Jamie Murray and John Peers beat Fabio Fognini and Simone Bolelli in ATP World Tour Finals doubles
Sunday 15 November 2015 18:03, UK
Jamie Murray and John Peers marked their debut at the ATP World Tour Finals with a victory over Australian Open champions Fabio Fognini and Simone Bolelli.
The fourth seeds were in fine form in the opening match of the end-of-season tournament at the O2 Arena in London, holding their nerve to win the deciding match tie-break and clinch a 7-6 (7-5) 3-6 11-9 success.
Briton Murray and his Australian partner looked confident from the off and deservedly took the opening set on a tie-break after seeing a set point go begging in the 10th game.
They recovered from 4-1 down in the second to 4-3 but a mistake from Murray gave the Italian duo another break and they levelled the match.
That left proceedings to be decided by a match tie-break, with the winner the first to 10 points, or by two clear points thereafter.
It was nip and tuck all the way through but a crucial mini-break for 10-9 left Murray serving for victory, and a smash from Peers proved too hot for the Italians to handle.
The victory gives Murray and Peers, who are playing their final tournament together before parting ways, a great chance of reaching the semi-finals.
Murray said: "It was cool. It was a great match, a really exciting match. I think both teams played well. There was a lot of exciting points. It came down to a couple of points right at the end.
"We're really happy to win and really excited to move on in the tournament."
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