ATP Challenger Shenzhen: Erler/Miedler triumph in the final
With a confident performance, Lucas Miedler and Alexander Erler defeated the Romios/Matuszewski pairing in two sets in the final of the ATP Challenger tournament in the category 100 in Shenzhen and thus won their fifth joint title of the season.
by tennisnet.com
last edit: Oct 15, 2023, 02:49 pm
The final match against the number 2 seeded Australian/Polish duo Matthew Romios and Piotr Matuszewski was evenly balanced until the middle of the first round, before Lucas Miedler from Lower Austria and Alexander Erler from Tyrol won three games in a row with the score at 3:3 and were able to win the first round.
In the second set, the Austrian Davis Cup doubles managed the decisive break in the fifth game and safely transported this lead to a 6:3, 6:4 win after 62 minutes.
In addition to the three ATP titles in Acapulco, Munich and Kitzbühel, the success in Shenzhen is the top-seeded duo's second victory on the ATP Challenger Tour this year after the victory in Cagliari.