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L64:  Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) WR 99 defeated (31) Cameron Norrie WR 39 by 6-3 6-7(2) 6-3  

Norrie looked to be struggling with something and Vukic was serving bombs

L32:  (2) Julian Cash & Lloyd Glasspool CR 7 (4+3) defeated Flavio Cobolli & Alejandro Davidovich (ITA/ESP) CR 607 (185+422) by 6-4 4-6 [15-13]

The specialist singles players probably thought they had a point to prove to the Wimbledon champions...  

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L16:  John Peers & Jan Zielinski (AUS/POL) CR 57 (25+32) vs (2) Julian Cash & Lloyd Glasspool CR 7 (4+3)

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L32:  (6) Joe Salisbury & Neal Skupski CR 30 (16+14) defeated Marcelo Melo & Alexander Zverev (BRA/GER) CR 395 (53+342) by 3 & 4

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L16:  Austin Krajicek & Horacio Zeballos (USA/ARG) CR 67 (59+8) vs (6) Joe Salisbury & Neal Skupski CR 30 (16+14)

Good to see all 3 pairs get through, werent easy opening matches for any of them

Fair point Indy. Talking of interesting, anyone else struggling to find this event interesting? I dont know if it is lack of the Brits doing well, or lack of some of the big names, but both mens and womens are struggling to capture my interest.

Im thinking its more that the 1000 concept is actually diminished by over supply and by the 10 day format. Scarcity is better, sometimes.

Im good with the Miami and IW events, would prefer them as one week though for each, but the gap for two big events fits well.

The 3 clay court Masters events is too many, on the mens side - I cant recall what women have, is it Dubai? But the three mens events has always felt too many for me. Personally, Ive never liked Madrid, Id get rid of that one and stick with MC and Rome as two one week events.

Canada and Cinci is too much in this slot, Ive always felt one should go - dont care at all for Cinci so Id stick with Canada and hope that if it was the only one, it would be more exciting too follow.

Shanghai and Paris suit me fine. Again, 7 days is all that is needed. Women have Wuhan thrown in there, which feels such an irrelevant event, personally Id can that for an event in Europe, but I guess that wont happen.

I guess what Im saying is 9 is just too many in both sides, Id cull it to 7, can the 10 day events, and mainly in this slot and the clay season, its just too congested and it actually diminishes the product and the value of the win. Snore.

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L16:  (2) Julian Cash & Lloyd Glasspool CR 7 (4+3) defeated John Peers & Jan Zielinski (AUS/POL) CR 57 (25+32) by 6-2 6-7(3) [10-8]

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 Another tight but decent British win. Harri in his blog commented that the courts are super fast and the ball is flying. He mentioned he was having real trouble controlling his returns and he and Henry were taking to receiving first serve with both at the baseline; I know some pairs do that but Henry and Harri dont. 
The fast courts might favour Julian and Lloyd again this event, but I suspect all three pairs with Brits in will find them more to their liking than some of the other pairs find them.