Cabal/Farah Race To Buenos Aires Title

Top seeds Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah wasted no time in capturing their first ATP World Tour doubles title of the year, downing Inigo Cervantes and Paolo Lorenzi 6-3, 6-0 in exactly one hour in the Argentina Open final on Sunday. It was Cabal/Farah’s fifth tour-level title in 13 final appearances.

“It was a great match,” Farah said. “[Juan Sebastian] and I thought that we played at a high level, and the score said it all. After we got the first break, we both returned very well. We were very relaxed in the second set and stayed focused.”

“We’re really happy to get the title in Buenos Aires,” Cabal added. “We felt good both on and off the court here. We were good in the key moments today.”

After surviving Match Tie-breaks in the quarter-finals and in the semi-finals, Cabal/Farah thrived in the final, saving all five break points faced while converting four of five break points on their opponents’ serve. The champions finished with four aces and landed 69 per cent of first serves.

Cervantes and Lorenzi were playing in their second tournament as a team. The Spaniard and the Italian partnered up last week in Quito and lost in the first round to Thomaz Bellucci and Marcelo Demoliner. It was Cervantes’ first ATP World Tour doubles final, while Lorenzi drops to 1-2 in final appearances (title at Vina del Mar 2013 with Starace).

Cabal/Farah earned 250 Emirates ATP Rankings points and will split $28,290, while Cervantes and Lorenzi took home 150 points and $14,870.