Gonzalez/Roger-Vasselin Seal Basel Final Spot

Santiago Gonzalez and Edouard Roger-Vasselin moved to within one win of capturing their fourth title of the season together on Saturday when they defeated Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz 6-4, 6-4 at the Swiss Indoors Basel.

The third seeds were strong on serve, saving the only break point they faced, while they converted two of their four break point opportunities to advance after 73 minutes at the ATP 500 event.

By reaching their fourth final of the year, Gonzalez and Roger-Vasselin have boosted their Nitto ATP Finals qualification chances. They are currently fifth in the Pepperstone ATP Live Doubles Teams Rankings.

The Mexican-French team will aim to make it four wins from four finals on Sunday when they meet Hugo Nys and Jan Zielinski. Nys and Zielinski (11th in the Race) boosted their Nitto ATP Finals hopes at the expense of fellow Turin rivals Jamie Murray and Michael Venus (ninth) with a 4-6, 6-4, 10-7 win.

In Vienna, US Open champions Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury rallied from a set down to defeat Marcelo Arevalo and Jean-Julien Rojer 6-7(2), 3-6, 10-6 in the smei-finals.

The final will be a high-stakes showdown between the second seeds and Americans Nathaniel Lammons and Jackson Withrow, who are in eighth position in the Pepperstone ATP Live Doubles Team Rankings, hopeful of making their debut at the Nitto ATP Finals.

But due to the Grand Slam champion’s rule, to make it to Turin Lammons and Withrow will need to finish seventh in the Race, a position Ram and Salisbury currently hold. The 30-year-olds will move to within 127 points of Ram and Salisbury with the title, but would fall 527 points behind with a defeat Sunday.