Krawietz/Puetz kick-start title defence in Hamburg
p Home favourites and defending champions a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/kevin-krawietz/kb92/overview'Kevin Krawietz/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/tim-puetz/pc68/overview'Tim Puetz/a made a confident start to their title defence on Thursday at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/hamburg/414/overview'Hamburg Open/a. /p
p The second-seeded duo triumphed 6-1, 6-4 against a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jeevan-nedunchezhiyan/n480/overview'Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/vijay-sundar-prashanth/pa97/overview'Vijay Sundar Prashanth/a after converting three of six break points they earned. Krawietz and Puetz, who are chasing their first tour-level title since their 2023 triumph at the ATP 500, will take on fifth seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/sander-gille/gd32/overview'Sander Gille/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/joran-vliegen/v895/overview'Joran Vliegen/a in the quarter-finals. /p
p a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/fabien-reboul/re45/overview'Fabien Reboul/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/edouard-roger-vasselin/r613/overview'Edouard Roger-Vasselin/a became the first semi-finalists in Hamburg this year by defeating a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/lloyd-glasspool/gd08/overview'Lloyd Glasspool/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jean-julien-rojer/r513/overview'Jean-Julien Rojer/a 6-4, 3-6, 10-6. Despite losing out in an epic third point of the match, during which they displayed some remarkable defence to force Glasspool and Rojer to hit seven smashes, Reboul and Roger-Vasselin ultimately prevailed with a strong Match Tie-break display. /p
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pstrong Top seeds make great escape in Bastad /strongbr /
At the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/bastad/316/overview'Nordea Open/a, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/gonzalo-escobar/e661/overview'Gonzalo Escobar/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/aleksandr-nedovyesov/n503/overview'Aleksandr Nedovyesov/a kept their bid for a second ATP Tour crown of the year alive with a dramatic quarter-final triumph against a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/federico-coria/ce77/overview'Federico Coria/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/taro-daniel/da81/overview'Taro Daniel/a. The top-seeded Escobar and Nedovyesov saved a match point at 8/9 in the Match Tie-break before wrapping a 4-6, 6-3, 11-9 triumph at the clay-court ATP 250. /p
p a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/manuel-guinard/gh33/overview'Manuel Guinard/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/gregoire-jacq/j557/overview'Gregoire Jacq/a will be the semi-final opponents in Sweden for Estoril champions Escobar and Nedovyesov. In the only other doubles match of the day, third seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/orlando-luz/lf26/overview'Orlando Luz/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/rafael-matos/mo41/overview'Rafael Matos/a defeated a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/pavel-kotov/k09f/overview'Pavel Kotov/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/piotr-matuszewski/m09u/overview'Piotr Matuszewski/a 6-3, 7-6(4). The Brazilians will play star wild card duo a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/rafael-nadal/n409/overview'Rafael Nadal/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/casper-ruud/rh16/overview'Casper Ruud/a in the last four. /p
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pstrong Humbert/Martin cause QF upset in Gstaad /strongbr /
a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/ugo-humbert/hh26/overview'Ugo Humbert/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/fabrice-martin/me04/overview'Fabrice Martin/a overcame a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jamie-murray/mc81/overview'Jamie Murray/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/adam-pavlasek/pg32/overview'Adam Pavlasek/a 7-6(3), 6-2 on Thursday to become the only unseeded pair to reach the semi-finals at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/gstaad/314/overview'EFG Swiss Open Gstaad/a. The French duo saved both break points they faced, according to Infosys ATP Stats, en route to downing the top-seeded Murray and Pavlasek in 74 minutes. /p
p A day after saving three match points in their opening-round win, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/petros-tsitsipas/tg77/overview'Petros Tsitsipas/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/stefanos-tsitsipas/te51/overview'Stefanos Tsitsipas/a let slip two match points as eighth seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andre-begemann/ba79/overview'Andre Begemann/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/victor-cornea/cf25/overview'Victor Cornea/a ensured they would be Humbert and Martinrsquo;s semi-final opponents. The German-Romanian duo won four straight points from 7/9 in the Match Tie-break to defeat the Tsitsipas brothers 7-6(3), 3-6, 11-9. /p
pimg src="/-/media/images/news/2024/07/18/17/32/begemann-cornea-gstaad-2024-thursday.jpg" style="width: 100%;" alt="a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/victor-cornea/cf25/overview'Victor Cornea/a/a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andre-begemann/ba79/overview'Andre Begemann/a" /br /
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a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/victor-cornea/cf25/overview'Victor Cornea/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andre-begemann/ba79/overview'Andre Begemann/a defeat a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/petros-tsitsipas/tg77/overview'Petros Tsitsipas/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/stefanos-tsitsipas/te51/overview'Stefanos Tsitsipas/a on Thursday in Gstaad. Photo Credit: Fabian Meierhans/a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/gstaad/314/overview'EFG Swiss Open Gstaad/a 2024/sup/sub/em/p
pstrongemWhat to know about the 2024 ATP Doubles Trial implemented this week in Hamburg, Gstaad and Newportbr /
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liSingles versus doubles team matches in the first round whenever possible by increasing the number of doubles seeded teams to 8 (up from 4)/li
li21 seconds between all points/li
li60-second changeovers with a time call after 40 seconds. Points should start at the 60-second mark at the latest/li
liFree crowd movement/li
liDoubles-only court (when possible)/li
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