Herbert/Mahut Extend Rotterdam Winning Streak
Herbert/Mahut Extend Rotterdam Winning Streak
Frenchmen aiming to lift second Rotterdam title as a team
Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut moved one step away from a second ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament trophy as a team on Saturday, recovering from a set down to beat Raven Klaasen and Oliver Marach 6-7(6), 7-6(6), 10-7.
The 2018 champions recorded their sixth consecutive win at the opening ATP 500 event of the year in one hour and 58 minutes, saving all three break points they faced en route to victory. Herbert and Mahut won six straight points from 2/5 down in the Match Tie-break and converted their first match point to reach their maiden final of the 2020 ATP Tour season.
The second seeds are through to their 22nd tour-level final as a team. Herbert and Mahut have lifted 15 trophies from 21 championship matches and won each of their three finals last year.
Herbert and Mahut will face Henri Kontinen and Jan-Lennard Struff or Rohan Bopanna and Denis Shapovalov for the trophy. Australian Open quarter-finalists Kontinen and Struff are making their second appearance as a team this year, while Bopanna and Shapovalov are aiming to reach their second ATP Tour final as a pairing. Bopanna and Shapovalov reached their maiden final at last year’s MercedesCup in Stuttgart.