The American Sebastian Korda and Australian Jordan Thompson They lifted the winners’ trophy of the Madrid Masters 1000 doubles tournament, after a laborious victory over the Uruguayan Ariel Behar and Czech Adam Pavlasek 6-3 and 7-6 (7).
Korda and Thompson, in their first tournament together at the highest level, entered the draw thanks to the experiment launched in Madrid to open more places for individual players. The test went perfectly.
Behar and Pavlasek, who are a regular couple – quarterfinalists in the last Australian Open – failed to convert one of the six break points they enjoyed and that was where their options went.
The Australian-American duo took the first set comfortably, three a break for 3-1 that they maintained until the end, even though they needed the third set point to score the set.
His rivals, combined with the same t-shirt with the image of a bulldog dog, of the colorful signature that usually dresses the Uruguayan, they had two break points to change the fate of the second set, but Thompson was a giant at the net and annulled any attempt.
The set went to a tiebreaker, in which Pavlasek forced his opponents’ errors on his service turn (4-1). They couldn’t maintain the margin. With a great serve from Thompson came the first match point, which the Czech neutralized with an incontestable return. The second, after a long ball from Pavlasek, was the good one, after an exchange that ended in the net.
Thompson, who already has six doubles titles, and Korda They inherit the title won in 2023 by Russians Karem Khachanov and Andrey Rublev.
The Uruguayan Davis Cup captain promised to return next year for victory.
