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Struff guides Germany to Davis Cup Finals, Brazil advances

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Jan-Lennard Struff proved too strong for Mate Valkusz on Saturday, winning 6-3 6-2 in just 45 minutes to move Germany 3-1 ahead against Hungary and seal the former champion its place in the 2024 Davis Cup Finals.

Struff, No. 24 in the Pepperstone ATP Rankings, had been due to face Hungarian No. 1 Fabian Marozsan in the fourth match of this Qualifier tie, but instead faced an opponent ranked outside the Top 200 after Marozsan was replaced by Valkusz.

The German powered his way to victory, silencing the home crowd inside the Tatabanya stadium as he built on the good work done by his doubles team-mates.

“I’m very happy,” said Struff. “It was a great team effort. We have a great team. I had the chance to give us the third point and I’m very happy.”

https://www.atptour.com/en/news/germany ... 4-saturday

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Jan-Lennard Struff also advanced, beating Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 4-6, 7-6(5), 7-6(4). The big-serving German fired 16 aces and won 86 per cent (49/57) of his first-serve points to triumph after two hours and 28 minutes. The World No. 25 will next meet Ugo Humbert or Emil Ruusuvuori.

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Griekspoor/Struff clinch Dubai title

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Dutch-German pair was teaming for first time this week
March 02, 2024
Tallon Griekspoor/Jan-Lennard Struff celebrate on Saturday in Dubai.@ddftennis | #ddftennis
Tallon Griekspoor/Jan-Lennard Struff celebrate on Saturday in Dubai.
By ATP Staff
Saturday, 2 March
Tallon Griekspoor and Jan-Lennard Struff capped their first week together in style on Saturday, when they defeated second seeds Ivan Dodig and Austin Krajicek 6-4, 4-6, 10-6 to clinch the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships title.

The German-Dutch pair won 73 per cent (16/22) of their second-serve points and pulled away in the Match Tie-Break, winning seven of the final 10 points to triumph after 84 minutes.

Griekspoor and Struff did not drop a set en route to the final and also upset top seeds Wesley Koolhof and Nikola Mektic.

Struff has won four tour-level doubles titles and is the second German champion in tournament history after Tim Puetz won with Michael Venus in 2022. Griekspoor, 27, holds a 2-0 record in doubles finlas, also triumphing in Metz in 2019 with Robin Lindstedt.

Dodig and Krajicek were chasing their first doubles title of the season, having lifted five trophies together in 2023.

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Friday, 1 March
Are Ivan Dodig and Austin Krajicek rounding into title-winning form at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships?

The Croatian-American pair, which finished 2023 as the Year-End ATP Doubles No. 1 presented by PIF winning team, downed Yuki Bhambri and Robin Haase 6-3, 7-6(2) on Friday to reach their first final of the season at the hard-court ATP 500.

Dodig and Krajicek lifted five tour-level trophies together last season, but had not been past the semi-finals in three events this year prior to Dubai. They were rock-solid on serve to defeat qualifiers Bhambri and Haase — the second seeds won 90 per cent (36/40) of first-serve points and did not face a break point in their 80-minute semi-final triumph, according to Infosys ATP Stats.

Standing between Dodig and Krajicek and the title in Dubai are Tallon Griekspoor and Jan-Lennard Struff. The Dutch-German pair overcame Ariel Behar and Adam Pavlasek 7-6(1), 7-5 to book their place in the championship match.

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