Erler/Miedler rally to second Vienna crown, Murray/Peers soar to Basel title

pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alexander-erler/e928/overview'Alexander Erler/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/lucas-miedler/mo55/overview'Lucas Miedler/a gave the fans in Vienna something to cheer about on Sunday when they clinched their second title at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/vienna/337/overview'Erste Bank Open/a./p

pThe Austrians, who triumphed at the indoor hard-court ATP 500 in 2022, rallied to defeat a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/neal-skupski/sl22/overview'Neal Skupski/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/michael-venus/v576/overview'Michael Venus/a 4-6, 6-3, 10-1. With the one-hour, 25-minute victory, the duo improved to eight consecutive wins after lifting the trophy in Antwerp last week./p

pldquo;The crowd went crazy today. With 10,000 people, it was an unbelievable atmosphere and wersquo;re really happy with how the match ended,rdquo; said Miedler. ldquo;Now itrsquo;s time to celebrate. We managed to serve well [in the Match Tie-break], connect on the returns. Itrsquo;s amazing to play a 10-1 tie-break against them.rdquo;/p

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pErler and Miedler led by a break in the opening set, but lost four consecutive games to fall behind in the championship match. Undeterred, they clawed their way back in a well-fought second set, during which they produced some scintillating tennis on return to shift the momentum in their favour in the Match Tie-break./p

pBuoyed by the home support at a sold-out Wiener Stadthalle, Erler and Miedler finished with a flourish to seal their eighth ATP Tour title as a team, winning 12 of the final 13 points./p

pWith their run to the championship match in Vienna, Skupski and Venus are up to 13th in the PIF ATP Doubles Teams Rankings. Their impressive season is underpinned by back-to-back title runs on the British grass in Eastbourne and London./p

pstrongMurray/Peers seal Basel crownbr /

/strongQualifiers a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jamie-murray/mc81/overview'Jamie Murray/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/john-peers/pc96/overview'John Peers/a capped off a strong week by winning their first title together this year at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/basel/328/overview'Swiss Indoors Basel/a./p

pThe British-Australian duo produced a clinical performance in the championship match to upset top seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/wesley-koolhof/kc41/overview'Wesley Koolhof/a andnbsp;a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/nikola-mektic/mf09/overview'Nikola Mektic/a 6-3, 7-5./p

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p ldquo;It was a crazy week for us,rdquo; said Murray, who saved three match points in their opening qualifying match. ldquo;We managed to battle through today, it was a really tough match. There were a lot of opportunities for both teams to break serve. Everyone was returning good and putting a lot of pressure on the server and we managed to hang tough at the end./p

pldquo;It was a battle and wersquo;re super excited to win and have a strong finish to what has been a tough year.rdquo;/p

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pMurray and Peers first teamed in 2013, amassing six ATP Tour titles together over the course of three years. After an eight-year spell with different partners, they rejoined forces in August this year./p

pldquo;Wersquo;ve kept building and working hard ever since we got back together in America,rdquo; added Peers. ldquo;I think itrsquo;s a reward for all the hard work wersquo;ve put in. Wersquo;ve been great with each other, combing well like we never left.rdquo;/p

pWith the defeat, Koolhof and Mektic remain in fifth place in the PIF ATP Live Doubles Teams Rankings, 368 points ahead of eighth-placed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/harri-heliovaara/h808/overview'Harri Heliovaara/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/henry-patten/p0g6/overview'Henry Patten/a. They won the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/nitto-atp-finals/605/overview'Nitto ATP Finals/a in 2020 and are still in strong contention to return to Turin in Koolhofrsquo;s final season as a professional./p

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