Third seeds Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares doubled their fun on Sunday at the Aegon Championships, winning their semi-final and the championship matches on the same day to take their second consecutive ATP World Tour doubles title on grass. “If you see the board that's down in the lounge, it's all the great players that have won the doubles here. All the best teams, the best doubles players. They get an amazing field every year and this year was no different,” said Murray. “I used to watch this tournament growing up all the time. I've played here a lot of times now. I obviously lost the final to Bruno a few years ago. It's a home event, and it has...
Top seeds Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo continued their dominance on grass this season by taking the doubles title on Sunday at the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, outlasting brothers and home favourites Alexander Zverev and Mischa Zverev 5-7, 6-3, 10-8. "It's a great feeling. We won our first grass title last week and we're very happy to continue that," said Kubot. "We're enjoying the moment and continuing our winning ways. We've had the best preparation possible for Wimbledon, so we're very happy about that." Kubot/Melo have won four ATP World Tour doubles title this season. They prevailed at ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events in Miami (d. Monroe/Sock) and Madrid (d. Mahut/Roger-Vasselin), in addition to last week’s grass-court event...
Brothers Alexander Zverev and Mischa Zverev are one match away from their second ATP World Tour doubles title of the year, scoring an impressive 6-3, 6-3 win on Saturday against second seeds Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram at the Gerry Weber Open in Halle. The German duo delighted the home crowd by saving all six break points they faced en route to securing victory in 56 minutes. They’ve only dropped 14 games on their way to the final. Zverev/Zverev won their first title as a team this February in Montpellier (d. Martin/Nestor). Alexander will also have the chance to leave Halle with two winner’s trophies as he first plays Roger Federer in the singles final. Awaiting them in the championship...
Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo continued their outstanding start to the grass-court season on Friday at the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, coming out on top in a marathon 6-7(2), 7-6(6), 10-3 semi-final match over Fabrice Martin and Albert Ramos-Vinolas. Kubot/Melo missed two set points at 6-5 in the opening set, then twice served to stay in the match at 4-5 and 5-6 in the second set. But after prevailing in a tight tie-break, they stormed through the Match Tie-break to advance in one hour and 45 minutes. The Polish-Brazilian duo have won three ATP World Tour titles this year. They’ve prevailed at ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events in Miami (d. Monroe/Sock) and Madrid (d. Mahut/Vasselin), and last week’s...
Rajeev Ram picked up his 200th ATP World Tour doubles victory on Thursday at the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, teaming with Raven Klaasen for a marathon 6-7(7), 7-6(5), 10-5 quarter-final win over local qualifiers Andre Begemann and Tim Puetz. The second seeds and two-time defending champions missed a set point at 6/5 in the first-set tie-break, but regrouped to prevail in one hour and 47 minutes. Next up for Klaasen/Ram are another pair of Germans in brothers Alexander Zverev and Mischa Zverev. Top seeds Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo continued their top grass-court form with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Spaniards Roberto Bautista Agut and David Ferrer. Kubot/Melo are still unbeaten on grass this year after taking the title...
