Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah are into the semi-finals in London after beating Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies 7-6(7) 6-2.
The year-end world number one’s won a tight contest to get their first win of the tournament at the ATP Finals as they advanced to the last four.
Colombian Power 🇨🇴
The Year-End No. 1 doubles team for 2019:@juanscabal & @RobertFarah_ 🙌 pic.twitter.com/m4KGJJYvlm
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) November 14, 2019
Although it hasn’t been a convincing tournament for the Colombians, they finally clicked into gear today beating the Roland Garros champions.
In a tight first set, the German duo failed to take the only break point of the set as both team served with great power as well as precision.
The tiebreak was no different in terms of the margins that were in it as Krawietz and Mies failed to take the set point at 6-5.
But the top seeds were more clinical with their chances as they took their second set point to claim the tight tiebreak 9-7.
From that point onwards it was all about the Colombians as they broke twice in the second set to gain their first win of the Nitto ATP Finals.
As a result of their win, they knocked out the Germans from the tournament but had to wait to see if Herbert and Mahut could claim a straight sets win over Rojer and Tecau to secure their semi-final spot.
The Wimbledon and US Open champions didn’t have to worry too much though because Herbert and Mahut produced another dominating display to secure the straight sets win.
A 6-3 7-6(4) win for the French team meant they went 3-0 for the Round Robin stage and seal Cabal and Farah’s place in the last four.
Despite winning only one match in the Round Robin stage, the Colombians are looking to seal an history-making season with the ATP Finals title this weekend.
As the round-robin stage reaches its climax, here is the confirmed semi-final line-up for Saturday’s blockbuster showdown:
12pm
Klaasen/Venus (5) v Cabal/Farah (1)
6pm
Herbert/Mahut (7) v Kubot/Melo (2)
