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Koolhof/Mektic saves MP from Turin conversion victory
Former winners take down top seeds Granollers/Zeballos at the Nitto ATP Finals
November 12, 2024
Corinne Dubreuil/ATP Tour
Wesley Koolhof and Nikola Mektic play against Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos on Tuesday in Turin.
By ATP staff
Wesley Koolhof and Nikola Mektic are back on the brink to renew their Nitto ATP Finals campaign on Tuesday evening in Turin.
The Dutch-Croatian duo bounced back from their season finale defeat by saving a match point to down Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos 4-6, 7-6(6), 10-8. Koolhof and Mektic held their momentum in the business end of the game to improve to 1-1 in the Mike Bryan Group.
With their one-hour, 52-minute victory, the 2020 Nitto ATP Finals champions extended their Lexus ATP Head2Head series lead against Granollers and Zeballos to 4-0. Three of those victories came this year, with Koolhof and Mektic defeating their Spanish-Argentine rivals in Auckland, Indian Wells and now Turin.
Match Tie-break victory for Koolhof and Mektic ensured that Harri Heliovaara and Henry Patten became the first team to reach the semi-finals in Turin. Heliovaara and Patten earlier improved to 2-0 in their Nitto ATP Finals debut by defeating Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson 7-6(3), 7-5.
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