Hourigan wins another ITF doubles title

New Zealand’s Paige Hourigan and her British partner Jodie Burrage have won the doubles title at the ITF US $25,000 tournament in Salinas in Ecuador.

 They have beaten Jacqueline Cabaj Awad from Sweden, and Portugal’s Francisca Jorge 6-2, 2-6, 10-8 in the final.

 Meanwhile there are two Kiwis in the doubles draw at the Rome ATP Masters 1000 tournament this week. Michael Venus and his Australian partner John Peers face American Austin Krajicek and Austrian Oliver Marach. Marcus Daniell and his Austrian partner Philipp Oswald play India’s Rohan Bopanna and Canada’s Denis Shapovalov.

Artem Sitak and Australian Marc Polmans are playing at an ATP Challenger tournament in Heilbronn in Germany this week. They have been drawn against German’s Andre Begemann and Dustin Brown.