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ATP: Marach, Pavic and Co. - start with new partners

At the two ATP Tour 250 tournaments in Antalya and Delray Beach there are a few interesting double constellations.

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Glory Days: Oliver Marach and Mate Pavic after their Australian Open victory in 2018
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Glory Days: Oliver Marach and Mate Pavic after their Australian Open victory in 2018

That Mate Pavic and Nikola Mektic want to go on a title hunt together at the beginning of the 2021 season has been clear since the ATP Finals at the latest. Pavic had made his separation from Bruno Soares public, and Mektic quickly won the unofficial world championship alongside Wesley Koolhof. In Antalya, the two Croatians are now starting as a permanent couple for the first time. And as big favorites.

The greatest challengers must be Ivan Dodig and Filip Polasek, who know each other very well as partners. And are placed in position two. Remarkable: David Goffin and Pierre-Hugues Herbert, who meet in the singles in the first round, have called together in doubles.

Isner plays with Hurkacz

In Delray Beach, Oliver Marach tries a new playmate: The Austrian Australian Open champion from 2018 (with Mate Pavic) has teamed up with Luis David Martinez from Venezuela for this tournament. The interaction with Raven Klaasen had already ended last autumn.

Another Austrian could well play for the tournament victory in Delray Beach: Philipp Oswald and Marcus Daniell are in second place. Marcelo Arevalo and Jean-Julien Rojer go into the event as favorites. The rather unexpected double here is made up of John Isner and Hubert Hurkacz.

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