[4] Michael Venus (NZL) and Nikola Mektić (CRO) v [Q] Sander Arends (NED) and Luke Johnson (GBR)

For the first time since Dubai in January last year, Michael Venus was up against a qualifying pair in an ATP 500 tournament, with he and Nikola Mektić facing Sander Arends from the Netherlands and Great Britain’s Luke Johnson.  It was the last-named who got them underway, holding comfortably despite a beautiful forehand return down…