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The all-Argentine tandem of Andres Molteni and Horacio Zeballos kicked off their partnership in style, notching the BB&T Atlanta Open title in their first tournament together.
Molteni and Zeballos defeated the all-Swedish duo of Johan Brunstrom and Andreas Siljestrom 7-6(2), 6-4, dodging rain drops on a stormy Sunday to prevail after one hour and 33 minutes. They earn 250 Emirates ATP Doubles Rankings points and split $33,400 in prize money.
“It was a great week in both singles and doubles,” said Zeballos, who also reached the singles quarter-finals. “It’s one of the best weeks of the year. I’m very happy. I’m hoping it gives me a lot of confidence for the next tournaments.”
“It’s amazing,” added Molteni. “I’m very happy. It’s the first week I have played with Horacio. It’s an incredible week.”
Molteni clinched his first ATP World Tour title in his second final. Zeballos, meanwhile, claimed his fifth career doubles crown and first on hard courts. He has won clay-court titles this season in Sao Paulo and Gstaad with Julio Peralta.
Molteni and Zeballos are the second all-Argentine team to win on the ATP World Tour this year, along with Marrakech winners Guillermo Duran and Maximo Gonzalez.
Brunstrom and Siljestrom earn 150 Emirates ATP Doubles Rankings points, splitting $17,560 in prize money. Brunstrom was bidding for his sixth tour-level title, while Siljestrom was making just his third appearance in a final, seeking his maiden crown.
Britain’s Andy and Jamie Murray go out of the men’s doubles at Rio 2016, following a dramatic second-set tie-break. The second seeds were shocked 7-6 (8-6) 7-6 (16-14) by Brazilian pair Thomaz Bellucci and Andre Sa.
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Serena and Venus Williams lost for the first time in an Olympics doubles match as their hopes of winning a fourth successive title were surprisingly ended in the first round at Rio 2016.
The American top seeds lost 6-3 6-4 to Czech Republic’s Lucie Safarova and Barbora Strycova, who were only paired together at late notice.
Strycova replaced Karolina Pliskova, who withdrew because of Zika concerns.
It was the Williams’ first defeat in 16 Olympic matches playing together.
The sisters won gold together at Sydney 2000, Beijing 2008 and London 2012, but did not compete at Athens 2004 after Serena pulled out through injury.
“We played terrible and it showed in the results,” said 22-time Grand Slam singles title winner Serena.
Venus, 36, also lost in the singles on Saturday, with US women’s Olympic tennis coach Mary Joe Fernandez claiming the seven-time major champion had been sick before arriving in Brazil.
Serena, 34, can still become the first woman to win two Olympic singles titles after the defending champion beating Australia’s Daria Gavrilova earlier on Sunday.
But Venus, who won the individual title at Sydney 2000, saw her hopes of a fifth gold ended by Safarova and Strycova.
Neither of the unseeded Czech pair had won an Olympic doubles match, also losing their only previous outing together in a Fed Cup match last year.
“It was what it was,” Serena said. “We have a chance to compete for our country and did the best that we can. We had a blast out there.
“I wouldn’t say it was devastating. It was a lot of fun and we will always remember these moments and these matches.
“At the end of the day, I think that’s what matters most.”
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Djokovic vs. del Potro also scheduled for Day Two in Rio
Clad in Great Britain’s red, white and blue, 2012 gold medalist Andy Murray picked up where he left off in London, prevailing past Serbian Viktor Troicki 6-3, 6-2 to start his Rio Olympics.
Murray, No. 2 in the Emirates ATP Rankings, improved to 8-0 against Troicki, World No. 35. The top Brit pressured Troicki throughout the first-round match, seeing 10 break points and converting four of them. Murray also extended rallies with the No. 2 Serbian, who finished with 40 unforced errors to 11 winners.
Murray, the second seed in Rio, will next face Argentine Juan Monaco, who beat Mirza Basic of Bosnia & Herzegovina 6-2, 6-2. Murray leads their FedEx ATP Head2Head series 3-2, including the last time they played, on the hard courts at the 2014 Shenzhen Open.
Rafael Nadal, 2008 gold medalist in Beijing, dropped only three games in his return to the Olympics, winning 6-2, 6-1 against Argentine Federico Delbonis. The third seed won 63 per cent of his service points and was almost equally as effective as a returner, winning 59 per cent of Delbonis’ service points.
“I’m very happy,” Nadal said on NBC. “It’s important for me to play well again and it was an unbelievable start. I played well mentally with strong concentration all match.”
Nadal will face Italy’s Andreas Seppi in the second round. The Spaniard leads their FedEx ATP Head2Head series 6-1. “Seppi is a very tough player,” Nadal said. “He can play very well on all surfaces with great control from the baseline. I have to change the rhythm of the match to have success.”
Nadal’s compatriot seventh seed David Ferrer opened his third Olympics with a 6-2, 6-1 win against Uzbekistan’s Denis Istomin. The 34-year-old Ferrer, No. 12 in the Emirates ATP Rankings, hit five aces and was particularly effective attacking Istomin, winning 12/14 net points.
