Holland\u2019s Jean-Julien Rojer and the Romanian Horia Tecau were crowned Mutua Madrid Open doubles champions after beating Dominic Thiem and Diego Schwartzman 6-2, 6-3 after one hour and twelve minutes of play. It is the second title the team formed by Rojer and Tecau have picked up in the Caja M\u00e1gica after winning the 2016 edition.<\/p>\n
After a bittersweet week for Schwartzman and Thiem in the singles, both players saw this final and the opportunity to lift the winner\u2019s trophy as the best possible way to end this Mutua Madrid Open. While Schwartzman, despite losing in the second round, has taken another step towards rediscovering his form and the game that took him to number 11 in the ATP ranking, Thiem bowed out on the brink of the final after losing to Djokovic in the semis and played stunning tennis throughout the week, beating Roger Federer in the quarters.<\/p>\n
However, Schwartzman and Thiem\u2019s hopes in the fourth tournament they have ever played together were dashed by Rojer and Tecau, who specialise in the discipline. After Schwartzman\u2019s serve was broken in the fourth game of the first set (3-1), the Argentinian-Austrian duo failed to win another game on their serve in the rest of the set (6-2).<\/p>\n
In the second set it was a similar story to the first. \u2018Peque\u2019 lost his serve again in the fourth game (3-1), but this Thiem dug deep to try and take the match to a super tiebreak. The Austrian held his serve and reeled off some delightful winners to earn his team a break and keep their dream alive (4-3).<\/p>\n
But Schwartzman had the ball in his hand again and he was yet to hold his serve in the match. This time was no exception. They fought hard, but the Argentine was broken once more after his forehand down the line fell outside the tramlines (5-3). In the next game, \u2018El Peque\u2019 and \u2018Domi\u2019 made their opponent\u2019s work to cross the finish line, but Tecau\u2019s serve was solid enough to close out the final (6-3).<\/p>\n
The result means that Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau succeed Croatia\u2019s Nikola Mektic and the Austrian Alexander Peya, last year\u2019s Mutua Madrid Open men\u2019s doubles champions, to the throne.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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