Seppi cancels the sails in doubles

The duo from Italy were narrowly defeated by Jay Clarke (GBR)/Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) in two tiebreaks at the ATP Challenger in Great Britain, 6:7(4), 6:7(6). The match was very even from the start. Both duos carried through their serves until 6:6, even though Seppi/Fabbiano had to fend off three break points in the first set and even a set point at 5:6. In the tiebreak, Clarke/Kokkinakis pulled away to 5:0 and 6:2. The Azzurri reduced the lead to 4:6, but had to lose the tiebreak 44:4 after 7 minutes of play. Neither pairing gave each other anything in the second half of the game. Seppi/Fabbiano took the lead 4-2, but Clarke/Kokkinakis immediately countered with the rebreak. When the score was 5:4, the “Azzurri” missed a set point for the first time, and shortly afterwards this set also had to be decided in a tiebreak. Seppi/Fabbiano promptly took the lead 6:3, but Clarke/Kokkinakis didn't give up yet, fended off three more set points and shortly afterwards converted their first match point to make the final score 8:6. In singles against Hoang Seppi is still in the running in the individual competition at the grass tournament in Nottingham. The 37-year-old Überetscher, who At the start, he was able to eliminate the Chinese Zhizhen Zhang (ATP 175) 7:6(4), 6:2 , will face Frenchman Antoine Hoang, number 2 in the world, in Round 133 on Thursday. At the start, Hoang had the upper hand against Fabbiano in two tiebreaks. Seppi and Hoang, who is 12 years younger than him, have never played against each other before.

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Seppi cancels the sails in doubles

Caldaro's Andreas Seppi and Thomas Fabbiano were eliminated in the first round of the doubles match in Nottingham on Wednesday afternoon.

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