Dodig/Krajicek Reach Basel Final, Continue Late Push For Turin

Ivan Dodig and Austin Krajicek reached their third straight ATP Tour final with a Saturday win at the Swiss Indoors Basel to continue their late surge in the Pepperstone ATP Live Doubles Teams Rankings. Chasing a spot in the Nitto ATP Finals, to be held 13-20 November in Turin, the Croatian-American pair defeated the Kazakhstani duo of Andrey Golubev and Aleksandr Nedovyesov 6-3, 6-4 at the ATP 500.

Dodig and Krajicek have moved up one place to ninth in the Doubles Race this week, but will likely need to pass Australian Open champions Thanasi Kokkinakis and Nick Kyrgios in seventh place to guarantee qualification for the season finale. A title in Basel would lift them to eighth, just 50 points shy of the Aussies.

Frenchmen Nicolas Mahut and Edouard Roger-Vasselin will provide the opposition in Sunday’s championship match after their 6-7(4), 6-4, 10-6 win against Maxime Cressy and Botic van de Zandschulp. The veteran team defeated Dodig/Krajicek in the Florence final two weeks ago, but the Croatian-American team bounced back to lift the trophy in Naples last week.

Gonzalez/Molteni Into Vienna Final
Santiago Gonzalez and Andres Molteni defeated the Argentine team of Francisco Cerundolo and Maximo Gonzalez 6-3, 6-4 on Saturday to advance to the final at the Erste Bank Open in Vienna. The Mexican-Argentine duo saved all three break points against them in the semis and claimed both sets behind a single break.

They will meet home favourites Alexander Erler and Lucas Miedler in the final after the Austrians earned a 7-6(4), 7-6(5) win against Belgians Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen on Friday at the ATP 500.