Sports News | Blaz Rola-Nino Serdarusic Clinch Men's Doubles Croatia Open Title

Umag [Croatia], July 30 (ANI): The duo of Blaz Rola and Nino Serdarusic capped a dream first tournament as a pair with a hugely scenic title triumph at the Croatia Open in Umag.

The Slovenian-Croatian wild cards saved three championship points in a thrilling Match Tie-break before triumphing 4-6, 7-6(2), 15-13 against top seeds Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori.

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Rola and Serdadusic had an 8/4 lead in the Match Tie-break but dropped the next five points, putting themselves in danger of suffering a sad loss. However, they maintained their composure on 8/9, 10/11, and 11/12 to deny their Italian opponents the win three times before securing a two-hour, seven-minute victory.

"Unbelievable, crazy week. I never thought that we would end up on the final day, at the ceremony with the trophy in our hands. We played really well and what a match today. I think we were a little bit lucky, you could say that," ATP quoted Rola as saying, who shared that the team received its wild card just before the draw was made. 

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Rola and Serdarusic, who earlier this week overcame second seeds Sadio Doumbia and Fabien Reboul in the semi-finals in straight sets, won their third match tie-break victory of the week. Both were competing in their first tour-level final; neither has previously taken part in an ATP Tour event in 2023.

Due to the tight loss, Bolelli was denied a third Umag championship. The 37-year-old and Fabio Fognini won the clay-court ATP 250 in both 2011 and 2022, making them 11-time tour-level doubles champions. (ANI)

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