[1] Erin Routliffe (NZL) and Storm Hunter (AUS) v Irina Bara (ROU) and Carole Monnet (FRA)

Erin Routliffe and Storm Hunter have a combined ranking that’s over a hundred places higher than the second seeds at their WTA 125 tournament in Istanbul so, on paper at least, they should comfortably take the title.  That thought was a long way from everyone’s minds as they started what became a highly entertaining first…