Erlich/Vasilevski Reach Belgrade Final
Jonathan Erlich reached his first ATP Tour doubles final in Newport 21 years ago. On Thursday in Belgrade, the 44-year-old Israeli made his 44th tour-level championship match.
Erlich and Andrei Vasilevski defeated Serbia Open winners Ivan Sabanov and Matej Sabanov 6-3, 3-6, 13-11 to reach the final of the Belgrade Open at the Novak Tennis Center. The duo will compete in their third ATP Tour final together (also 2020 Pune, 2021 Montpellier).
Erlich and Vasilevski will play Andre Goransson and Rafael Matos for the trophy. The Swedish-Brazilian team battled past Britons Luke Bambridge and Dominic Inglot 7-6(3), 1-6, 10-4.
[WATCH LIVE 1]Arneodo/Paire Beat Fourth Seeds
Romain Arneodo and Benoit Paire advanced to the semi-finals of the Emilia-Romagna Open on Thursday with a 6-2, 7-5 victory against fourth seeds Marcelo Arevalo and Matwe Middelkoop.
The unseeded team will play Oliver Marach and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi for a place in the final. Marach and Qureshi defeated Matt Reid and Michael Venus 6-3, 6-4. In the other doubles match in Parma, Simone Bolelli and Maximo Gonzalez ousted 2020 Australian Open finalists Max Purcell and Luke Saville 6-3, 6-3.