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[Damian]

Pavic/Soares Book Quarter-final Spot In Paris

Spoiler:

Cabal/Farah survive final-set tie-break

Mate Pavic and Bruno Soares advanced to the Roland Garros quarter-finals on Sunday, beating Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau 7-5, 1-6, 6-3.

The seventh seeds won 76 per cent of first-serve points (42/55) to advance after one hour and 45 minutes. Pavic and Soares are attempting to capture their second straight Grand Slam team title, following their maiden major championship victory as a pairing at the US Open last month.

The Croatian-Brazilian duo has ended Rojer and Tecau's Grand Slam hopes in back-to-back major championships. Pavic and Soares also beat Rojer and Tecau in last month's US Open semi-finals. The reigning US Open champions will next face the other team to have achieved Grand Slam success this year: Australian Open winners Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury.

Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah needed a final-set tie-break to advance to the quarter-finals in Paris. The top seeds came from a set down to beat Jurgen Melzer and Edouard Roger-Vasselin 4-6, 7-6(3), 7-6(3).

Cabal and Farah will meet 2012 Wimbledon champion Frederik Nielsen and Tim Puetz for a place in the semi-finals. Nielsen and Puetz claimed a 7-5, 5-7, 6-4 win against fifth seeds Ivan Dodig and Filip Polasek on Court 14.

Nicholas Monroe and Tommy Paul saved one match point to defeat Pablo Cuevas and Feliciano Lopez 6-4, 5-7, 7-6(7). The Americans won three straight points from 6/7 down in the final-set tie-break to advance. Monroe and Paul ended the contest with 113 points, compared to Cuevas and Lopez’s 112. The unseeded pair will next meet US Open finalists Wesley Koolhof and Nikola Mektic. The ninth seeds eliminated 2018 champions Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut 6-2, 7-6(3).

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[Damian]

Pavic/Soares To Face Defending Champs Krawietz/Mies In Roland Garros Final

Spoiler:

Krawietz/Mies own 11-0 record at Roland Garros

Mate Pavic and Bruno Soares reached their second straight Grand Slam final on Thursday, following a 7-6(4), 7-5 victory against Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah at Roland Garros.

The seventh seeds notched their 10th straight victory at a major championship after one hour and 44 minutes, recovering from 2-4 in the second set to overcome the top seeds. Pavic and Soares are chasing their second major championship title as a team, following their maiden triumph at the level at last month’s US Open.

Pavic and Soares are through to their fourth final (2-1) as a pairing. The Croatian-Brazilian team joined forces at the Fever-Tree Championships in June 2019 and claimed its first tournament victory at last year’s Rolex Shanghai Masters (d. Kubot/Melo). Pavic and Soares also reached the 2019 Stockholm Open final (l. to Kontinen/Roger-Vasselin).


The reigning US Open titlists will face defending champions Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies in the final. Krawietz and Mies returned to the championship match in Paris with a 6-3, 7-5 victory against ninth seeds Wesley Koolhof and Nikola Mektic.

The German pair converted both break points it created to improve to 11-0 at the clay-court Grand Slam. Krawietz and Mies are one win away from becoming the first team to win back-to-back Roland Garros men’s doubles titles since Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor in 2012.

Pavic and Soares enter the final with a 1-0 ATP Head2Head record against Krawietz and Mies. The two teams met in the first round at last year’s Western & Southern Open, with Pavic and Soares claiming a 7-6(2), 4-6, 10-7 victory.

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[Damian]

Pavic/Soares Up And Running In Vienna

Spoiler:

Ram/Salisbury battle past Dimitrov/Wawrinka

Mate Pavic and Bruno Soares began their title bid at the Erste Bank Open on Monday with a 7-6(7), 6-3 victory against Karol Drzewiecki and Szymon Walkow.

