There were reports earlier this week that ahead of their match against Lukasz Kubot and Andrea Hlavackova a large amount of money had been backed on Lara Arruabarrena and compatriot David Marrero to lose.

Leander Paes and Lukasz Kubot bowed out of the Valencia Open after a disappointing straight sets loss at the Valencia Open.

The second seeded pair took just an hour and 11 minutes to beat Spaniard-Argentine wildcard pair of Pablo Carreno and Busta Federico Delbonis 6-3, 7-5 in the first round of the 537,050-euro tournament.

Kubot, the 31-year-old world number 30, defeated French 25th seed Benoit Paire 6-1, 6-3, 6-4 while De Schepper, the 26-year-old world number 80, beat Argentine 22nd seed Juan Monaco, 6-4, 7-6 (10/8), 6-4.

Croatian 10th seed Marin Cilic joined the list of Wimbledon's walking wounded on Wednesday when he withdrew with a left knee injury.

Arnaud Clement has been named as France's new Davis Cup captain, the French Tennis Federation (FFT) announced on Friday.