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The ÖTV double ace shows its best side in France with Romain Arneodo.
After reaching the final at the ATP 250 event in Montpellier at the beginning of February, Sam Weissborn has now had another successful tournament week one level lower. Because the Viennese was only stopped in the final of the doubles competition at the Teréga Open Pau-Pyrénées – this time again with his Monegasque regular partner Romain Arneodo. In the title fight of the ATP 125 Hardcourt Challenger in France, the two top seeds had to face the Americans Christian Harrison (ATP doubles 159) and Brandon Nakashima (ATP doubles 469), formerly number 43 and currently number 89 in the world in singles , beaten 6:7 (5), 4:6. Nevertheless, Arneodo/Weissborn took away 4,225 euros in prize money and 75 ATP points per capita. In the singles, Jurij Rodionov (ATP 87) was in top position after a 7:5, 7:6 (4) over the Czech Zdenek Kolar (ATP 225) in the round of 16 match against the eventual finalist, the Swiss Leandro Riedi (ATP 175), with 3 :6, 6:7 (4) eliminated.
Three times kept a cool head
Arneodo/Weissborn had kept a cool head in the decisive phases in their previous appearances and narrowly held their own in the match tiebreak three times – with 1:6, 6:3, 10:7 in the first round over the Swede Filip Bergevi (ATP doubles 147 ) and the Dutch Mick Veldheer (ATP doubles 149), with 6:3, 6:7 (6), 10:8 in the quarterfinals against the French Manuel Guinard (ATP doubles 118) and Gregoire Jacq (ATP doubles 131) , with 6:4, 6:7 (2), 10:8 in the semifinals against the third-ranked Germans Constantin Frantzen (ATP double 62) and Hendrik Jebens (ATP double 65). Only in the final was the luck not on their side. Arneodo/Weissborn lost the first set after a 4:2 and 5:3 lead including a chance for a double break to make it 5:2 in the short decision. In the second round, three break opportunities remained unused at 4:3, and in the next game, after a 30-0 lead, there was a decisive service loss.
Opportunity at ATP 500 tournament is calling
Still with some self-confidence, Arneodo/Weissborn set off on the long journey to Mexico one day after their defeat in the final on Saturday. At the ATP 500 hard court tournament in Acapulco, the two of them, like Austria’s Davis Cup duo Alexander Erler and Lucas Miedler, got a starting place in the doubles main draw. At the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presented by HSBC, Arneodo/Weissborn will meet the British qualifiers Daniel Evans (ATP doubles 201), number 41 in the world in singles, and Henry Patten (ATP doubles 67) in round one.