Competing for the first time together since their runner-up finish at Roland Garros, the top seeds won 77 per cent of service points (49/64) to reach the quarter-finals in 81 minutes. Pavic and Soares could face the team which beat them in the Roland Garros championship match — Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies — in their next match. The Germans open their campaign against European Open champions John Peers and Michael Venus.

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Second seeds Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury needed a Match Tie-break to defeat Grigor Dimitrov and Stan Wawrinka 6-4, 3-6, 10-6. The Australian Open titlists will meet Jamie Murray and Neal Skupski in the quarter-finals.

The Brits, who are currently in eighth place in the FedEx ATP Battle For London, boosted their chances of Nitto ATP Finals qualification with a 7-5, 6-7(1), 10-5 win against home favourites Dominic Thiem and Dennis Novak.

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[Damian]

[arti]

[Damian]

Top Seeds Pavic/Soares Claim Opening Win In London

Spoiler:

2020 US Open champions make winning start in Group Bob Bryan

Top seeds Mate Pavic and Bruno Soares were made to work in their Nitto ATP Finals opener on Monday as they completed an emphatic comeback to edge past Jurgen Melzer and Edouard Roger-Vasselin.

The 2020 US Open champions have been one of the most dominant pairings since the two veterans joined forces last year, and sealed a successful team debut to win 6-7(6), 6-1, 10-4 in an hour and 23 minutes.

“I think we played really well throughout the whole match,” said Soares in an on-court interview. “We had a couple of chances in the first set but they served really well. By the end, in the tie-break, Jurgen came up with some match to deserve the set.

“The key point for us was to keep the energy up. We came right away in the second set, playing some good, aggressive tennis with some positive energy and we carried that through to the end of the match.”


Pavic and Soares were nearly untouchable on serve, and they were never broken even as they dropped a close opening set went to Melzer and Roger-Vasselin. After letting three break chances slip away in the first set, Pavic and Soares finally converted in the second set to claim the first break of the match for a 2-0 lead.

The top seeds found another level as they reeled off five consecutive games to extend their lead to 5-0, and closed out the second set 6-1 to force a Match Tie-break. Fully dialed in, Pavic and Soares barely missed a first serve from the second set onward, combining for 91 per cent of first serves won. They continued the momentum in the decider, claiming six points on the trot to race ahead 8/3 and closed out the victory in an hour and 23 minutes.

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The victory puts Pavic and Soares at the No. 2 spot in Group Bob Bryan right behind fourth seeds Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos, who defeated John Peers and Michael Venus in straight sets earlier in the day to top the group.

“Everybody is in play to be No. 1, depending on the results,” said Pavic in an on-court interview. “I think that gives an extra thing to the tournament and obviously every match is important. We played a good match today, we are happy with the win and hopefully we can keep playing well.”

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[arti]

[Damian]

Pavic/Soares Claim The Win, Now Comes The Wait

Spoiler:

Granollers/Zeballos qualify for semi-finals

Mate Pavic and Bruno Soares increased their chances of reaching the Nitto ATP Finals semi-finals on Friday with a 6-7(2), 6-3, 10-8 win against John Peers and Michael Venus.

The top seeds won 83 per cent of first-serve points (33/40) to end Group Bob Bryan with a 2-1 record. The US Open champions will have to wait until the evening session to find out if they have qualified for the last four at The O2. Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos will meet Jurgen Melzer and Edouard Roger-Vasselin in the final Group Bob Bryan match. As a result of Pavic and Soares' Match Tie-break win, Granollers and Zeballos have qualified for the semi-finals. The only scenario where Pavic and Soares do not join the Spanish-Argentine duo in the last four is if Melzer and Roger-Vasselin win this evening's match in two sets.

”To be honest, I don’t really know what we need [this evening],” said Soares in an on-court interview. “We are going to watch because we love doubles, we love entertainment. I think we did what we had to do, which is win the match. Right now, it is not in our hands anymore. We have just got to wait and hopefully we come back to play another match tomorrow.”


