The Portuguese Borges-Cabral were beaten 6-4 7-6, repeating the feat of 2024, when the two Italians reached the decisive match for the title. Next opponents Arevalo-Pavic or Goransson-Verbeek
Andrea Vavassori and Simone Bolelli reach the semifinals of the Australian Open in the doubles tournament for the second consecutive year. A great satisfaction for the Italian couple, seeded number 3 in the tournament: the two played an almost perfect match, against the Portuguese Borges and Cabral (6-4 7-6 (4) the score in an hour and 36 minutes ), much more insidious than previously thought. Borges is after all an excellent singles player, someone who in 2024 on hard courts beat Berrettini in Phoenix and who in Melbourne had played in the round of 16 lost against Medvedev, and this year he also managed to take a set from Carlos Alcaraz.
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A match where both Bolelli and Vavassori, finalists in the last edition of the Australian Open, played well, calm and concentrated. Simone was especially deadly with his forehand, the house’s trademark, particularly hot in the scorching Kia Arena (it’s 30 degrees in Melbourne). Andrea flew from one side of the net to the other, covering everything, also very solid with his serve. The first set was decided with a break by the Azzurri in the third game, maintained until the end with two counterbreak points saved by Vavassori at 5-4 and serve.
the decisive passer
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Balanced second set, where both couples held their respective serves without any problems, not even granting a break point to their opponents. The conclusion to the tie break was therefore inevitable, where the decisive break from Bolelli and Vavassori arrived at 4-4, with a deadly passer from Simone. Vavassori then maintained the two innings to fly to the semi-final, where the Italians will meet the winners of the match between Arevalo-Pavic (seeded number 1) and Goransson-Verbeek.
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