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Jürgen Melzer retained a chance of promotion to the semi-finals in doubles competition at the ATP Tennis Finals in London. Together with French partner Edouard Roger-Vasselin, Lower Austria won a three-sentence thriller on Wednesday against Australian-New Zealand pair John Peers / Michael Venus after fending off match points 2: 6.7: 6 (4), 12 : 10. The duo tied on points with Mate Pavic / Bruno Soares, whom they defeated on Monday.
Top seed Pavic / Soares lost on Wednesday to the still undefeated Spanish-Argentine duo Marcel Granollers / Horacio Zeballos with 6: 7 (4), 7: 6 (4), 8:10 and they are thus in the group “Bob Bryan ”not at the top. In the end, Melzer / Roger-Vasselin compete with the first of the group, Pavic / Soares compete against the pairs / Venus who have already been eliminated and senseless and thus have the supposed easiest task on Friday.
🎾 Match point saved in the second set
🎾 Four match points saved in the Match Tie-break@jojomelzer Y @ERogerVasselin Score an incredible 2-6, 7-6 (4), 12-10 comeback win against Peers and Venus! 👏#NittoATPFinals pic.twitter.com/hftjnCIH6B– ATP Tour (@atptour) November 18, 2020
Melzer / Roger-Vasselin were lost on the first move. Against the strong servers 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 performed 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 ”, analyzed Melzer 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 beautiful volley.
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However, they could not pick up the momentum in the champions’ tiebreaker, were 4: 7 behind and then faced three more match points at 6: 9. Among other things, an ace from Roger-Vasselin and a longline from the two-time Lower Austrian double Grand Slam winner secured the 9: 9 and after the fifth match, Melzer / Roger-Vasselin took their first chance after an hour and a half. the match wins 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 to 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.
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