Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos: A Dynamic Doubles Pair at the ATP Finals

For the fourth consecutive year, third in Turin, Marcel Granollers (Barcelona, ​​37 years old) participates in the doubles tournament of the ATP Finals, always with the Argentine Horacio Zeballos (38) as a partner. The Spaniard was also in 2012, 2013, 2014 with Marc López (they were champions in 2012), and in 2017 with the Croatian Ivan Dodig. Together with Zeballos he played the semifinals in 2020 and 2021. Last year they could not advance from the group stage and this edition they arrive with more points than ever in the Race (fifth with 5,127) after a very good season in which they have been finalist at Wimbledon, semi-finalists at the Australian Open and Roland Garros and recent champions at the Shanghai Masters 1,000, among other achievements. On Sunday (6:30 p.m.) they make their debut in Turin against the Mexican Santiago González and the Frenchman Edouard Roger-Vasselin.

“We are aware that this is a very tough tournament, that from the first day we are going to play matches that could be finals in any tournament, but we are doing very well. This last part of the year we have achieved a high level, which I hope we can maintain here too,” Granollers commented this Saturday to AS and ABC. “We are going to try (to do something big in the Finals), but as I told you, this is a difficult tournament. The year is very good, in the end any couple that is here means that they have had a great year. We have achieved many points and that means that we have had very good results. So, without a doubt, it is a great year for us,” added the Catalan.

Marcel had no preferences in terms of rivals (they also share a group with the numbers one, Dodig and the American Austin Krajicek, and with the Argentines Máximo González and Andrés Molteni). “Whoever has not won a 1,000 Masters has won a Grand Slam, and whoever has not, has won two 1,000 Masters; They are couples of very high quality who have had a great year, who all come with great confidence. And under these conditions, in the end, they are going to say the details in the games.”

Regularity and operation

Regarding the fact of repeating their position for the fourth time among the eight best couples in the world, he tells Granollers that they are having “very high consistency.” “We have achieved great results during these four years and, well, the couple works. Ending the year, in this case here in Turin, is a great sign for us.” The fact is that they even have a mathematical chance of being the best couple in the ranking at the end of the year.

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2023-11-12 04:04:25
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