The Mexican tennis player santiago gonzalezconquered the ATP 250 from Marseille in pairs, together with Édouard Roger-Vasselin, in three sets with partials of 4-6, 7(7)-(4)6 and 10-7, to sign a flip against the French tennis players.
During the final, the couple made up of the Mexican and the French Roger-Vasselinwas imposed on the also local Nicolas Mahut y Fabrice Martin, to claim the triumph that meant the 19th title in the career of the 40-year-old tennis veteran.
With 88% effectiveness in the first serve, 70% of the points achieved in the same bracket and with superiority in points from the second serve and in break points, the González – Roger-Vasselin duo was clearly superior, after having fallen in the first episode played 4-6, in a match that reached 99 minutes of action.
Tied after two player sets, the couples had to define the match in a Super Tie break, the first to reach 10 points and after having found himself at a 7-5 disadvantage, the duo between the Mexican and the French tennis player, had a rally of five consecutive points to consummate the victory.
The Mexican started this Open 13 Provencelocated in the 31st position of the ATP world ranking in the doubles modality, while his partner was in the 27th place, to be considered as favorites throughout the contest and after having been seeded in the main draw by pairs.
Despite the fact that it was not the first final for this couple, after their previous experience in Indian Wells in 2022, it was the first victory for both as a team, in a category that has suited the Mexican, in which he registers 18 of his 19 titles as a professional. For Santiago González it was the first victory in Marseille. Otherwise for Roger-Vasselin, who had already been crowned on a couple of previous occasions between 2012 and 2014 with Julien Benneteau.
González was a couple during 2021 and 2022 with the Argentine, Andrés Molteni, with whom he won four titles in total. The next commitment of both will be presented within the round of 16 of the Mexican Open on Tuesday the 28th, against the American duo made up of Jackson Withrow and Nathaniel Lammons. González was already a finalist in the stellar tournament in Mexico, when he fell as Marius Fyrstenberg’s partner in the 2015 edition
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Titles of Santiago González
ATP250 Belgrado – 2010
ATP500 Barcelona – 2011
ATP250 Kitzbühel – 2011
ATP250 Newport – 2012
ATP250 Winston-Salem – 2012
ATP250 Oeiras – 2013
ATP250 Halle – 2013
ATP250 Oeiras – 2014
ATP250 Düsseldorf – 2014
ATP250 Memphis – 2015
ATP250 Memphis – 2016
ATP250 Antalya – 2018
ATP250 Houston – 2019
ATP250 Stuttgart – 2021
ATP250 Astana – 2021
ATP250 Stockholm – 2021
ATP250 Cordoba – 2022
ATP250 Buenos Aires – 2022
ATP250 Marseille – 2023
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