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Kubot/Melo Show Past Success Was No Fluke

Kubot/Melo Show Past Success Was No Fluke

Before the end of last year, Poland's Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo of Brazil had played together only two times. But those two weeks in Vienna and the results they produced – two Erste Bank Open 500 titles and an 8-0 record – had convinced the pairing that they might have a future successful partnership between them. They acted on those ideas this year, joining forces in January, and the results have been almost as perfect. During their first seven months as a team, Kubot and Melo posted a 36-10 record and captured five tour-level titles, including Wimbledon, Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Ricoh Open in 's-Hertogenbosch and two ATP World Tour Masters 1000 crowns – the Mutua Madrid Open...

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Kontinen/Peers To Face Kubot/Melo For Washington Title

Henri Kontinen of Finland and John Peers of Australia will play for their second tour-level title of the season on Sunday at the Citi Open in Washington, D.C. The top seeds and Australian Open champions beat third seeds Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares 6-7(8), 7-5, 10-8 on Saturday to reach the ATP World Tour 500-level final. Kontinen/Peers hit 10 aces and saved six of seven break points to advance in one hour and 43 minutes. The semi-final was the second consecutive match they've clinched in a Match Tie-Break. They advanced to the semi-finals by beating Croatians Ivan Dodig and Mate Pavic 7-5, 4-6, 14-12. Kontinen/Peers will face Marcelo Melo of Brazil and Lukasz Kubot of Poland, who beat Americans Bob...

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Kubot/Melo First Team To Qualify For Nitto ATP Finals

Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo have become the first doubles team to qualify for the Nitto ATP Finals, to be held at The O2 in London from 12-19 November. The Polish-Brazilian team secured their place as a result of lifting their first major doubles trophy at The Championships, Wimbledon, with a 5-7, 7-5, 7-6(2), 6-3, 13-11 victory over Oliver Marach and Mate Pavic. It was their third straight grass-court title (Ricoh Open and Gerry Weber Open) and their seventh tour-level doubles crown. Unbeaten on grass in 2017 with a 14-0 record, Kubot and Melo have a 33-9 match tally this year. [ALSO LIKE] Melo has now qualified for the prestigious season finale for the fifth straight year (since 2013). Three...

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