Reap Samui, top seeds Melero-Zurita and Santos-Ribeiro win

In Thailand, at the FIP Bronze Reap Samui, the number one seeded pairs dominated: Melero-Zurita in the men’s draw and Santos-Ribeiro in the women’s.

For the Portuguese pair, the key victory came 7-6 2-6 7-5 in the women’s draw against Nika Sluzhiteleva (world no. 157 and winner of the FIP Bronze Phuket also in Thailand) and Lucia Fernandez (86).

In the men’s draw, the Italian-Spanish pair Melero-Zurita won 6-3 3-6 6-2 against the second seeds Daniel Blanco (352) and Cristobal Garcia (273).