2023-10-08 23:09:55
The ÖTV Davis Cup doubles lose in China at the ATP million-dollar tournament following an opening victory in the round of 16.
After Sebastian Ofner’s second-round defeat in the singles on Saturday, Austria’s only entry in the doubles competition at the Rolex Shanghai Masters has now stumbled at the second hurdle. Because Alexander Erler (ATP doubles 34) and Lucas Miedler (ATP doubles 35) drew once morest the seventh-ranked, Spanish-Argentinian successful combination Marcel Granollers (ATP doubles) in their round of 16 match on Sunday at the ATP Masters 1000 hard court event in the Chinese metropolis 14) and Horacio Zeballos (ATP double 13) came up short following 85 minutes with 4:6, 6:7 (3). The Tyrolean and the Lower Austrian therefore had to console themselves with 16,730 US dollars in prize money and 90 ATP points – in their first start in Shanghai, as it was for Ofner.
Erler/Miedler won their opening encounter in the $8.8 million tournament in just 57 minutes. Against Granollers/Zeballos there were only three break points in the entire game, all three for their opponents. Erler/Miedler immediately destroyed a break chance in the first game of the first set and at 1:1 in the second round, but they were unable to avert the only loss of serve to make it 3:4 in the first set. In the second section, the two mini-breaks of 0:1 and 2:6 were ultimately decisive in the tiebreak. For the two, it is a setback in their efforts to end their strong 2023 season among the top 13 pairings. These are guaranteed main competition starting places at the ATP Masters 1000 tournaments until Madrid in May 2024. In the live race ranking, Erler/Miedler are in 15th place, but with a respectable gap to 13th place out of 850 points.
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