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Fabrice Martin and Maxime Cressy in motion on Saturday in Dubai.
American/French crew clinch first title as crew
Maxime Cressy and Fabrice Martin capped their debut week as a crew in type Saturday once they defeated third seeds Lloyd Glasspool and Harri Heliovaara 7-6(2), 6-4 on the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships.
The American-French tandem rallied from a break down within the first set, whereas they hit 14 aces and saved each break factors they confronted to triumph after one hour and 25 minutes on the ATP 500 occasion.
Teaming for the primary time this week, Cressy and Martin defeated Australian Open finalists Hugo Nys and Jan Zielinski within the first spherical, earlier than transferring previous Robin Haase and Matwe Middelkoop and Belgians Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen.
The Dubai title is Cressy’s first tour-level doubles crown. The 25-year-old lifted his maiden ATP Tour singles title in Newport final yr. It is Martin’s eighth tour-level trophy however first since 2021, when he triumphed with Nicolas Mahut in Antwerp.
Third seeds Glasspool and Heliovaara have been aiming to seize their second title of the season as a crew, having clinched the crown in Adelaide in January. The British-Finn pair didn’t drop a set en path to the ultimate.
Source web site: www.atptour.com
