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At the end of his very successful career, Jürgen Melzer once again shows greatness.
The 39-year-old from Lower Austria and his French teammate Edouard Roger-Vasselin are in the semi-finals of the ATP Finals in London. For Melzer it is the first entry to the semifinals in his third final.
It wasn’t until the week before London in Sofia that the St. Petersburg winners Melzer / Roger-Vasselin had finally qualified – they are now playing for the title decision at the O2 Arena.
“When you are in the semi-finals at the end of the year, you know that anyone can win it. We are there now, I am very happy about that. Now we want to play well tomorrow, so it would be very good to be there. Sunday is still there.”
Melzer / Roger-Vasselin continue as group winners
Melzer / Roger-Vasselin benefit from the task of their opponents in the last match of the group, but show a good performance until then.
By giving up, they even won the group. The question that arose afterwards, whether an opponent’s task would have changed something if the first set had been won, was answered negatively by the ATP. One task always leads to 2-0 sets in the group.
“We were quite surprised that he gave up,” Melzer explained later. Then one was in the supervisor’s office. “Then it quickly became clear that we were group winners.”
Against number 2 for the final
For Melzer, his third Masters after 2010 and 2011, when he was eliminated in the group stage, is now approaching his first final.
After Dominic Thiem 2019 and Julian Knowle 2007 in doubles, it would be the final third appearance in the prestigious top eight singles and doubles showdown for Austria. Saturday’s opponents (no earlier than 7pm / Sky LIVE and on the LIVE ticker) are Rajeev Ram / Joe Salisbury (US / GBR-2).
Melzer claps: “We definitely don’t have to hide.”
Two Austrians are in the semi-finals of the Masters, where only the eight best singles or doubles of the year participate.
“That is, of course, crazy. For such a small country we definitely don’t have to hide in world sport.”
Greater success? Simultaneously in singles and doubles in the top 10
Looking back on his career, his greatest success may not even be surpassed by a title in London after two double Grand Slam wins or the singles semi-finals at the French Open.
“It would take away the fact that I had 8 (singles) and 6 (doubles) at the same time. That’s probably the biggest thing I’ve accomplished in my career.” 17 weeks in the top ten in singles and doubles at the same time.
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