ATP Doubles: Bryan Brothers blow two match points in Atlanta final
No. 2 seeds Dominic Inglot and Austin Krajicek edged out top-seeded Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan in the Atlanta final 6-4 6-7 (5) 11-9 to lift their second team title.
Inglot and Krajicek claimed the first break of the match in the third game and then held on his serve to win the opener.
Inglot and Krajicek saved three set points in the 12th game of the second set but still lost the set as the Bryan brothers won the tie-break to force a decider.
The Bryans were on the verge of completing a coneback as they led 9-7 in the match tie-break before Inglot and Krajicek won four points in a row to earn a big win.
Inglot and Krajicek hit 14 aces, won 93 percent of their first serve points, converted 1-of-2 of their break point chances and saved 3-of-3 of the break points they faced in an hour and a half of action.
In Hamburg, No. 3 seeds Oliver Marach and Jurgen Melzer beat fourth-seeded Robin Haase and Wesley Koolhof in the final 6-2 7-6 (3) to win their maiden team title.
Austria's Marach and Melzer made a strong start to the match as they broke Haase and Koolhof twice to easily win the opener.
Marach and Melzer didn't get a break in the second set despite having six break point chances but dominated the tie-break to seal a straight-set win.
Marach and Melzer converted just 2-of-11 of their break point chances but also saved 2-of-2 of Haase and Koolhof's break point opportunities in just less than an hour and a half of play.
Elsewhere, Bastad champions Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen upset top-seeded Philipp Oswald and Filip Polasek in the Gstaad final 6-4 6-3 to win back-to-back titles.
No. 4 seeds Gille and Vliegen claimed the first break of the match in the ninth game before they routinely served out for the opener in the following game.
Belgium's Gille and Vliegen then broke the top seeds twice in the second set to get the job done in two sets.
Gille and Vliegen broke Oswald and Polasek three times and faced no break points in less than an hour of action.
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