Schwärzler and Oberleitner Clinch Second Consecutive Doubles Title at ITF Heraklion

The duo won their second doubles title in a row at the ITF men’s tournament in Heraklion without losing a set.

ÖTV contract player Joel Schwärzler went to two ITF M15 hard court events in Heraklion at the end of his successful season. While the return in the singles didn’t exactly go according to plan with a round of 16 and a first round defeat and only brought in one ATP point, the 17-year-old managed to get the absolute maximum in the doubles. The Vorarlberger was able to win the title with the Viennese Neil Oberleitner on Saturday afternoon at their second joint appearance on the Greek island of Crete. The two top seeds were not stopped by two prominent players on the other side of the net. Oberleitner (ATP doubles 154) and Schwärzler (ATP doubles 933) were able to beat locals Pavlos (ATP doubles 2156) and Petros Tsitsipas (ATP doubles 85), the younger brothers of ATP star Stefanos Tsitsipas, in the final. prevail with 7:6 (4), 6:2. For Oberleitner it is already the 28th international men’s doubles triumph, for Schwärzler it is already the third in his young career.

The successful domestic combination had overcome the first three hurdles in a really quick run. After a 6:1, 7:5 over the German Jannik Maute (ATP doubles 1793) and the 17-year-old Greek Dimitris Sakellaridis (ATP doubles 380), Oberleitner/Schwärzler then outclassed the Bulgarian Nikolay Nedelchev (ATP doubles 1205). and the American Michael Zhu (ATP double 1422) with 6:2, 6:2 and in the fight for the final the two Israelis Lior Goldenberg (ATP double 898) and Amit Vales (ATP double 1565) with 6: 3, 6-0. The coronation was finally to come against the Tsitsipas brothers – this time without Schwärzler’s touring coach Philip Gille, who had already had to travel home but had previously observed “really very confident doubles” played by Oberleitner and Schwärzler. “The semifinals were almost flawless. In the final, according to Joel, the two were close to breaking twice in the first set, but didn’t make it and were then 1:4 behind in the tiebreak.” But Oberleitner/Schwärzler turned the tables with six points in a row, “and in Things went really well in the second set.”

Schwärzler further polished his almost flawless ITF doubles record: “Played four times, semi-finals once, won three times,” summarized Gille happily. As a result, the Harder will already improve to a position of 675 in the ATP doubles ranking. In the individual, the current third in the youth world rankings lost against the eventual finalist, while Oberleitner lost in round two against the eventual semi-finalist.

2023-11-28 02:35:04
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