pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/kevin-krawietz/kb92/overview'Kevin Krawietz/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/tim-puetz/pc68/overview'Tim Puetz/a emerged from an all-German semi-final at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/hamburg/414/overview'Hamburg Open/a to continue their title defence on home soil. With a 7-5, 6-3 victory against a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/constantin-frantzen/f09r/overview'Constantin Frantzen/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/hendrik-jebens/j09f/overview'Hendrik Jebens/a on Saturday, Krawietz picked up his 200th tour-level win./p
pKrawietz, a former No. 7 in the PIF ATP Doubles Rankings, now owns a 200-134 doubles record to go along with his nine titles. A two-time a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/roland-garros/520/overview'Roland Garros/a champion with fellow German a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andreas-mies/mj40/overview'Andreas Mies/a (2019, 2020), Krawietz is hoping to continue his streak of winning at least one tour-level trophy each year since 2019./p
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pKrawietz/Puetz saved both break points against them in the semi-finals, according to Infosys ATP Stats, and overcame 10 aces from their opponents to break twice. They have won all three of their Hamburg matches in straight sets to reach the title round./p
pThird-seeded Frenchman a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/fabien-reboul/re45/overview'Fabien Reboul/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/edouard-roger-vasselin/r613/overview'Edouard Roger-Vasselin/a will provide the opposition in Sunday's final after their 7-6(2), 6-3 upset of American top seeds and Olympic partners a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/austin-krajicek/ka00/overview'Austin Krajicek/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/rajeev-ram/r548/overview'Rajeev Ram/a./p
pstrongNadal/Ruud withdraw ahead of Bastad SFsbr /
/strongAfter a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/rafael-nadal/n409/overview'Rafael Nadal/a won his second singles three-setter in as many days, the Spaniard and partner a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/casper-ruud/rh16/overview'Casper Ruud/a withdrew from the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/bastad/316/overview'Nordea Open/a doubles draw ahead of their Saturday semi-final in Bastad. The fan-favourite duo was slated to face third-seeded Brazilians a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/orlando-luz/lf26/overview'Orlando Luz/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/rafael-matos/mo41/overview'Rafael Matos/a, having previously knocked out second seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/guido-andreozzi/a887/overview'Guido Andreozzi/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/miguel-reyes-varela/r736/overview'Miguel Reyes-Varela/a in the opening round./p
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pLuz/Matos advanced to meet Frenchmen a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/manuel-guinard/gh33/overview'Manuel Guinard/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/gregoire-jacq/j557/overview'Gregoire Jacq/a in Sunday's final./p
pstrongGoransson/Verbeek through to Newport title matchbr /
/strongSixth seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andre-goransson/ge03/overview'Andre Goransson/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/sem-verbeek/v09l/overview'Sem Verbeek/a beat Aussies a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/luke-saville/sm09/overview'Luke Saville/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/aleksandar-vukic/v832/overview'Aleksandar Vukic/a 7-6(3), 6-3 on Saturday to advance to the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/newport/315/overview'Infosys Hall of Fame Open/a final in Newport. The Swedish-Dutch duo converted on three of four break chances and won more than 75 per cent of points on both first and second serve./p
pimg src="/-/media/images/news/2024/07/20/16/36/goransson-verbeek-newport-2024-sf.jpg" style="width:100%;" alt="a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andre-goransson/ge03/overview'Andre Goransson/a, Sam Verbeek" /br /
ema href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andre-goransson/ge03/overview'Andre Goransson/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/sem-verbeek/v09l/overview'Sem Verbeek/a in Newport. Photo by Andrew Eichenholz/ATP Tour./em/p
pHaving knocked out American singles stars a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/mackenzie-mcdonald/mk66/overview'Mackenzie McDonald/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alex-michelsen/m0qi/overview'Alex Michelsen/a in the quarters, they will face another pair of home favourites in Sunday's final against a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/robert-cash/c0e0/overview'Robert Cash/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/james-tracy/t0gf/overview'James Tracy/a./p
pstrongHumbert/Martin reach Gstaad finalbr /
/strongThe French duo of a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/ugo-humbert/hh26/overview'Ugo Humbert/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/fabrice-martin/me04/overview'Fabrice Martin/a upset eighth seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andre-begemann/ba79/overview'Andre Begemann/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/victor-cornea/cf25/overview'Victor Cornea/a 7-6(3), 6-3 on Saturday at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/gstaad/314/overview'EFG Swiss Open Gstaad/a, knocking out a seeded opponent for the third straight match at the ATP 250./p
pHaving dismissed top seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jamie-murray/mc81/overview'Jamie Murray/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/adam-pavlasek/pg32/overview'Adam Pavlasek/a in the quarters, Humbert/Martin will bid for another upset against a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/yuki-bhambri/bf55/overview'Yuki Bhambri/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/albano-olivetti/o411/overview'Albano Olivetti/a in the final./p
pstrongemWhat to know about the 2024 ATP Doubles Trial implemented this week in Hamburg, Gstaad and Newport/em/strong/p
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liSingles versus doubles team matches in the first round whenever possible by increasing the number of doubles seeded teams to 8 (up from 4)/li
li21 seconds between all points/li
li60-second changeovers with a time call after 40 seconds. Points should start at the 60-second mark at the latest/li
liFree crowd movement/li
liDoubles-only court (when possible)/li
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