Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool Nicola became the first all-british pair to win the men’s doubles title at Queen’s in the Open Era with a win-breck win over Mactic and Michael Venus.
Cash and Glasspool won 6-3 6-7 (5-7) 10-6 to earn the third ATP tour title of the season since launching their partnership last year and their fourth.
“It has been a great year so far,” said Cash. “It is really good to strengthen the grass season. Hopefully we can push a good run in Wimbledon.”
The first sets of Britain dominated and wrapped the victory in the second with a break in the second before Mcoticic and New Zealand of Croatia, fought back to take it to a tie-break, which he staged.
But the match was played for the tie -break – 10 points and in exchange for a decisive third set – Cash and Glasspool got an initial mini -breck and then broke again before sealing the victory at their first match point.
“I think we have been a very strong team this year and hope that he [Julian] When he serves, he can continue to make these tie-breaks very easy and the ball does not return, “Glasspool said, who was a runner-up here in 2022 with Harry Heliovara of Finland.
At the end of last week, after reaching the final in the S-Hartogenbosh, the pair marks a successful couple on the grass and they will continue their warm-up to Wimbledon by competing in the Eastborn next week.
The Britain has won the doubles title here, including Andy Murray, Neil Scoopski and Jamie Murray, but the only other All-Bitish team to contest in the Mains doubles finals of Queen in Open Era (since Tennis went to Tennis in 1968) was the 1978 runner-up David and John Lloyd.
In Germany, there was more British doubles on grass, where Olivia Nicols and his Slovak’s partner Tereza Mihalikova won the Berlin Open Woman title.
They came from behind after defeating Italians Sara Irani and Jasmine Paolini 4-6 6-2 10-6 to win their first title as a pair.