Tennis: Michael Venus beats Artem Sitak to reach Dutch doubles final

  • 16/06/2018
Michael Venus in action.
Michael Venus in action. Photo credit: Getty

Top ranked Kiwi doubles player Michael Venus and his South African partner Raven Klaasen are into the final of the ATP tournament in Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.

The pair toppled New Zealander Artem Sitak and his Indian partner Divij Sharan 6-3 6-2 in the semi-finals on Saturday (NZ time).

It was doubles-delight for the duo who earlier came from a set down to win their rain delayed quarter-final 2-6, 6-4, 10-4 over Australia's Matthew Ebden and Tunisia's Malek Jaziri.

Venus and Klaasen had an hour and a half rest before their semi-final and they came out firing.

They broke to love in the third game and quickly raced to a 4-1 first-set lead. However Sitak and Sharan will rue their failure to convert five break point chances in the first set, which they lost in 26 minutes.

Venus and Klaasen broke serve twice in the second set and held their own throughout to complete a comfortable straight sets victory in 52 minutes.

They didn't face a single break point in the second set and served at a high 73 percent of first serves.

Venus and Klaasen will face third seeds of Britain's Dominic Inglot and Franko Skugor from Hungary for the title.

Venus will rise from his current position of 25 to 22 in the doubles rankings if he can claim his ninth tour title tomorrow.

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