Tsitsipas brothers save 3 MPs to win Gstaad doubles opener

pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/petros-tsitsipas/tg77/overview'Petros Tsitsipas/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/stefanos-tsitsipas/te51/overview'Stefanos Tsitsipas/a survived three match points to pull off an opening-round doubles upset on Tuesday at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/gstaad/314/overview'EFG Swiss Open Gstaad/a. The Greek brothers edged fourth seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/nicolas-barrientos/bc76/overview'Nicolas Barrientos/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/luke-johnson/j543/overview'Luke Johnson/a 4-6, 6-4, 14-12, capping off the victory by winning the final three points of the Match Tie-break./p

pThe pair won two of three break points and dominated on first serve with a 72 percent win rate, according to Infosys ATP Stats. After being broken three times in the opening set, they saved all four break points against them in set two./p

pOne of the match point saves came on return at 11/12 in the Match Tie-break, sparking that run of three points to close out the win./p

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pstrongSeeds advance in Hamburgbr /

/strongBoth main-draw doubles matches at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/hamburg/414/overview'Hamburg Open/a were won by seeded teams on Tuesday. Third-seeded Frenchmen a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/fabien-reboul/re45/overview'Fabien Reboul/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/edouard-roger-vasselin/r613/overview'Edouard Roger-Vasselin/a beat a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/dustin-brown/ba65/overview'Dustin Brown/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/daniel-masur/mn20/overview'Daniel Masur/a 6-4, 6-3 to open their campaign at the ATP 250 breaking four times on seven chances./p

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pTheir quarterfinal opponents will be a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/lloyd-glasspool/gd08/overview'Lloyd Glasspool/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jean-julien-rojer/r513/overview'Jean-Julien Rojer/a, who earned a 6-4, 7-6(5) victory against singles stars a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/francisco-cerundolo/c0au/overview'Francisco Cerundolo/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/pedro-martinez/mo44/overview'Pedro Martinez/a. The seventh seeds saved nine of 11 break points against them while converting on an efficient three out of four break chances./p

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pstrongCash/Galloway make winning start in Newportbr /

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Second seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/julian-cash/ci96/overview'Julian Cash/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/robert-galloway/g09v/overview'Robert Galloway/a made a strong start at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/newport/315/overview'Infosys Hall of Fame Open/a in Newport, earning a 6-3, 6-4 win against Frenchmen a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/adrian-mannarino/me82/overview'Adrian Mannarino/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/harold-mayot/m0g4/overview'Harold Mayot/a. This season's Delray Beach and Mallorca champions hit seven aces and dropped serve just once in the victory./p

pimg src="/-/media/images/news/2024/07/16/19/13/cash-galloway-newport-2024-tuesday.jpg" style="width:100%;" alt="a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/julian-cash/ci96/overview'Julian Cash/a, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/robert-galloway/g09v/overview'Robert Galloway/a" /br /

ema href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/julian-cash/ci96/overview'Julian Cash/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/robert-galloway/g09v/overview'Robert Galloway/a. Photo credit: ITHF/Kyle Prudhomme/em/p

pAussies a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/luke-saville/sm09/overview'Luke Saville/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/aleksandar-vukic/v832/overview'Aleksandar Vukic/a earned an upset at the ATP 250, knocking off the eighth-seeded Indian pairing of a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/rithvik-choudary-bollipalli/b0px/overview'Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/niki-kaliyanda-poonacha/kh77/overview'Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha/a 6-1, 6-4./p

pstrongFrench success in Bastadbr /

/strongTwo all-French teams advanced on Tuesday at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/bastad/316/overview'Nordea Open/a in Bastad. a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alexandre-muller/mp20/overview'Alexandre Muller/a and #NextGenATP star a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/luca-van-assche/v0dz/overview'Luca Van Assche/a earned a 6-3, 6-4 win against a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/karol-drzewiecki/de12/overview'Karol Drzewiecki/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/sumit-nagal/n897/overview'Sumit Nagal/a, while a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/manuel-guinard/gh33/overview'Manuel Guinard/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/gregoire-jacq/j557/overview'Gregoire Jacq/a beat fourth-seeded Brazilians a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/fernando-romboli/r960/overview'Fernando Romboli/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/marcelo-zormann/z363/overview'Marcelo Zormann/a 6-3, 6-4./p

pFrance's a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/theo-arribage/a0e5/overview'Theo Arribage/a, teaming with a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/roman-safiullin/sx50/overview'Roman Safiullin/a, also advanced at the ATP 250 courtesy of a 6-3, 6-2 win against a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/mariano-navone/n0bs/overview'Mariano Navone/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/cameron-norrie/n771/overview'Cameron Norrie/a./p

pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/rafael-nadal/n409/overview'Rafael Nadal/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/casper-ruud/rh16/overview'Casper Ruud/a, who upset second seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/guido-andreozzi/a887/overview'Guido Andreozzi/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/miguel-reyes-varela/r736/overview'Miguel Reyes-Varela/a on Monday, will be back in doubles action on Wednesdsay when they face Arribage and Safiullin in the quarter-finals./p

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pstrongemWhat to know about the 2024 ATP Doubles Trial implemented this week in Hamburg, Gstaad and Newportbr /

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liSingles versus doubles team matches in the first round whenever possible by increasing the number of doubles seeded teams to 8 (up from 4)/li

li21 seconds between all points/li

li60-second changeovers with a time call after 40 seconds. Points should start at the 60-second mark at the latest/li

liFree crowd movement/li

liDoubles-only court (when possible)/li

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