CAN/AUT) WR 725, in the final. The latter were given a rough ride by the unseeded pairing of Komlavi Loglo & Nathan Thompson (TOG/USA - WR 1054), but ran out the eventual winners by 4-6 6-3 [10-6]. The omens look quite good, but I'm still going to ...