Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos They face the third and final match of the group stage of the ATP Finals this Thursday, and they do it against the ropes.
The two defeats suffered so far have almost taken them away, but There is one option that would allow them to advance to the semifinals.
He had to win his match this afternoon (6pm) against Australians Purcell and Thompson, and do it in two sets, and Koolhof and Mektic also lost to Heliovaara and Patten.
Well, the latter happened. The couple formed by the Finnish Harri Heliovaara and the Englishman Henry Patten achieved this Thursday his third victory in this ATP Finals ATP, against the Dutch Wesley Koolhof and the Croatian Nikola Mektic (4-6, 6-3 and 12-10)to seal their ticket to the semifinals.
So, the number 2 couple in the world has to win without going a set. In this case, at Winning 2-0 against Purcell and Thompson, they qualified second in the group with just one win.
Besides, Victory in two sets would allow the Spanish-Argentine pairing to maintain their chances of being number 1 at the end of the season.fighting Salvadoran Marcelo Arévalo and Croatian Mate Pavic.
It was enough for the Australians to make just one set to qualify. Heliovaara and Patten have taken first place in the group and Koohof and Mektic have been mathematically eliminated.
Source: La Verdad
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