Indian Wells Masters: John Peers and Filip Polasek ate the new doubles’ title holder: Australian-Slovakian duo of John Peers and Filip Polasek are the Men’s Doubles champions at the BNP Paribas Open after they defeated the Russian duo of Andrey Rublev and Aslan Karatsev 6-3, 7-6(5) at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden.
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Indian Wells Masters: John Peers, Filip Polasek clinch men’s doubles title, beat Russian duo of Karatsev-Rublev
It was a battle between two full-time doubles players against a Russian duo, who are more known for their successes on the singles court – although Rublev did take home mixed doubles gold in Tokyo earlier this year with Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.
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Peers-Polasek overpower Karatsev-Rublev: The Australian-Slovakian duo was unable to convert two match points on Rublev’s serve at 5-3 and then dropped serve in the following game when trying to serve out the match. The teams then traded breaks before entering a tie-break, in which Peers and Polasek rallied from 3/5 down to clinch the title.
Indian Wells Masters: John Peers, Filip Polasek clinch men’s doubles title, beat Russian duo of Karatsev-Rublev
Peers, 33, and Polasek, 36, continued their strong recent form, having reached the final at the San Diego Open leading into the tournament.
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Peers won his fourth ATP Masters 1000 title (first since Canada 2018) and his 25th career title. Polasek won his 16th title and second Masters 1000 (Cincinnati 2019).
