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ATP Finals
Jürgen Melzer and his teammate Edouard Roger-Vasselin have preserved their chance to advance to the semifinals of the doubles competition with their maiden victory in the ATP final in London. The seventh-seeded duo played their second match against Australian-New Zealand team John Peers and Michael Venus on Wednesday after a deficit set and held with 2: 6, 7: 6 (7/4) and 12/10 in the championship tiebreaker. Promotion career.
Unlike the first game of the group “Bob Bryan” when Melzer / Roger-Vasselin against Croatian Mate Pavic and Bruno Soares of Brazil left the game after leading the set, this time the duo came out of the swamp. In the first set, Melzer in particular had major problems with serving, but the 39-year-old improved as the game progressed and, alongside his 36-year-old partner, showed great morale: Melzer / Roger-Vasselin fought a total of five match balls, four of them in the championship. Tiebreaker – off.
The duo tied seed Pavic / Soares with their first win in the second game on the table. The latter surprisingly lost 6: 7 (4/7) 7: 6 (7/4) and 8/10 in his second appearance at the O2 Arena in London against the Spanish-Argentine couple Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos. Against the still undefeated Granollers / Zeballos, Melzer / Roger-Vasselin will now ascend to the semi-finals on Friday. Pavic / Soares compete against the already fixed and mindless Peers / Venus and thus have the supposed easiest task on Friday.
Melzer’s service starts slowly
Melzer / Roger-Vasselin were lost on the first move. Against the strong server on the other side, Melzer had to give up his two service games, the last with a double error to 2: 6. In the second set, the 39-year-old’s serve worked much better. “The deciding factor was my first game after the first set. That made me feel positive and it made me feel good. But you also have to say that you can’t play a full match as bad as in the first set. That was way below my level, ”Melzer analyzed after the game.
At Service von Melzer, Peers / Venus suddenly had no chance, the only break ball in the second set was when Roger-Vasselin served and that was match point at 4: 5 and 40:40. In the tie-break, Melzer / Roger-Vasselin quickly advanced to 3-0 and never gave up this lead. Austria’s best doubles player ensured the equalization of the set with a good volley.
“I found our game”
Melzer / Roger-Vasseline failed to build on the momentum in the decisive champion tiebreaker. The duo were 4: 7 and then 6: 9 behind and faced three more match points. Among other things, an ace from Roger-Vasselin and a remarkable longline from two-time double Grand Slam winner Melzer secured the 9: 9 and after the fifth match point, Melzer / Roger-Vasselin used theirs after an hour and a half . first chance to win the game at 12:10.
“We bounced back after the weak first set and found our game,” Melzer said. His partner pointed out that due to the good performance of the opponents, you didn’t have many options. “But we stayed positive and that was the key to victory,” said the Frenchman. “We fought until the last ball and we are happy to have won.” Melzer was particularly happy, as his third appearance is definitely his last in the season finale of the season’s eight best doubles.
ATP World Tour Finals in London
(Great Britain, $ 5.7 million, indoor court, hard court)
