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Third seeds Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos got their campaign off to a solid start as the Spanish-Argentinian pairing beat Frenchmen Nicolas Mahut and Fabrice Martin 6-4, 6-4.

The four-time ATP Masters 1000 champions fired eight aces and saved all three break points they faced as a break in each set was enough to see them through to a second-round clash with Aslan Karatsev and Andrey Rublev.

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In the day's only other completed doubles match, Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos used a pair of early breaks to spark a 6-3, 6-4 win over Nikola Cacic and Tomislav Brkic. The Spanish/Argentine pairing did not face a break point in the contest and won 89 per cent (32/36) of its first-serve points.

They will next challenge Thanasi Kokkinakis and Nick Kyrgios, who are both also through to the Miami singles fourth round. The reigning Australian Open champions completed the doubles quarter-finals courtesy of a walkover against Karen Khachanov and Andrey Rublev.

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Defending Champs Granollers/Zeballos Learn Madrid Path

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Singles stars Tsitsipas, Alcaraz and Felix in action
Reigning Mutua Madrid Open champions Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos may have to overcome a host of top singles stars if they are to triumph once again at the ATP Masters 1000 event in Madrid.

In the bottom half of the draw, the second seeds will face wild cards Pablo Carreno Busta and Pedro Martinez or Rohan Bopanna and Denis Shapovalov in their opening match and are on a collision course to meet Rotterdam champ Felix Auger-Aliassime and Monte Carlo semi-finalist Grigor Dimitrov in the third round.

The Canadian-Bulgarian team opens against Diego Schwartzman and Maximo Gonzalez and might have to overcome fifth seeds Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah in the second round. The Colombians begin against Raven Klaasen and Ben McLachlan.

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Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury arrive in Madrid high in confidence after clinching their second Masters 1000 crown as a team in Monte Carlo. The top seeds will meet Germans Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies or Marcelo Arevalo and Jean-Julien Rojer in their first match.

Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut are seeded to face Ram and Salisbury in the semi-finals, with the Frenchmen aiming to win their eighth Masters 1000 title together.

#NextGenATP Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz will team with countryman Marc Lopez, while World No. 5 Stefanos Tsitsipas will join forces with brother Petros Tsitsipas. Alcaraz and Lopez start against Lukasz Kubot and Edouard Roger-Vasselin, with the Greeks facing eighth seeds Jamie Murray and Michael Venus.

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Third seeds Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic reached the final in Madrid last season. The Croatians are in the bottom half and will play Andrey Golubev and Santiago Gonzalez or Simone Bolelli and Ivan Dodig in their opening match.

Hubert Hurkacz and John Isner will also provide a threat having dropped just one set en route to the title in Miami at the start of April. The pair will take on Ariel Behar and Gonzalo Escobar in the first round.

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Granollers/Zeballos Come Up Clutch In Madrid Match Tie-Break

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Spanish-Argentine duo next face fifth seeds Cabal/Farah
Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos were sharpest when it mattered most on Thursday at the Mutua Madrid Open, winning a first-set tie-break and a Match Tie-break to get off to a winning start at the ATP Masters 1000 event.

The Spanish-Argentine duo moved past the all-Spanish duo of Pablo Carreno Busta and Pedro Martinez, 7-6(8), 2-6, 10-5.

After leading by an early break and missing out on three set points on the return at 5-4 in the opening set, Granollers and Zeballos won an extended tie-break in which they saved a pair of set points themselves. They secured the set on their second set point of the tie-break and fifth of the stanza.

After dropping the second set by a double break, the second seeds took command of the Match Tie-break by winning four straight points from 5/4, ultimately sealing the victory on their second match point.

They advance to face fifth seeds Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah in Friday's quarter-finals. The Colombians were walkover winners against Felix Auger-Aliassime and Grigor Dimitrov.

The two other doubles matches contested on Thursday both produced upsets. Two-time Roland Garros champions Andreas Mies and Kevin Krawietz of Germany dismissed top seeds Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury, 6-4, 6-4, while Simone Bolelli and Ivan Dodig edged third seeds Mate Pavic and Nikola Mektic, 7-5, 3-6, 10-6.

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Granollers/Zeballos Soar; Dodig/Krajicek Save 5 MPs

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Dodig/Krajicek have won past eight matches
Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos reached the semi-finals at Roland Garros for the first time together on Tuesday, overcoming sixth seeds Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupski 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.

The Spanish-Argentine pair has won six tour-level titles as a team, including four ATP Masters 1000 crowns. However, they are searching for a maiden Grand Slam trophy in Paris this week.

In a hard-fought performance, the fourth seeds converted both break points they had to advance after one hour and 55 minutes. Koolhof and Skupski have been the standout pair on the ATP Tour in 2022. They have won a Tour-leading four titles this season and are currently No. 1 in the Pepperstone ATP Doubles Teams Rankings.

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Granollers and Zeballos will next play Ivan Dodig and Austin Krajicek. The Croatian-American tandem came back from the brink, edging Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury 3-6, 7-6(9), 7-6(10).

Dodig and Krajicek saved one match point in the second set and then a further four match points in the decider to upset the top seeds in two hours and 36 minutes.

The unseeded tandem are competing together for the fourth time this season and arrived in Paris in form. They captured the trophy in Lyon earlier this month and have now won their past eight matches.

