ATP: Peya defeats Marach in Austrian duel in Acapulco

Alexander Peya and his partner Nikola Mektic are in the semi-finals of the doubles competition in Acapulco: The pair beat Oliver March and Mate Pavic in two sets.

In the duel between two Austrian-Croatian pairs, Peya and Mektic beat the ruling Australian Open winners 7:5 and 7:5 after 91 minutes. The winning duo managed to break the Marach/Matic service three times and Peya/Mektic only gave up their service once. In the semi-finals, they will now face Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares, a former partner of Peya.

The 37-year-old Peya is currently in 44th place on the double world rankings, in Acapulco he is missing two more match wins for his 16th place. Victory in the tournament. The last one was in 2017 in Shenzhen on the side of Rajeev Ram. Oliver Marach ranks sixth in the rankings, the Styrian has already won his first major in Melbourne with Matic 2018 and the tournaments in Doha and Auckland.

Here the double panel in Acapulco