Marcelo Arevalo and Mate Pavic made their Nitto ATP Finals experience count on Sunday to begin their title bid at the prestigious season finale with a victory.
The fourth-seeded duo downed Theo Arribage and Albano Olivetti 7-6(7), 6-4 in a tense Todd Woodbridge Group encounter. Arevalo and Pavic let slip five set points in the opening set, including four in the tie-break, before claiming the opener inside Inalpi Arena. They then rallied from 0-2 in the second set to complete an 87-minute win.
Arevalo and Pavic are competing in their fifth and ninth Nitto ATP Finals, respectively, and the duo did not panic when faced with difficult moments against event debutants Arribage and Olivetti. The Salvadoran-Croatian pair won just five points more than its opponents overall, according to Infosys ATP Stats, but crucially converted two of four break points it earned.
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With Sunday’s victory, Arevalo and Pavic took a 2-1 lead in their Lexus ATP Head2Head series with Frenchmen Arribage and Olivetti. The fourth seeds are chasing their first Nitto ATP Finals crown this year in Turin, where they previously reached the final together in 2024.
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