Lammons and Withrow successfully defend their Winston-Salem crown
Nathaniel Lammons and Jackson Withrow won their second consecutive Winston-Salem Open title with a 6-4, 6-3 victory Saturday over Julian Cash and Robert Galloway.
The Americans, who are ranked No. 9 in the PIF ATP Doubles Team Rankings, converted three of four break point chances according to Infosys ATP Stats. They sealed victory in 56 minutes to take their Lexus ATP Head2HEAD to 3-0 against their opponents.
“I think they kind of said it last night with feeling a little added pressure knowing that you played well here last year and having an expectation,” Withrow said after the match. “But at the same time I think we feel comfortable here.”
“It’s another great time of the year for us when we feel like we play our best tennis back in the States, we feel comfortable at home. We feel like we’re a part of this Wake community and it’s always exciting to be coming back here.”
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Lammons talked about the pair improving as they advanced throughout the tournament: “You get kind of the emotional rollercoaster in the first two rounds with the ten point busters and sneaking out of those was great. We kind of played ourselves into the event finally and then it was the semis and the final.”
“I think you can’t take a negative away from it; we played a lot of matches and that was the main point.”
This is the pair’s third title of the North American summer swing in 2024 following their victories at the Atlanta Open and the Mubadala Citi DC Open.
Lammons and Withrow became the second pair to retain the doubles title in Winston-Salem after Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau in 2017-18. They defeated the British pairing of Lloyd Glasspool and Neal Skupski 6-3, 6-4 in last year’s final.
By capturing their fourth title this year, the Americans have tied Marcelo Arevalo, Mate Pavic and Jordan Thompson for the most doubles titles this season on the ATP Tour. The Americans clinched their ninth overall ATP Tour title as a pair.
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