[1] Erin Routliffe (NZL) and Gaby Dabrowski (CAN) v Alicia Barnett (GBR) and Freya Christie (GBR)

Even with Freya Christie ranked at 136 and Alicia Barnett ten places lower, I didn’t expect them to be beaten as badly as they were by top seeds Erin Routliffe and Gaby Dabrowski in Nottingham last night, especially as it was the latter’s first match since the Miami final at the end of March.  Routliffe…