Pavic and Soares improved to 22-11 as a team this year after 89 minutes. The top seeds, who won their maiden Grand Slam trophy as a team at the US Open in September, are seeking their second title of 2020.

Pavic and Soares broke serve in the opening game with sharp returning and won their first 16 points on serve to establish a 5-3 lead. But Peers and Venus, who needed to win in straight sets to keep their qualification hopes alive, made a remarkable comeback. Venus saved four consecutive set points with powerful serving and Peers saved two more in the following game to level the score at 5-5. The sixth seeds rode the momentum into the tie-break and converted their first set point when Pavic failed to control a backhand return.

When Pavic and Soares were asked in the on-court interview about what they were saying to each other after failing to convert six set points in the first set, Soares gave an honest response.

“Let’s book the flight home, that is what we said” said the Brazilian. “[It was] another tough set that we lost. We played extremely well [in the] first set and it is tough to lose a set like this. It was quite a similar story the other day. I think we both stayed calm… tried to keep the cool. We were both pretty upset with the first set and I think we managed to do that.”

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Pavic and Soares recovered from the disappointment of dropping the first set, as they extracted volley errors to earn break point at 2-1 in the second set. Soares converted the pair’s first opportunity with a backhand winner down the line. Pavic held his nerve at the net to clinch the second set on a deciding point at 5-3.

In the Match Tie-break, Pavic and Soares rallied from 5/7 by winning five of the next six points to earn their second win of the week. Pavic converted their second match point with a swinging ace out wide.

Peers and Venus finish Group Bob Bryan with a 0-3 record. The sixth seeds end their 2020 ATP Tour season with three trophies and a 22-13 record. Peers and Venus claimed titles in Dubai, Hamburg and Antwerp earlier this year.

Did You Know?
Pavic and Soares are one of three teams who can still finish as the year-end No. 1 pair in the FedEx ATP Doubles Team Rankings.

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[Damian]

Pavic & Soares Clinch Year-End No. 1 ATP Doubles Team Ranking

Spoiler:

Croatian/Brazilian end partnership on a high

Mate Pavic and Bruno Soares have clinched the year-end No. 1 FedEx ATP Doubles Team Ranking after a strong finish to the 2020 season. Two years ago, Pavic finished in top spot with Oliver Marach, while Soares partnered Jamie Murray in 2016 to become the year-end No. 1 team.

The Croatian-Brazilian team, which completed Group Bob Bryan this week with a 2-1 record at The O2 in London, were assured of year-end No. 1 when Jurgen Melzer and Edouard Roger-Vasselin defeated Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury on Saturday in the semi-finals of the Nitto ATP Finals. Pavic and Soares had come into the season finale just 35 points ahead of second-placed Ram and Salisbury in the FedEx ATP Doubles Team Rankings.

"It's a very special moment for us, finishing year-end No. 1,” said Soares. “I think it's a massive achievement and it shows how well we played throughout the year. How consistent we were, winning big tournaments. So it's a special thanks to Mate and our team. It's very nice to start our first day of vacation celebrating a huge achievement like this. Right now, it's time to rest, celebrate and enjoy all the beautiful moments we had on court, because we all know it's been a very tough year for everyone.”

Pavic said: "I am very happy for Bruno and myself to end the year No. 1. It was a great partnership, and a good achievement to end the partnership." Pavic will play with Nikola Mektic in 2021, while Soares will reunite with Murray.

Pavic and Soares, who compiled a 4-5 match record this season prior to the five-month ATP Tour suspension, returned strongly to capture their first Grand Slam championship team trophy in September at the US Open (d. Koolhof/Mektic). They went on to reach two finals in Paris — at Roland Garros (l. to Krawietz/Mies) in October and the Rolex Paris Masters (l. to Auger-Aliassime/Hurkacz) two weeks ago.

