ATP Stuttgart: No. 1 seeds John Peers and Bruno Soares claim doubles title
Top-seeded John Peers and Bruno Soares have won the 2019 Stuttgart doubles title after beating Indian Rohan Bopanna and Canadian Denis Shapovalov in the final 7-5 6-3.
Peers and Soares were threatening to gu up by an early break but Bopanna and Shapovalov saved a break point in the second game before they also saved a break point in the fourth game.
Bopanna and Shapovalov then failed to convert their first break point in the seventh game before Peers and Soares claimed the first break of the match in the 12th game to win a tight opener.
Bopanna and Shapovalov saved a break point in the fourth game of the second set but couldn't avoid getting broken two games later as the top-seeded duo then held on to their serve to clinch the win.
Peers and Soares won 78 percent of their first serve points, realized 2-of-7 of their break point chances and saved 2-of-2 of Bopanna and Shapovalov's break point opportunities in an hour and eight minutes of play.
Peers, 30, and 37-year-old Soares were playing together just for the second time.
from Tennis World USA http://bit.ly/2wTpXZ4
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