Generali Open Kitzbühel: Marach and Melzer after thriller in the semifinals
Oliver Marach and Jürgen Melzer have reached the semi-finals at the Generali Open 2020 in Kitzbühel. The two veterans beat Marcelo Demoliner and Matwe Middelkoop 7: 5, 6: 7 (4) and 11: 9.
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last edit: Sep 11, 2020, 07:08 pm
The idea of letting the doubles play on the regular ATP tour without an advantage and third set should shorten the matches. Oliver Marach and Jürgen Melzer, two classics in the industry, thought in their quarter-finals at the Generali Open in Kitzbühel: Well, while we're on the court ... Melzer and Marach toiled against Marcelo Demoliner and for 1:52 hours Matwe Middelkoop won the match tiebreak 11: 9 and thus earned a rendezvous with Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos, the top seeded couple at the ATP Tour 250 tournament at the foot of the Kitzbüheler Horn.
Marach and Melzer decided at short notice to compete together in Kitzbühel because their two regular tour partners had problems entering the country: Edouard Roger-Vasselin is only allowed to leave New York City today because he has tested positive for the Corona virus with Benoit Paire had had contact. And Marach's playmate Raven Klaasen, a South African, did not get a timely visa for the Schengen area. The basic understanding of the two Austrian legends is still there: in 2019 they won the ATP Tour 500 tournament in Hamburg together, at the beginning of this year they represented Austria at the ATP Cup and then in Premstätten also in the Davis Cup.
The American Austin Krajicek and his Croatian partner Franko Skugor have already qualified for the final. The pair defeated the two seeded pair Ivan Dodig and Filip Polasek also very tightly with 6: 7 (4), 7: 6 (1) and 10: 7.