Ferrer will face Russian Evgeny Donskoy in the second round. Ferrer won their only previous FedEx ATP Head2Head match-up, a 6-1, 6-2, 6-0 sweep at Roland Garros earlier this season.
Home favourite Thomaz Bellucci advanced to the second round when German Dustin Brown retired because of a left ankle injury up 6-4, 4-5. The Brazilian will face 11th seed Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay or Nikoloz Basilashvili of Georgia. Bellucci’s countryman Rogerio Dutra Silva prevailed against Thomas Fabbiano of Italy 7-6(4), 6-1. Dutra Silva will face Frenchman Gael Monfils.
Tenth seed Roberto Bautista Agut, playing in his first Olympics, advanced 6-7(4), 6-2 when Russian Andrey Kuznetsov retired. Luxembourg’s Gilles Muller saved two match points in the third set tie-break to beat Poland’s Jerzy Janowicz 5-7, 6-1, 7-6(10).
Abierto Mexicano Los Cabos (Los Cabos): The second of two Mexican tournaments on the ATP World Tour, the Abierto Mexicano Los Cabos, features nine of the Top 50 players in the Emirates ATP Rankings. The other stop is in Acapulco. The first-year tournament is led by No. 19 Feliciano Lopez and No. 20 Bernard Tomic. The other seeds are: Ivo Karlovic, Sam Querrey, Alexandr Dolgopolov, Jeremy Chardy, Nicolas Almagro and Marcel Granollers.
Feliciano Top Seed: Lopez is the top seed for the second straight tournament. Last month in Gstaad, the 34-year-old Spaniard came in as the No. 1 seed and won his fifth career ATP World Tour title (d. Haase), the first on clay. Lopez comes in with a 21-16 match record on the season (8-6 on hard). In addition to his title, Lopez advanced to the semi-finals in Dubai and Houston.
Tomic Back in Mexico: Tomic is the No. 2 seed and in February the 23-year-old Aussie advanced to his first ATP World Tour 500 level final in Acapulco (l. to Thiem). Tomic comes in with a 25-18 match record on the season (15-8 on hard). He also advanced to the semi-finals in Brisbane and The Queen’s Club in London.
Ivo Going Strong: Karlovic is the No. 3 seed and the 37-year-old Croat is the oldest player in the Top 100 Emirates ATP Rankings at No. 26. Last month, Karlovic captured his seventh ATP World Tour title in Newport (d. Muller) and he followed with a runner-up in Washington (l. to Monfils). He also reached the third round at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event in Toronto (l. to Dimitrov). Karlovic was bothered by a knee injury in the first three months of the year, starting 2-9. Since the beginning of Roland Garros, Karlovic has compiled a 16-6 record, winning at least one match in his last seven events.
Spaniards Lead the Way: There are a tournament-high six Spaniards in the main draw, including seeds (1) Lopez, (7) Almagro and (8) Granollers. Three of the six Spaniards to win an ATP World Tour title this season are also in the draw: Almagro, Lopez and Fernando Verdasco.
Reilly on the Rise: American teenager Reilly Opelka, who advanced to his first career ATP World Tour semi-final in Atlanta (l. to Isner in three sets) in just his third ATP tournament, is a special exempt entry into Los Cabos. The 18-year-old from Palm Coast, Florida came into Atlanta ranked No. 837 and he is expected to break into the Top 400 in the Emirates ATP Rankings on Monday at around No. 387.
Local Wild Cards: Two of the three wild cards are the top two Mexican players in the Emirates ATP Rankings: No. 530 Lucas Gomez and No. 567 Tigre Hank. Both players are trying to win their first career ATP World Tour match. They are both 1-7 at tour-level, with their lone wins coming in Davis Cup play.
Doubles Draw: The top seeds in the tournament are Marcel Granollers and F. Lopez, who are teaming together for the first time since the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event in Indian Wells in 2011. Other seeds are: Robert Lindstedt/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi, Mariusz Fyrstenberg/Mate Pavic (teaming for the first time) and Pablo Carreno Busta/Andres Molteni.
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Birthdays
8 August – Roger Federer (35), Marinko Matosevic (31)
14 August – Yen-Hsun Lu (33)
Rankings Movers
+12 Yoshihito Nishioka (85)
+5 Horacio Zeballos (73)
+4 Donald Young (49)
+4 Taylor Fritz (56)
+2 Nick Kyrgios (16)
Milestones
Los Cabos Singles
Julien Benneteau – 247 wins
Los Cabos Doubles
Artem Sitak – 49 wins
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Britain’s Andy Murray beat Viktor Troicki 6-3 6-2 to progress to the second round at the Rio Olympics.
After losing his serve in the first game, the defending champion went on to control the tempo of the match.
The 29-year-old Scot will return to begin his doubles campaign alongside brother Jamie later on Sunday.
Defending women’s champion Serena Williams started her title defence with a 6-4 6-2 victory over Australia’s Daria Gavrilova.
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