First-time partners Fritz/Khachanov advance to Queen's Club doubles final

pAfter knocking out top seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/rohan-bopanna/b757/overview'Rohan Bopanna/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/matthew-ebden/e690/overview'Matthew Ebden/a on Friday at the cinch Championships, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/taylor-fritz/fb98/overview'Taylor Fritz/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/karen-khachanov/ke29/overview'Karen Khachanov/a took out third seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/marcelo-arevalo/a853/overview'Marcelo Arevalo/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/mate-pavic/pf00/overview'Mate Pavic/a on Saturday to reach the final in their first event as a pair./p

pThey followed a 7-6(1), 7-6(3) win against Bopanna/Ebden with a 4-6, 6-3, 12-10 victory in the semi-finals, saving a match point at 8/9 in the Match Tie-break. Despite being broken for the first time in the tournament in the opening set against Arevalo/Pavic, the fan-favourite duo responded quickly before capping their comeback in dramatic fashion./p

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pFritz is through to the Queen's Club final for the second straight year after a runner-up finish with a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jiri-lehecka/l0bv/overview'Jiri Lehecka/a in 2023. He will seek his first tour-level doubles crown in his fourth final. Khachanov has also reached three previous tour-level doubles finals, all at the ATP Masters 1000 level. He won Madrid in 2023 with a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andrey-rublev/re44/overview'Andrey Rublev/a./p

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pThe eighth seeds will meet either fourth seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/ivan-dodig/d646/overview'Ivan Dodig/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/austin-krajicek/ka00/overview'Austin Krajicek/a or seventh seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/neal-skupski/sl22/overview'Neal Skupski/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/michael-venus/v576/overview'Michael Venus/a in Sunday's final./p

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pstrongPuetz/Krawietz reach Halle final on home soilbr /

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Germans a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/tim-puetz/pc68/overview'Tim Puetz/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/kevin-krawietz/kb92/overview'Kevin Krawietz/a also won a Match Tie-break to advance to the final at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/halle/500/overview'Terra Wortmann Open/a. The home hopes beat Frenchmen a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/fabien-reboul/re45/overview'Fabien Reboul/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/sadio-doumbia/d917/overview'Sadio Doumbia/a 6-1, 4-6, 10-5 on Saturday to set up a final showdown against top-seeded Italians a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/simone-bolelli/ba98/overview'Simone Bolelli/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andrea-vavassori/va08/overview'Andrea Vavassori/a./p

pimg src="/-/media/images/news/2024/06/22/16/38/puetz-krawietz-halle-2024-sf.jpg" style="width:100%;" alt="a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/tim-puetz/pc68/overview'Tim Puetz/a, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/kevin-krawietz/kb92/overview'Kevin Krawietz/a" /br /

emPhoto credit: a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/halle/500/overview'Terra Wortmann Open/a/Mathias Schulz./em/p

pPuetz/Krawietz converted on three of four break points in the semi-finals, according to Infosys ATP Stats. They have lost just one set in three matches en route to the final./p

pBrisbane finalists in January, the Germans are seeking their first title together in 2024. Their lone trophy triumph as a duo came last year on home soil in Hamburg./p

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