[6] Michael Venus (NZL) and Nikola Mektić (CRO) v Ariel Behar (URU) and Joran Vliegen (BEL)

Joran Vliegen started with consecutive aces when he and Ariel Behar played sixth seeds Michael Venus and Nikola Mektić in the first round of doubles at the Madrid Masters, but neither was a lefty slider.  He banged both straight down the middle, and lost only the next point when he hit a backhand into the…