Skupski/Venus advance in Queen's, Sinner/Hurkacz win in Halle

pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/neal-skupski/sl22/overview'Neal Skupski/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/michael-venus/v576/overview'Michael Venus/a got their cinch Championships campaign underway on Wednesday in London when they defeated singles stars a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/ugo-humbert/hh26/overview'Ugo Humbert/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/ben-shelton/s0s1/overview'Ben Shelton/a 6-4, 6-3./p

pThe seventh seeds were aggressive throughout the 69-minute clash on the lawns in west London, striking deep returns and closing the net sharply to reach the second round. Skupski and Venus are teaming for the second time this season and next play a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alex-de-minaur/dh58/overview'Alex de Minaur/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/sebastian-korda/k0ah/overview'Sebastian Korda/a or second seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/rajeev-ram/r548/overview'Rajeev Ram/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/joe-salisbury/so70/overview'Joe Salisbury/a./p

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pOther singles teams to fall in London included a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jack-draper/d0co/overview'Jack Draper/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/cameron-norrie/n771/overview'Cameron Norrie/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/sebastian-baez/b0bi/overview'Sebastian Baez/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/adrian-mannarino/me82/overview'Adrian Mannarino/a. Sixth seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/santiago-gonzalez/g551/overview'Santiago Gonzalez/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/edouard-roger-vasselin/r613/overview'Edouard Roger-Vasselin/a beat Draper and Norrie 6-4, 6-4, while fifth seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/wesley-koolhof/kc41/overview'Wesley Koolhof/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/nikola-mektic/mf09/overview'Nikola Mektic/a downed Baez and Mannarino 4-6, 6-3, 10-3./p

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pMektic and Koolhof arrive in London in good form, having advanced to the final on grass in lsquo;s-Hertogenbosch./p

pTop seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/rohan-bopanna/b757/overview'Rohan Bopanna/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/matthew-ebden/e690/overview'Matthew Ebden/a also advanced to the second round, defeating a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alexander-erler/e928/overview'Alexander Erler/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/lucas-miedler/mo55/overview'Lucas Miedler/a 6-4, 6-4. Ebden and Bopanna have won tour-level titles together at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/australian-open/580/overview'Australian Open/a and in Miami this season./p

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pThe ATP Doubles trial, which was first held at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/madrid/1536/overview'Mutua Madrid Open/a, is taking place at the Queenrsquo;s Club. Some of the changes include less time between points, adjustments to time allowances during changeovers and the use of ldquo;time extensionsrdquo;./p

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pstrongHurkacz/Sinner advance in Halle/strongbr /

Singles stars a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/hubert-hurkacz/hb71/overview'Hubert Hurkacz/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jannik-sinner/s0ag/overview'Jannik Sinner/a earned victory in their first match of the season together at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/halle/500/overview'Terra Wortmann Open/a, where they beat third seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/nathaniel-lammons/li37/overview'Nathaniel Lammons/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jackson-withrow/w686/overview'Jackson Withrow/a 6-4, 5-7, 11-9./p

pThe Pole-Italian team saved two match points in the Match Tie-break to seal victory after 82 minutes. Sinner is the top seed in the singles draw and is competing as No. 1 in the PIF ATP Rankings for the first time./p

pTop seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/simone-bolelli/ba98/overview'Simone Bolelli/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andrea-vavassori/va08/overview'Andrea Vavassori/a beat a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/pedro-martinez/mo44/overview'Pedro Martinez/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/aleksandr-nedovyesov/n503/overview'Aleksandr Nedovyesov/a 6-3, 6-3. Bolelli and Vavassori reached the final at the ATP 500 grass-court event last season./p

pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/sadio-doumbia/d917/overview'Sadio Doumbia/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/fabien-reboul/re45/overview'Fabien Reboul/a defeated Belgians a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/sander-gille/gd32/overview'Sander Gille/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/joran-vliegen/v895/overview'Joran Vliegen/a 7-6(4), 6-4 to reach the quarter-finals, while a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/constantin-frantzen/f09r/overview'Constantin Frantzen/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/hendrik-jebens/j09f/overview'Hendrik Jebens/a eliminated a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/yuki-bhambri/bf55/overview'Yuki Bhambri/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/albano-olivetti/o411/overview'Albano Olivetti/a 5-7, 7-6(12), 10-7. The Germans saved two match points in the second set./p

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