Petros Tsitsipas and Stefanos Tsitsipas defeated fourth-seeded Nicolas Barrientos and Luke Johnson 4-6, 6-4, 14-12 in the opening round of doubles at the EFG Swiss Open Gstaad.
They won two of three break points and had a 72 percent first-serve win rate, according to Infosys ATP Stats.
One of the match point saves came on return at 11/12 in the Match Tie-break, sparking that run of three points to close out the win.
Both main-draw doubles matches at the Hamburg Open were won by seeded pairs on Tuesday. Fabien Reboul and Edouard Roger-Vasselin, seeded third, defeated Dustin Brown and Daniel Masur 6-4, 6-3 in the first round of the ATP 250. They broke four times on seven chances.
Lloyd Glasspool and Jean-Julien Rojer will face them in the quarterfinals after defeating singles stars Francisco Cerundolo and Pedro Martinez 6-4, 7-6(5). The seventh seeds saved nine of eleven break opportunities against them, converting on an efficient three out of four break chances.
At the Infosys Hall of Fame Open in Newport, second seeds Julian Cash and Robert Galloway defeated Frenchmen Adrian Mannarino and Harold Mayot 6-3, 6-4. The Delray Beach and Mallorca champions smashed seven aces and only dropped serve once.
At the ATP 250, Australians Luke Saville and Aleksandar Vukic upset the eighth-seeded Indian pair of Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli and Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha, 6-1, 6-4. French success at Bastad On Tuesday, two all-French teams advanced at the Nordea Open in Bastad. Alexandre Muller and #NextGenATP star Luca Van Assche earned a 6-3, 6-4 win against Karol Drzewiecki and Sumit Nagal, while Manuel Guinard and Gregoire Jacq beat fourth-seeded Brazilians Fernando Romboli and Marcelo Zormann 6-3, 6-4.
France’s Theo Arribage and Roman Safiullin advanced to the ATP 250 with 6-3, 6-2 victories against Mariano Navone and Cameron Norrie. Rafael Nadal and Casper Ruud, who defeated second seeds Guido Andreozzi and Miguel Reyes-Varela on Monday, will return to doubles action on Wednesday against Arribage and Safiullin.
