The world number one doubles players did not start their fifth consecutive appearance at the ATP Finals. The Spanish Marcel Granollers38 years old, and the Argentine Horacio Zeballos39, bow to Finn Harri Heliovaara and the British left-handed debutant Henry Patten, seventh pair of the season, 7-6 (7-2) and 6-4 in one hour and 28 minutes.
In another Mike Bryan Group match, the Australians Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson They beat the Dutch Wesley Koolhof and the Croatian Nikola Mektic of 7-6 (1) and 6-3.
Granollers and Zeballos return to action on Tuesday, against Koolhof and Mektic.
The Barcelonan will face his ninth ATP Masters Final, a tournament he won in 2012 while partnering with Marc Lopez.
During their rise to the first place in the ranking, which they defended in Turin, the champions in Rome and Montreal could not beat the kings of Wimbledon, a duo of specialists. Heliovaara-Patten where they could not break serve with the two break points they had in the second set.
Everything was decided by a break of serve suffered by Granollers in the third game of that set, which led to the victory of the opponents.
Marcel Granollers next in the Davis Cup Finals, ready to do the doubles Carlos Alcaraz or Rafa Nadal If the captain thinks so, David Ferrer.
Source: La Verdad
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