Radu Albot and Hyeon Chung, the Next Gen ATP Finals titlist, scored a massive upset in the Australian Open doubles second round on Friday when they knocked out defending champions Henri Kontinen and John Peers 6-4, 7-6(5) in one hour and 35 minutes. Marginally stronger on serve, Albot and Chung survived a power barrage from the second seeds, who struck 29 winners, to convert one of their three break point opportunities for a place in the third round. They now await the winners of 15th seeds Marcin Matkowski and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi, and Robert Lindstedt and Franko Skugor. Elsewhere, sixth seeds Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan, who lost to Kontinen and Peers in the 2017 title match, earned another hard-fought victory...
Top seeds Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo advanced their hopes of winning a second Grand Slam title together on Thursday at the Australian Open. The 2017 Wimbledon champions spent only 51 minutes on court during a 6-2, 6-2 win against Italy's Paolo Lorenzi and Mischa Zverev of Germany. Kubot/Melo, who won the Sydney International doubles title last week, their seventh team crown in the past 11 months, captured 82 per cent of their first-serve points and hit 20 more winners than Lorenzi/Zverev (29-9). The top seeds will next meet Aussie wild cards Max Purcell and Luke Saville, who prevailed past Russians Mikhail Elgin and Andrey Rublev 6-3, 6-4. [ALSO LIKE] Third seeds Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau also were on...
Watch highlights as Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo win the 2018 Sydney International doubles title. Video courtesy Tennis Australia. Visit sydneyinternational.com.au for more video. Playback not available in Australia. SMP Images photo.
Oliver Marach and Mate Pavic have started the 2018 ATP World Tour season perfectly. For the second consecutive week, the Austrian/Croatian pairing went 4-0 to win an ATP World Tour doubles title. Marach/Pavic beat Max Mirnyi and Philipp Oswald 6-4, 5-7, 10-7 on Saturday at the ASB Classic in Auckland for their second title of the year. In week one, Marach/Pavic captured the doubles crown at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open in Doha. [ALSO LIKE] “We have a lot of confidence, played two good weeks. Now it's time to recover and get sharp for Melbourne,” Marach said. The champions saved seven of nine break points in the 90-minute contest. “It was not an easy match today especially against Max. He has...
Watch Lukas Kubot demonstrate his post-match celebration to his doubles partner Marcelo Melo on Friday after they lifted they lifted the Sydney International title. Video courtesy Sydney International. Visit sydneyinternational.com.au for more video.
