The Argentinian Horacio Zeballos (N°13 del ranking ATP) y the Spanish Marcel Granollers (14th), consolidated duo on the circuit, they won to the pair formed by the Australian Rinky Hijikata and the British Cameron Norrie by 6-2 and 6-3 and signed the pass to the final of the Shanghai Masters 1000.
Zeballos and Granollers reached their fifth Masters 1000 final. Getty
So far a perfect journey for the Spanish-Argentine duo. Without giving up partials throughout the journey and with victories against Gille-Vliegen, Erler-Miedler and Haase-Tsitsipas, before the aforementioned success, they entered the definition of the Chinese tournament and They will look for the first title of the season.
Together, in their careers, they achieved four Masters 1000 trophies (seven in total), and They want to be the first Spanish speakers to win the Asian tournament. The event has been held since 2009 and only the Spaniards David Marrero and Fernando Verdasco could be runners-up in 2013.
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It will be the third final of 2023 for Zeballos and Granollers. They lost in Geneva and Wimbledon, so they will try to make the third time the charm. To do so, they will have to beat the third seeds, Matthew Ebden and Rohan Bopanna, or the French Sadio Doumbia and Fabien Reboul.
It should be noted that this victory against Hijikata and Norrie positioned them in a privileged place in the face of the Nitto ATP Finalsan event that will take place from November 12 to 19 at the Pala Alpitour. They climbed to fourth position in the race and will try to qualify for the fourth consecutive year.
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2023-10-13 11:36:43
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