John Peers’s reunion with a former doubles partner paid off in Basel, while Alex de Minaur made an encouraging run to a semifinal in Vienna.
Melbourne, 28 October 2024 | Dan Imhoff
In a reprisal of one of the tour’s top doubles combinations that first formed in 2013, John Peers and Britain’s Jamie Murray took down the top three seeds en route to the ATP 500 trophy in Basel.
A 6-3 7-5 victory over top seeds Wesley Koolhof and Nikola Metkic marked the pair’s first title together since Hamburg in 2015.
Peers and Murray had saved three match points in the opening round of qualifying before they claimed six straight wins for the silverware.
It was Peers’ second title this year, following his Olympic Games gold alongside Matt Ebden in Paris, and the 28th of his career.
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Alex de Minaur: In a promising return to form in his comeback from a hip cartilage tear suffered at Wimbledon, De Minaur reached his fourth semifinal of the season at the ATP 500 event in Vienna. While the 25-year-old fell to in-form Karen Khachanov, he closed to within 165 points of eighth-placed Andrey Rublev in the race to the ATP Finals.
Rinky Hijikata: The 23-year-old lived up to his top seed at the ATP Challenger event in Playford, South Australia after he went all the way to his third title at that level. It was a welcome return for Hijikata, who claimed his first Challenger title in Playford two years ago.
Maddison Inglis: Following two runners-up and a pair of semifinals on Australian Pro Tour stops in Perth and Cairns in recent months, the 26-year-old finally landed the trophy at the ITF W75 event in Playford. The third seed pulled clear of Japan’s Himeno Sakatsume for her ninth ITF title and took her record to 19-4 since US Open qualifying.
Adam Walton: The 25-year-old reached his sixth ATP Challenger final of the season at the Taipei 2 event in Taipei City. In his return to the site of his third career Challenger title in May, Walton’s defeat to Japan’s Taro Daniel was his fourth defeat in a final at that level this season.
Hijikata repeating history! 🥇🔄@rinky_23 defies Shimizu to gain a third career title in Playford, having claimed his first victory here in 2022 🇦🇺#ATPChallenger | @TennisAustralia pic.twitter.com/tnrzfjFd6i
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