TENNIS-SHANGHAI – TELAM Agency
The Argentine tennis player Horacio Zeballos and his Spanish teammate Marcel Granollers will go in search of the title this Sunday in the final of the Shanghai Masters 1000 against the pair made up of the Indian Rohan Bopanna and the Australian Matthew Ebden, who beat the French Sadio in the semifinals today Doumbia and Fabien Rebout 7-6 (7-0), 4-6 and 10-2.
Zeballos, born in Mar del Plata and ranked 13th in the world doubles ranking, and Granollers (14), will play this Sunday from 3 (Argentina time) against Bopanna (7) and Ebden (9) in the final of the competition with the possibility of winning his first Masters 1000 of the year.
The 38-year-old from Mar del Plata and the Catalan, 37, were a finalist at Wimbledon this year, and semi-finalists in two other Grand Slams: Australia and Roland Garros. while in Masters 1000 they were semi-finalists in Rome and Toronto.
For his part, in the singles draw in Shanghai, the Polish Hubert Hurkacz (17) advanced to the final after beating the American Sebastián Korda (26) 6-3 and 6-4.
The Pole will go in search of the title this Sunday against the winner of the semifinal who was later encouraged by the Russian Andrey Rublev (7) and the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov (19), who left the top favorite for the title out of the tournament in the quarterfinals. the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz (2).
The Shanghai Masters 1000 is played on a fast surface and will distribute prizes of $10,046,270.
Source: Ambito
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