Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassoricredited with the number 1 seed, arrive at the quarterfinals of the ATP 500 doubles tournament in Halle: the blues rule with a double 6-3 in an hour of play the couple of lucky loser composed by the Spaniard Pedro Martinez and the Kazakh Aleksandr Nedovyesovand in the next round they will face the duo formed by the Kazakh Alexander Bublik and the French Arthur Fils.
In the first set the balance lasts until 3-3, even if the Iberian and the Kazakh save themselves at the decisive point in the fifth game. The break, however, comes inexorably in the seventh game, still at the deciding point. The Italian pair confirms the break to zero, then in the ninth game it is again the killer point that smiles at the Azzurri, who close at 6-3 in half an hour.
In the second game we witness a long monologue from Bolelli and Vavassori, who first concede just fifteen to their opponents in three rounds of service, then take the serve away from both opponents first at the decisive point and then at zero.
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At 5-0 the Azzurri get three consecutive match points at 15-40, but from that moment their opponents place a partial of 10 points to 1 which allows them to close to 3-5. The fifth match point is the good one for the number 1 seeds, who thus win once again by 6-3 in half an hour.
The statistics they underline the dominance of the blueswho win 61 points against 39 of opponents, conceding just one break point and converting 4 of the 8 he had available. The Azzurri make the difference with their service, with 6 aces against 3 And no double faults against 4s of opponents. The Italians serve the first in the84% of cases and they get 78% of points, reaching the 57% with the second.
