Miami (USA) – Brazilian representative in the doubles bracket of the Masters 1000 in Miami, Marcelo Melo achieved his second victory alongside Frenchman Eduard Roger-Vasselin and guaranteed a place in the quarterfinals of the tournament. This Tuesday, they beat Americans Christopher Eubanks and Ben Shelton by 6/7 (5-7), 7/5 and 10-8.
Melo and Vasselin will return to action this Wednesday, starting at 4pm (Brasília time) on the Grandstand court. They face Croatian Ivan Dodig and North American Austin Krajicek, seeded 2. Two weeks ago, in Indian Wells, Dodig and Vasselin defeated Melo and German Alexander Zverev in the round of 16.
At 40 years old, Marcelo Melo is making his 16th appearance in the 1000 Miami Masters and was champion in 2017, alongside Poland’s Lukasz Kubot. The Minas Gerais native was also a semifinalist in 2015 and 2019. In the current season, he played in the ATP semifinals in Buenos Aires and Santiago, playing alongside Dutchman Matwe Middelkoop.
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The first set of the match had a break on each side, with Melo and Vasselin leading 3/1. The North Americans sought a draw and won a balanced tiebreak. In the second half, the Brazilian and the Frenchman escaped the two break-points they faced and managed to break in the last game of the set.
The match-tiebreak had some ups and downs, as Melo and Vasselin led 7-2, but lost two serves and six points in a row to the North Americans, who went 8-7 and had a lot of support from the fans. . But the Minas Gerais native and his partner, who is the current doubles champion in Miami, managed to recover in time and won the last three points of the match.
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