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Top Seeds Granollers/Zeballos Battle To Halle Final

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Mektic/Pavic advance to championship match at The Queen's Club
Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos opened their Terra Wortmann Open campaign with a pair of comfortable straight-sets victories earlier this week in Halle, but things were not so straightforward for the top seeds on Friday.

The Spanish-Argentine pairing recovered a 1-4 deficit before taking the opening set on a tie-break in their semi-final against fourth seeds Ivan Dodig and Austin Krajicek. Although Dodig and Krajicek responded by taking the second-set tie-break, it was the Granollers and Zeballos who prevailed by holding their nerve to clinch a 7-6(6), 6-7(4), 10-8 victory with their third match point.

They will now play for their first ATP Tour title since 2021 in Cincinnati in Sunday’s championship match, where they will face Roland Garros champions Marcelo Arevalo and Jean-Julien Rojer or third seeds Tim Puetz and Michael Venus.

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Mektic/Pavic Dig Deep For Final Berth In London
There was also Match Tie-break drama on Friday at the Cinch Championships in London, where second seeds Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic came through a nail-biting semi-final clash with Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul to secure a maiden championship match appearance at the ATP 500 event.

Mektic and Pavic held their nerve from 7/7 in the Match Tie-break at The Queen’s Club to secure a 5-7, 6-2, 10-8 victory against their American opponents. The Croatians are hunting their third title of 2022 in London, after also lifting trophies this year in Dubai and Belgrade. Their opponents in Sunday’s championship match will be Lloyd Glasspool and Harri Heliovaara or Rohan Bopanna and Denis Shapovalov.

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Granollers/Zeballos Save 2 Championship Points, Triumph In Halle

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Top seeds claim maiden grass-court crown as a team at ATP 500 event
Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos held off a stirring late comeback from Tim Puetz and Michael Venus to clinch a maiden title of 2022 at the Terra Wortmann Open in Halle on Sunday.

A crashing forehand return winner from Granollers proved the moment of magic necessary to break the deadlock late on OWL Arena, where the top seeds prevailed 6-4, 6-7(5), 14-12 in a dramatic championship match to seal their first grass-court crown as a team.

Granollers and Zeballos had appeared on course for a more comfortable climax to a tight encounter when leading 5/0 in the Match Tie-break. Yet home favourite Puetz and New Zealander Venus rallied to force two match points of their own at 10/9 and 12/11, before Granollers intervention secured a seventh tour-level title for the Spanish-Argentine pairing.


“There was a bit of luck at the end of the match because you never know what is going to happen when you are 10/10 in the Match Tie-break,” said Granollers after the match. “I think it was a very good match, a good level from both teams. We were leading in the Match Tie-break, and sometimes it can happen that you get tight, but we’re very happy to win the tournament.”

“This is a really special moment for me,” said Zeballos. “I came here for the first time when I was 17 with my father. I met Roger [Federer] here, I played my first junior tournament, so what can I say. I have really nice memories, I’m so happy, I enjoyed the whole week, and now that we won the tournament it is perfect.”


A couple of key moments defined a tight first set in the teams' maiden ATP Head2Head meeting. Granollers and Zeballos recovered a pair of break points to hold in the second game and were clinical when their chance came along, converting a deciding deuce point for 4-3 that proved enough to claim the opening set.

Puetz and Venus responded to dropping their first set of the week by staying solid, but the German-New Zealand duo was forced to wait until a tie-break to level the match as serve dominated the second set. The third seeds converted their third set point to take it 7/5, as the excited crowd urged home favourite Puetz and his partner Venus on.

There was no panic from Granollers and Zeballos, however, whose combination of precise serving and solid net play ultimately proved enough to overcome their opponents' late charge and complete a one-hour, 52-minute win at the ATP 500 event.

It is a first tour-level title for Granollers and Zeballos since they lifted the trophy at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati last August. The duo is now 7-4 in ATP Tour finals.

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Granollers/Zeballos Edge Through In Hamburg

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Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos made a winning start to their Hamburg European Open campaign Wednesday, overcoming Santiago Gonzalez and Andres Molteni 5-7, 6-2, 10-4.

The top seeds, who are making their debut together at the ATP 500 event, won 83 per cent (33/40) of their first-serve points to reach the quarter-finals in one hour and 35 minutes.

The Spanish-Argentine pair has now won their past five matches, after capturing their first title of the season in Halle last month. Granollers and Zeballos will next play Karen Khachanov and Andrey Rublev.

Third seeds Tim Puetz and Michael Venus advanced, defeating Aslan Karatsev and Edouard Roger-Vasselin 7-5, 6-4 in one hour and 32 minutes. The German-New Zealand tandem, who triumphed in Dubai in February, will next face Daniel Altmaier and Jan-Lennard Struff after the Germans defeated Sander Arends and David Pel 6-4, 7-6(4).

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Second seeds Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos also advanced to the quarter-finals with a 6-3, 6-3 win against Grigor Dimitrov and Andrey Rublev, while sixth seeds Tim Puetz and Michael Venus survived a Match Tie-break to notch a 4-6, 7-6(2), 10-8 victory against Lloyd Glasspool and Harri Heliovaara.

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