Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos will form one of the eight couples that will compete in the Nitto ATP Finals doubles of Turin (Italy, November 14-21). The Catalan and the Argentine already tied their place in the ‘teachers’ appointment last month and have finally entered the tournament as the fourth best couple in the league. Doubles race, with 4,535 points.
Croats Nikola Mektic and Mate PavicBig dominators of the season with nine titles, they will be the favorites for the title once they have already secured the world No. 1 of 2021 after their victories in Wimbledon, the Olympic gold and three tournaments Masters 1.000.
Especially noteworthy is that reign in the case of Pavic, 28, who has been the No. 1 in doubles in pairs three of the last four seasons with three different teammates, the Austrian Oliver Marach (2018), the Brazilian Bruno Soares (2020) and now his compatriot Nikola Mektic.
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Granollers, 35, will seek his second title of doubles ‘master’ after his 2012 success with the also Catalan Marc Lopez. Two-time champion of the Davis Cup (2008, 2019), Marcel has six Masters 1,000 titles, the category of his two victories in 2021 alongside Zeballos, in Madrid and Cincinnati.
Granollers adds 23 doubles titles and another 23 disputed finals, including four of the Grand Slam, his pending subject: Roland Garros (2014) and US Open (2014) next to Marc López and US Open (2019) and Wimbledon (2021) with Zeballos.
The eight couples of the Masters
1. Nikola Mektic (Cro) -Mate Pavic (Cro) 8,875 points
2. Rajeev Ram (USA)-Joe Salisbury (GBR) 7.140
3. Pierre-Hugues Herbert (Fra) -Nicolas Mahut (Fra) 4.690
4. Marcel Granollers (ESP) -Horacio Zeballos (Arg) 4,535
5. Juan Sebastián Cabal (Col) -Robert Farah (Col) 4,260
6. Ivan Dodig (Cro) -Filip Polasek (Svq) 3,230
7. Jamie Murray (GBR)-Bruno Soares (Bra) 3.230
8. Kevin Krawietz (Ale) -Horia Tecau (Rum) 3.110
