Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies are again to successful methods on the Rolex Paris Masters.
The German pair dug deep to carry off residence favourites Adrian Mannarino and Fabrice Martin and clinch a 6-4, 7-6(5) victory on Monday on the ATP Masters 1000 occasion in France. The six-time tour-level titlists saved six of seven break factors they confronted to notch their first win at Paris-Bercy since they reached the semi-finals on match debut in 2019.
Krawietz and Mies are two-time Grand Slam champions, having lifted the trophy at Roland Garros in 2019 and 2020, and the pair is chasing its first ATP Masters 1000 crown within the French capital this week. Nonetheless, they face a troublesome second-round project in Paris in fifth seeds Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos.
Additionally on Monday, residence wild card pairing Sadio Doumbia and Fabien Reboul saved two match factors within the Match Tie-break earlier than clinching an exciting 7-5, 6-7(4), 15-13 win in opposition to Hugo Nys and Jan Zielinski. Doumbia and Reboul’s reward for holding their nerve to clinch an epic two-hour, 10-minute battle is a second-round assembly with high seeds Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury.
Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen additionally superior to the second spherical by defeating Sebastian Baez and Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-4, 6-4. The Belgian duo will proceed its bid for its sixth tour-level title in opposition to the in-form Ivan Dodig and Austin Krajicek.
The eighth-seeded Dodig and Krajieck are on an eight-match unbeaten run after triumphing in Naples and Basel prior to now two weeks and are at present eighth within the Pepperstone ATP Stay Doubles Rankings as they give the impression of being to qualify for November’s Nitto ATP Finals.
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