Match Report
Koolhof/Mektic save MP in Turin turnaround triumph
Former champs down second seeds Granollers/Zeballos at Nitto ATP Finals
November 12, 2024
Corinne Dubreuil/ATP Tour
Wesley Koolhof and Nikola Mektic in motion in opposition to Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos on Tuesday in Turin.
By ATP Employees
Wesley Koolhof and Nikola Mektic got here again from the brink to rejuvenate their Nitto ATP Finals marketing campaign on Tuesday night in Turin.
The Dutch-Croatian pair bounced again from a gap loss on the prestigious season finale by saving a match level to down second seeds Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos 4-6, 7-6(6), 10-8. Koolhof and Mektic crucially held their nerve throughout the enterprise finish of the match to enhance to 1-1 in Mike Bryan Group.
With their one-hour, 52-minute victory, the 2020 Nitto ATP Finals champions prolonged their Lexus ATP Head2Head collection lead in opposition to Granollers and Zeballos to 4-0. Three of these victories have come this yr, when Koolhof and Mektic prevailed in opposition to their Spanish-Argentine rivals in Auckland, Indian Wells and now Turin.
Koolhof and Mektic’s Match Tie-break win ensured that Harri Heliovaara and Henry Patten turned the primary staff to seal a semi-final spot in Turin. Heliovaara and Patten earlier improved to 2-0 on their Nitto ATP Finals debut by defeating Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson 7-6(3), 7-5.
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