ATP: Austrian final in Auckland: Oswald/Mirnyi demand Marach/Pavic

Red-white-red festival in Auckland: Philipp Oswald and the Belarussian May Mirnyi meet Oliver Marach and the Croatian Mate Pavic in the double final.

From an Austrian point of view, things couldn’t have gone better. At the ATP World Tour 250 tournament in Auckland, there will definitely be a red-white-red winner. The top seeded Oliver Marach and Mate Pavic can also inscribe to the winner’s list in New Zealand after their triumph in Doha. The duo won the semi-final with 6-4,4-6,10-6 against the Mexican-Chilean pairing Santiago Gonzalez/Julio Peralta.

Philipp Oswald and Max Mirnyi want to stop the success of the two Wimbledon finalists from 2017. The routines reached their second joint final with a 7-6 (7-7, -7-6 (6) win over the second seeded Kombi Raven Klaasen/Michael Venus (South Africa/New Zealand).

For Marach it’s Friday evening (from 22:00 CET) about his 19 double title, Oswald could succeed for the seventh time.