The doubles number one continues with firm steps in Rome. Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos continue with their good dynamics reaching the Rome Masters semi-finals after beating the Belgians Sander Gille y Joran Vliegen in two sets, for 6-2 y 7-6 (4) in one hour and 29 minutes.
The number one couple did not fail against who they were their ‘executioners’ in the Monte Carlo semifinals and against whom they took revenge in the second round at the Mutua Madrid Open. With the victory, the pairing made up of the Spaniard and the Argentine chain their sixth consecutive victory without having given up a set in Rome.
Three meetings resolved with authority despite the fact that both his debut and his meeting this Thursday ended up closing it in the ‘tie break’. In the semifinals they will face the couple formed by the Kazakh Alexandre Bublik and the American Ben Sheltonwho eliminated the Argentines Tomás Etcheverry and Francisco Cerúndolo in the quarterfinals.
Raising a title, the pending task of the season
After becoming the number oneo after reaching the semifinals of the Mutua Madrid Open, the couple had to withdraw from the tournament due to Zeballos’ injury. A decision that left those who were the favorites to lift the crown in Madrid without the final.
With their presence among the four best couples in Rome, Granollers and Zeballos reach their seventh semi-finals of the seasonafter reaching the round in Auckland, Buenos Aires, Indian Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo and the Spanish capital. In three of these (Auckland, Buenos Aires, Indian Wells), the number one reached the final, however in all of them they were left with the honey in their hands. Losing two of them to the couple formed by the Dutchman Wesley Koolhof and the Serbian Nikola Mekticwho are fighting for their place in the next round of the Italian tournament.
A pending account with raising a title that, in what is being one of the best seasons of the couple that has won eight ATP titles, is once again within their reach in a scenario where the duo knows what it means to win, after be crowned at the Foro Italico in 2020.
2024-05-16 14:21:40
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