Santiago Gonzalez and Edouard Roger-Vasselin prolonged their late-season profitable streak to eight on Sunday to clinch the title on the Rolex Paris Masters.
The seventh-seeded duo defeated Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden 6-2, 5-7, 10-7 to elevate the trophy on the ATP Masters 1000 occasion within the French capital. Gonzalez and Roger-Vasselin transformed each break factors they earned to assert victory, holding agency after dropping their first set of the week within the championship match in Paris.
“The set we misplaced, it’s completely my fault. I did a reasonably dangerous sport within the second set, however Santi helped lots on the changeover,” stated residence favorite Roger-Vasselin. “[He said] ‘It’s OK, we’re simply going to battle each level and benefit from the crowd’. For me it’s tremendous particular to win right here in Paris, so I’m actually grateful to Santi. He performed superb all week, and I’m actually glad to win this trophy right here.”
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Gonzalez and Roger-Vasselin, who additionally lifted the trophy in Basel per week in the past, defeated the second, third and fourth-seeded pairs en path to their second Masters 1000 crown of the 12 months. The duo has certified for the Nitto ATP Finals in Turin, the place the pair will enter the distinguished season finale on a excessive.
“The final two weeks had been superb, ending the 12 months like this and now going to Turin with confidence,” stated Gonzalez. “We’re glad to win our second Masters title of this 12 months, so we’re more than happy about it and hopefully we are able to preserve it going.”
Gonzalez and Roger-Vasselin at the moment are 51-21 of their first full season collectively on the ATP Tour. They turned champions in Marseille, Miami and Los Cabos previous to their Basel and Paris triumphs, and can enter Turin in fourth within the Pepperstone ATP Reside Doubles Groups Rankings.
