Romain Arneodo (Monaco) and Manuel Guinard (France) are the winners of this year's Plava Laguna Croatia Open in the doubles competition. In the final, they defeated the American-British combination of Patrik Trhac and Marcus Willis 7:5, 7:6 (2), thus winning their second joint title, after winning the Masters 1000 tournament in Monte Carlo in April. This is Arneodo's third triumph in doubles at an ATP tournament, and Guinard's second.
They started the tournament as the 13th pair in the world, for getting into the final tournament of the season, the ATP Finals, and with the new 250 points they further increased their chances of being among the top eight pairs in the world in Turin at the end of the year. Arneodo was in the final in Umag last year (his partner was Frenchman Gregoire Jacq), but then fell one step short.
In the first round of this year's tournament, Arneodo and Guinard were on the verge of elimination, as their opponents Matej Dodig and Nino Serdarušić had three match points. After that game, they have not lost a set.
They started the tournament as the 13th pair in the world, for getting into the final tournament of the season, the ATP Finals, and with the new 250 points they further increased their chances of being among the top eight pairs in the world in Turin at the end of the year. Arneodo was in the final in Umag last year (his partner was Frenchman Gregoire Jacq), but then fell one step short.
In the first round of this year's tournament, Arneodo and Guinard were on the verge of elimination, as their opponents Matej Dodig and Nino Serdarušić had three match points. After that game, they have not lost a set.
