Tuesday semi-final victories for every of the highest two seeds on the China Open arrange a marquee ultimate in Beijing.
High seeds Ivan Dodig and Austin Krajicek gained their second straight Match Tie-break on the ATP 500, edging fourth seeds Santiago Gonzalez and Edouard Roger-Vasselin 4-6, 7-5, 10-6. The Croatian-American duo is looking for its fifth tour-level title of a sensational 2023 season that features triumphs at Roland Garros and in Monte-Carlo.
Second seeds Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupski have but to drop a set this 12 months in Beijing. The reigning Wimbledon champions continued their dominant run within the Chinese language capital with a 7-6(3), 6-2 win towards Karen Khachanov and Andrey Rublev.
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Wednesday’s ultimate will double as a shootout for first place within the Pepperstone ATP Reside Doubles Groups Rankings. Dodig and Krajicek at present have a 160-point lead of their bid to complete the season because the ATP Tour’s No. 1 crew.
The 2 groups have met as soon as earlier than this season, with Dodig/Krajicek successful within the Adelaide 2 semi-finals in January.
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