Lorenzo Sonego and Lorenzo Musetti fly to the finals in Doha
Lorenzo Sonego and Lorenzo Musetti fly to the finals in Doha
Lorenzo Sonego and Lorenzo Musetti's adventure continues at the Doha ATP 250. Eliminated in the first round in singles, the Azzurri reached the doubles final, defeating the pair formed by Germany's Andreas Mies and Australia's John-Patrick Smith in three sets, with a score of 6-2 6-7 10-7 after one hour and 51 minutes.
In the first set, the balance was broken in the fifth game, with the Azzurri surging ahead by a break, which was repeated in the seventh game, before closing on a 6-2 final. In the second partial Sonego/Musetti place the break in the ninth game, going to serve for the match. Here però the Italian pair trembled, Mies/Smith came back and brought the match back to even, winning the set at tie-break. In the final tie-break Mies/Smith twice went ahead by a mini-break but were caught up by the Azzurri, who on 5-6 strung three consecutive points and closed 10-7 at the first useful match point.
In the finals Sonego and Musetti will face the pair formed by British Jamie Murray and New Zealander Michael Venus, the number one seed, who è disposed in two sets of the duo composed of Uruguayan Ariel Behar and Czech Adam Pavlasek.
