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Iowa City Futures: First Professional Doubles Title

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I have been a little behind on my recaps as I’ve played a lot of tennis in the last few weeks. I finished up playing in Iowa City, Iowa in the $25K Futures over a week ago. The tournament was hosted at the University of Iowa and they have a nice setup with 12 outdoor courts and 6 indoor courts. It was warm and humid in the early part of the week but cooled off a little bit as it rained a few days later in the week. In the 1 st rd of Qualies I played Connor Johnston, who is a junior at the University of Michigan. He was an aggressive base-liner who liked to take the ball early and take time away. He also came to the net a good amount and mixed in the serve & volley. Both of us held in the first two service games until I played a good return game to break him at 2-2. I held and then broke him again before I served out the first set 6-2. I saved a few break points in my first service game before holding and then getting another break. I was serving well and doin