ATP Chairman Andrea Gaudenzi said: “The battle for the year-end No. 1 doubles team ranking has been closer than ever this year, with all eight teams entering the season finale with a chance to claim top spot. Our congratulations to Mate and Bruno - finishing the year as No. 1 is the ultimate achievement in our sport. They should be very proud of their season and they fully deserve this accolade.

Melzer and Roger-Vasselin will face Wesley Koolhof and Mektic in the title match of the Nitto ATP Finals on Sunday.

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[Kamileki]

2020 w liczbach (debel):

Ranking: 4
Bilans meczów: 30-15
Tytuły: 2 (US Open (w/Bruno Soares), Montpellier (w/Nikola Cacić))
Finały: 3 (ATP Masters 1000 Paryż (w/Bruno Soares), Roland Garros (w/Bruno Soares), Hamburg (w/Ivan Dodig))
Zarobki: $529,226

[arti]

2020 ATP Awards Winners

ATP Doubles No. 1 presented by FedEx

Mate Pavic & Bruno Soares: The Croatian/Brazilian duo of Pavic and Soares surged to the year-end No. 1 FedEx ATP Doubles Team Ranking after strong results in the second half of the season. While both players have previously reached the top of the doubles game, Pavic in 2018 with Oliver Marach and Soares in 2016 with Jamie Murray, it was their first year-end No. 1 finish as a team. Pavic, 27, and Soares, 38, teamed to capture their first Grand Slam trophy together in September at the US Open. They went on to reach two big finals in Paris at Roland Garros and the Rolex Paris Masters.

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[Damian]

New Team Mektic/Pavic Make A Winning Start In Antalya

Spoiler:

Kazakhstanis battle past Goffin and Herbert
Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic are one of the new doubles teams to watch on the ATP Tour this year. The Croatians showed why on Friday.

Mektic and Pavic battled past Jiri Vesely and Tristan-Samuel Weissborn 6-4, 5-7, 10-6 for a place in the quarter-finals of the Antalya Open. The top seeds will next face Nikoloz Basilashvili and Andre Begemann, who were 6-2, 6-3 victors over Turkish wild cards Umut Akkoyun and Mert Naci Turker.

Mektic and Pavic both competed in last year’s Nitto ATP Finals, but with different partners. Mektic won the season finale alongside Wesley Koolhof, and Pavic and Bruno Soares finished as the year-end No. 1 doubles team.

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Kazakhstanis Alexander Bublik and Andrey Golubev held their nerve in a tense finale at the end of the day against David Goffin and Pierre-Hugues Herbert. Bublik and Golubev recovered from 1/4 down in the Match Tie-break and saved one match point at 9/10 en route to a 6-3, 0-6, 12/10 victory. On Thursday, Goffin saved five match points against Herbert in the first round of the singles draw.

Top Seeds Upset In Delray Beach
Ariel Behar and Gonzalo Escobar upset top seeds Marcelo Arevalo and Jean-Julien Rojer 7-5, 7-6(4) on Friday in the first round of the Delray Beach Open by VITACOST.com.

The unseeded duo won 85 per cent of their first-serve points and saved three of the four break points they faced to advance after 90 minutes. Behar and Escobar will next play Brits Cameron Norrie and Jonny O'Mara.

In other Delray Beach doubles action, Christian Harrison and Ryan Harrison eliminated Hunter Johnson and Yates Johnson 6-4, 7-6(2).

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[Damian]

Pavic/Mektic Complete Debut Week With Antalya Trophy

Spoiler:

Behar/Escobar reach Delray Beach final

One week into the 2021 ATP Tour season and new team Mate Pavic and Nikola Mektic have captured their first team trophy.

The top-seeded Croatian team completed a dream week at the Antalya Open on Tuesday by beating second seeds Ivan Dodig and Filip Polasek 6-2, 6-4 in the doubles final, which lasted 67 minutes.

“It’s a great start and couldn’t be any better, especially because it’s our first tournament together,” Mektic told ATPTour.com.

