Double race: Jürgen Melzer needs help and can help himself
Jürgen Melzer and his partner Edouard Roger-Vasselin still have a big goal: a starting place at the ATP Finals in London. Melzer / Roger-Vasselin could take an important step at the Erste Bank Open in the Wiener Stadthalle.
by tennisnet.com
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Oct 28, 2020, 07:27 pm
How late some things in tennis can be decided last year: Pierre-Hugues Herbert wanted to advance his individual career and only played a few tournaments with his long-term partner Nicolas Mahut. With a success at the ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Paris-Bercy, the two French finally qualified for the ATP final in London. That they also won immediately.
Jürgen Melzer doesn't want to think about winning the last tournament of the year. At the beginning of the tournament week in Vienna, Melzer made no secret of the fact that he would like to serve again in the O2 Arena before the end of his career announced for the Australian Open 2021. In the current Doubles Race to London, the Austrian and Edouard Roger-Vasselin are in seventh place. With very little air to the rear. And so it would be very much in the spirit of the Austrian double legend if he and Roger-Vasselin won their match against Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo on Thursday evening. Because Kubot / Melo are currently 300 points behind Melzer / Roger-Vasselin.
Melzer also looks to Nur-Sultan
A success of the pairing Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury against Jamie Murray and Neal Skupski would also be helpful for Melzer. Murray / Skupski are only 80 points behind Melzer / Roger-Vasselin. Who should also have a look at the events in Nur-Sultan. Max Purcell and Luke Saville play there. And the two are the first pursuers of Jürgen Melzer and Edouard Roger-Vasselin.
But as has already been shown several times: The tickets for London can really only be booked when the winners have been determined in Paris-Bercy. In doubles as well as singles.