ATP Mallorca: Finally against number one - Oliver Marach is looking forward to Novak Djokovic
Oliver Marach and his partner Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi have reached the semifinals of the ATP Tour 250 tournament on Mallorca. There is a premiere there: Marach meets a number one in the world for the first time - individually. Novak Djokovic is waiting.
by tennisnet.com
last edit: Jun 23, 2021, 09:07 pm
Matches against leaders in the world rankings are actually no longer a cause for excitement for Oliver Marach. The 40-year-old double legend has played against industry leaders in abundance over the course of his career, not least when he took part in the ATP Finals. Against a current number one in the individual, however, that has not been granted to the Styrian so far. For this reason alone, the trip to the Mallorca Championships in Santa Ponsa was worth it for Marach. Because on Thursday the quarter-finals against Novak Djokovic and his partner Carlos Gomez Herrera are about to make it to the doubles final.
Once he was close to playing against Roger Federer , Marach said. But that would have required a win against Andreas Seppi. At that time still in individual. The match against the Swiss would have been buzzing around in his head, which is why he lost very close to Seppi.
Djokovic twice in the match tie-break
In any case, the task will not be easy for the two double specialists. Because Djokovic / Herrera beat the top seeded pair Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos in the quarter-finals. In the match tie-break, as in round one Tomislav Brkic and Nikola Cacic.
Marach and Qureshi also had to make the short decision against Andre Goransson and Casper Ruud at the beginning, the quarter-final victory against Adrian Mannarino and Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela was then extremely convincing.
Here the double tableau from Mallorca
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