Pavic told ATPTour.com, “It’s always great to start the year like this as we’ve never played together before. It’s good to get a lot of matches and the goal, for me, is always to reach the [Nitto] ATP Finals, which was in London and now in Torino. It’s a good way to start.”

Mektic and Pavic threatened throughout the first set, breaking serve in the third and seventh games. The new team were unable to convert a deciding Deuce point at 1-1 in the second set, but decisively broke for a 3-2 advantage and didn't look back.

Mektic, who partnered Wesley Koolhof to the 2020 Nitto ATP Finals crown, is now 9-8 in tour-level finals, while 27-year-old Pavic picks up his 18th trophy (18-22 record in finals).

Croatian Dodig and Slovakian Polasek are now 2-3 as a team in ATP Tour finals, having captured two crowns in 2019 at the Western & Southern Open and the China Open. Dodig and Pavic finished runner-up in September last year at the Hamburg European Open (l. to Peers/Venus).

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Behar/Escobar Reach First Final In Delrau Beach
Ariel Behar and Gonzalo Escobar starred on the ATP Challenger Tour in 2020, and now they will have a chance to lift an ATP Tour trophy. The Uruguayan-Ecuadorian duo battled past Americans Mackenzie McDonald and Tommy Paul 6-1, 5-7, 10-1 on Tuesday to reach the Delray Beach Open by VITACOST.com final.

Behar and Escobar will play in their first tour-level championship match on Wednesday. They saved seven of the nine break points they faced against the home favourites to advance after one hour and 32 minutes. Their opponents in the final will be brothers Christian Harrison and Ryan Harrison, who beat Andres Molteni and Hugo Nys 6-2, 6-2. Christian lost in the singles semi-finals earlier in the day against Hubert Hurkacz.

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[Barty]

[Barty]

Mektic/Pavic Remain Unbeaten, Claim Second Title In 2021

Spoiler:

Top seeds own 8-0 record as a team

Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic continued their dream start to the 2021 ATP Tour season on Sunday, as they defeated Jeremy Chardy and Fabrice Martin 7-6(2), 6-3 to clinch the Murray River Open title.

The Croatian pair converted all three break points it created to clinch the trophy in 71 minutes. Mektic and Pavic extend their unbeaten record as a team to 8-0. Last month, the pair claimed the Antalya Open trophy in the team debut event.

“I am very happy that we started this way,” said Mektic. “It is just a confirmation that this partnership could be very good.”

Mektic and Pavic’s straight-sets victory in the final completes an impressive run in Melbourne. The top seeds survived three Match Tie-breaks to reach the final and were forced to contest their quarter-final and semi-final matches on the same day.

“It was a crazy tournament, a crazy schedule… We didn’t even realise yesterday that we were playing the semi-finals in the afternoon. We thought we were done [after our quarter-final]. We almost went home and then we realised that we were also scheduled to play the semi-finals," said Mektic. "We played really well in those matches. We fought through some tough ones. We won all three of our first matches in a Match Tie-break. We are very happy that we were mentally able [to do that].”

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This is Mektic’s 10th tour-level doubles title. The 32-year-old has won titles at his three most recent events. Prior to his title runs alongside Pavic this year, Mektic ended his 2020 season with a title run at the Nitto ATP Finals (w/Koolhof).

“Every title is special," said Mektic. "Every title makes you very happy and I am looking forward to the Australian Open.”

Pavic now owns 19 tour-level doubles crowns. This is the sixth consecutive year that Pavic has lifted multiple ATP Tour crowns.

Chardy and Martin were attempting to win their fourth ATP Tour team trophy. The Frenchman upset second seeds Wesley Koolhof and Lukasz Kubot and eighth seeds Marcelo Demoliner and Santiago Gonzalez en route to the championship match.

