Nicholas Mahut and Edouard Roger Vasselin clinched their first ATP Tour title of the season as a team at the UniCredit with their 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 win over Ivan Dodig and Austin Krajicek after 1 hour and 31 minutes.
Mahut and Roger Vasselin fended off both break points they faced in the opening set and came back from a break down in the second set.
The first set went on serve with no break points en route to the tie-break. Mahut and Roger Vasselin went up a 5-0 lead with three mini-breaks. Dodig and Kraijcek pulled both breaks back to reduce the gap to 3-5. Mahut and Roger Vasselin earned three set points at 6-3. Dodig and Krajicek saved the first set point, but Mahut and Roger Vasselin closed out the first set on their second set point.
Dodig and Roger Vasseliin went up a break in the first game of the second set, but Mahut and Roger Vasselin won four consecutive games from 2-3 down to seal the second set 6-3.
Mahut and Roger Vasselin won a trophy at the ATP Challenger Tour in Orleans last week.
The Frenchmen did not drop a set en route to their eighth tour-level title and their first tATP Tour rophy since Tokyo 2019. Earlier this season Mahut won the title in Montpellier with Piierre Hugues Herbert. Roger Vasselin reached the final with Santiago Gonzales.
“We had a great week on and off the court. It was the first time for me in the city and I enjoyed every moment. I think it was a great event for the first year. Everthing was perfect. It is a great achievement to have an eighth title together”, , said Mahut.
