A LOOK AHEAD
It’s all clay, all the time for both tours. The men kick off their soft-court stretch with two stops. At the U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championships in Houston, four-time tournament champs Bob and Mike Bryan are the top seeds, while 2017 French Open doubles champ Ryan Harrison is partnering with Ben McLachlan to fill the No. 2 spot. Defending champs Julio Peralta and Horacio Zeballos, the three seeds, have a tough opener against Max Mirnyi and Philipp Oswald, which attests to how deep the draw is at the event.
The other tournament happening this week is in Marrakech, where Alexander Peya and Nikola Mektic are the top seeds, followed by the veterans Marc Lopez and Nenad Zimonjic.
At the WTA stop in Bogota, Colombia, the top seeds are countrywomen Nao Hibino and Miyu Kato of Japan. Dalila Jakupovic and Irina Khromacheva—who reached two $125,000 finals together last November and won an ITF tournament in February—are the second seeds. Lara Arruabarrena and Alison Riske, the three seeds, are already through to the quarterfinals.
In Lugano, Switzerland, Belgians Kirsten Flipkens and Elise Mertens are the top seeds in a deep draw that also features Alicja Rosolska and Abigail Spears, Raluca Olaru and Anna Smith, and Monique Adamczak and Xenia Kroll as the No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4-seeded teams, respectively.
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