Mektic and Pavic receive 250 FedEx ATP Doubles Ranking points and split €7,200 in prize money. Chardy and Martin gain 150 points and share €5,760.

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[Kamileki]

[Damian]

Mektic/Pavic Move Into Rotterdam Semi-finals; Tsitsipas Brothers Play Later

Spoiler:

Second seeds to play Chardy/Martin
Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic recorded their 14th win in 15 matches this year on Friday for a place in the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament semi-finals. The second seeds knocked out Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Jan-Lennard Struff 3-6, 6-3, 10-7 in 69 minutes.

Mektic and Pavic will now play Frenchman Jeremy Chardy and Fabrice Martin at the Rotterdam Ahoy. The Croatians started 2021 by lifting two ATP Tour trophies at the Antalya Open (d. Dodig/Polasek) and the Murray River Open (d. Chardy/Martin), prior to a run to the Australian Open final (l. to Dodig/Polasek).

Henri Kontinen and Edouard Roger-Vasselin take on Greek wild cards Petros Tsitsipas and Stefanos Tsitsipas later on Friday. The winner will meet Kevin Krawietz and Horia Tecau in the semi-finals.

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[Damian]

Mektic/Pavic Reach Third Final Of 2021

Spoiler:

Second seeds own 15-1 record this year
Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic continued their dream start to 2021 on Saturday, as they defeated Jeremy Chardy and Fabrice Martin 7-6(3), 6-7(11), 10-4 to reach the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament final.

The second seeds were unable to convert three match points in a 24-point second-set tie-break, but they kept their composure to reach their third final from four events this year in just under two hours. Mektic and Pavic, who own a 15-1 record in 2021, will now look to add to the titles they collected earlier this year at the Antalya Open and the Murray River Open.

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Mektic and Pavic have had to survive two Match Tie-breaks en route to the final. In the quarter-finals, the Croatian pair recovered from a set down to beat Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Jan-Lennard Struff 3-6, 6-3, 10-7.

Mektic and Pavic will meet Kevin Krawietz and Horia Tecau in the championship match. In a semi-final which featured no service breaks, the German-Romanian tandem outlasted Montpellier champions Henri Kontinen and Edouard Roger-Vasselin 7-6(5), 6-7(3), 10-7.

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[Damian]

Mektic/Pavic Earn Third Team Title

Spoiler:

Second seeds improved to 16-1 this year with Rotterdam final win
Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic added a third title to their 2021 collection on Sunday with a 7-6(7), 6-2 triumph against Kevin Krawietz and Horia Tecau in the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament final.

The second seeds saved a set point at 6/7 in the first-set tie-break, before they charged to the finish line after 78 minutes. Mektic and Pavic, who made their team debut at the start of the 2021 season, have claimed three titles from four events this year and compiled a 16-1 record.

Prior to their title run in Rotterdam, the Croatian duo lifted ATP Tour crowns at the Antalya Open and the Murray River Open. Mektic and Pavic’s only loss of the year came against eventual champions Ivan Dodig and Filip Polasek in the Australian Open semi-finals.

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“We have known each other for years already,” said Pavic. “We practised together for the past couple of years always when we were back home. We never played an official match before this year, but I think that helped us. We started to play this year together, but we know the games of each other very well, so I don’t think it took us too much time to adapt to each other on the court. The results prove that.”

One of the keys to Mektic and Pavic’s success in Rotterdam was their high level on serve. In the final, the three-time ATP Tour team titlists claimed 85 per cent of their first-serve points (39/46).

“We came up, throughout the entire tournament, with a high level of serving,” said Mektic. “We only got broken a few times. That was the key. It is indoor tennis. The serve is a very important part of the game in indoor tennis. We did very well and, in the end, I am very happy to win the tournament.”

Krawietz and Tecau were aiming to capture the title on their team debut. The German-Romanian pair defeated fourth seeds Marcelo Melo and Jean-Julien Rojer en route to the championship match.

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