The Spanish tennis player Marcel Granollers and the Argentine Horacio Zeballoscurrent doubles number 1, the new champions of Masters 1,000 on the hard court Canadaargued in Montrealafter winning the final -6-2, 7-6 (4)- and also scoring one of the best points of the year, a rare give and take of 21 shots against the American Rajeev Ram and the British Joe Salisbury in the seventh game of the first set.
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Granollers, who has 27 doubles titles in his career, and Zeballos defeated Ram, 40 years old and recent Olympic runner-up with his compatriot Austin Krajicek, in the final, the executioners in the quarterfinals of the most media couple of the Games from Paris, Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz.
Marcel, who makes an Olympic couple together Pablo Carrenofell in the round of 16 against the Australians Matthew Ebden and John Peersultimately won the gold medal after defeating the aforementioned Ram and Salisbury in the final.
This is the second title of the season for the Granollers-Zeballos duo after the Rome Masters 1,000. Both had very good years, including three more finals (Auckland, Buenos Aires, Indian Wells)and five semi-finals (Miami, Monte Carlo, Madrid, Roland Garros, Wimbledon).
Source: La Verdad
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