Tennis: Michael Venus won the Paris Masters doubles championship with partner Tim Puetz

French Open doubles champion in 2017 and now Michael Venus is the Paris Masters doubles champion with his German partner Tim Puetz.

The pair of passes have won the French third place finishes in the 6-3, 6-7, 11-9 quality finals of Nicolas Mahut and Pierre Hugues-Hubert, which takes an hour and 52 minutes.

This is the title of Kiwille’s 16th ATP doubles career, and Venus will rise from its current position of 17 to 15 with Puetz in the top 20 at the age of 18 for the first time when official rankings are released later today.

Venus and Puetz have quickly developed into one of the best doubles teams in the round, winning their second championship of the season, but by far the biggest, after winning the ATP 500 in Hamburg, shortly after the start of the European Open in June. playing together.

“We knew we should play our best tennis,” Venus said. “Today was an amazing atmosphere and it made the final very special. It’s huge, these are the biggest tournaments for us.”

Venus and Puetz started brilliantly and after holding Kiwi, they broke the first maintenance game of the Herbert match.

A great return helped Puetz and Venus to a 3-0 lead in just eight minutes. Puetz played the first set with three consecutive crushes.

The second set was very tight as the French pair managed to save the break points at the start of the set, while Venus and Puetz saved the crucial points in situations 2-3 and 3-4. The German dug deep to save four batch points in a 5-6 situation and send the bout in a draw when the French pair won when Mahut’s low-hand return winner forced Venus to make a mistake.

Mahut and Herbert led 5-2 prematurely, but Venus and Puetz fought and led 8-7 when Venus hit a puncture pass, allowing Puetz to fend off an easy volleyball. Kiwi brought the first match point to a score of 9-7 with a huge first serve, but then fed a double foul, letting Herbert and Mahut back into it.

Hugues-Herbert saved the second championship point with the first pass winner, but Puetz’s delightful steam found a line to raise the third match point and Puetz ended the match with a great pass, allowing Venus to take the volleyball away for an unforgettable win. .

While Venus and Puetz are not in the ATP finals next week, which have moved from London to Turin this year, they are ranked 11th in the race before the final tournament of the year, the Stockholm Open next week, where they are the second seed.