Melbourne (AP) – The tennis doubles Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies have reached the round of 16 of the Australian Open for the first time.
The two-time French Open winners of the doubles competition won their second round game in Melbourne 6: 4, 6: 7 (7: 9), 6: 4 against the Americans Austin Krajicek / Sam Querrey. The two could not use a match point in the tie-break of the second set. In the round of the top 16, the duo will face fifth seeded John Peers from Australia and Filip Polasek from Slovakia. Krawietz and Mies are number twelve on the seeding list.
In 2019 and 2020, Krawietz from Coburg and Mies from Cologne celebrated the title at the French Open in Paris together. The two were unable to compete together last season due to Mies’ knee surgery. At the Australian Open, Krawietz/Mies only played together in 2020, but lost in the first round.
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