Birmingham Classic: Heather Watson & Harriet Dart out of doubles, top seed Elise Mertens loses
Heather Watson and Harriet Dart last played doubles in 2019 Heather Watson and Harriet Dart were beaten by fellow Briton Naiktha Bains and Czech Tereza Martincova 4-6 6-3 10-5 in the Birmingham Classic doubles first round. Watson, 29, is still in the singles and faces fifth seed Zhang Shuai for a spot in the quarter-finals on Wednesday. China’s Zhang lost to Britain’s Johanna Konta in the Nottingham Open last week. Belgian top seed Elise Mertens, 25, was beaten 7-6 (7-5) 6-7 (5-7) 7-6 (7-4) by Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic. But second seed Ons Jabeur advanced, with the...
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