Krajicek/Ram dominate on serve, book Hamburg SF spot
pThe top two seeds at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/hamburg/414/overview'Hamburg Open/a advanced to the semi-finals Friday following convincing victories. Americans a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/austin-krajicek/ka00/overview'Austin Krajicek/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/rajeev-ram/r548/overview'Rajeev Ram/a raced past Italians a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/flavio-cobolli/c0e9/overview'Flavio Cobolli/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/luciano-darderi/d0fj/overview'Luciano Darderi/a 6-4, 6-4 while second seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/kevin-krawietz/kb92/overview'Kevin Krawietz/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/tim-puetz/pc68/overview'Tim Puetz/a beat a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/sander-gille/gd32/overview'Sander Gille/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/joran-vliegen/v895/overview'Joran Vliegen/a 7-5, 6-2./p
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Krajicek and Ram, teaming for the second time this year at an ATP Tour event, dropped just three points behind their first serves and did not face a break point, according to Infosys ATP Stats. Up next for the top seeds at the clay ATP 500 is a semi-final clash against third seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/fabien-reboul/re45/overview'Fabien Reboul/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/edouard-roger-vasselin/r613/overview'Edouard Roger-Vasselin/a./p
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Defending champions Krawietz and Puetz also produced a dominant serving performance, winning 85 per cent (40/47) of their service points. It will be an all-German semi-final as Krawietz and Puetz face a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jakob-schnaitter/sy05/overview'Jakob Schnaitter/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/mark-wallner/w0e2/overview'Mark Wallner/a or a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/constantin-frantzen/f09r/overview'Constantin Frantzen/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/hendrik-jebens/j09f/overview'Hendrik Jebens/a./p
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strongBhambri/Olivetti win in Gstaad, continue quest for second title/strongbr /
Third seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/yuki-bhambri/bf55/overview'Yuki Bhambri/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/albano-olivetti/o411/overview'Albano Olivetti/a earned a 6-3, 7-6(4) victory against fifth seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/sander-arends/ac55/overview'Sander Arends/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/robin-haase/h756/overview'Robin Haase/a to reach the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/gstaad/314/overview'EFG Swiss Open Gstaad/a final./p
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The Indian-French team is into its third tour-level final of the season, having won the Munich title and finished runner-up in Lyon. Bhambri and Olivetti will face eighth seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andre-begemann/ba79/overview'Andre Begemann/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/victor-cornea/cf25/overview'Victor Cornea/a or a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/ugo-humbert/hh26/overview'Ugo Humbert/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/fabrice-martin/me04/overview'Fabrice Martin/a in the championship match./p
pimg src="/-/media/images/news/2024/07/19/17/04/bhambri-olivetti-gstaad-2024-friday.jpg?w=100%25amp;hash=B91D658F92823C4AC6E02D0CADF76577" style="width:100%;" alt="a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/yuki-bhambri/bf55/overview'Yuki Bhambri/a (at net) and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/albano-olivetti/o411/overview'Albano Olivetti/a during Friday's Gstaad action." /br /
emsupa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/yuki-bhambri/bf55/overview'Yuki Bhambri/a (at net) and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/albano-olivetti/o411/overview'Albano Olivetti/a during Friday's Gstaad action. Credit: Fabian Meierhans / a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/gstaad/314/overview'EFG Swiss Open Gstaad/a 2024/sup/em/p
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strongSixth seeds Goransson/Verbeek oust home favourites in Newport QFs/strongbr /
a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andre-goransson/ge03/overview'Andre Goransson/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/sem-verbeek/v09l/overview'Sem Verbeek/a spoiled the hopes of home favourites a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/mackenzie-mcdonald/mk66/overview'Mackenzie McDonald/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alex-michelsen/m0qi/overview'Alex Michelsen/a at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/newport/315/overview'Infosys Hall of Fame Open/a with a 7-5, 6-4 win against the Americans./p
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Into the semi-finals, the sixth-seeded Swedish-Dutch duo will next meet Australians a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/luke-saville/sm09/overview'Luke Saville/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/aleksandar-vukic/v832/overview'Aleksandar Vukic/a./pp
img src="/-/media/images/news/2024/07/19/17/16/verbeek-goransson-newport-2024-friday.jpg" style="width:100%;" alt="a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/sem-verbeek/v09l/overview'Sem Verbeek/a (left) and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andre-goransson/ge03/overview'Andre Goransson/a at the grass ATP 250 in Newport." /br /
emsupa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/sem-verbeek/v09l/overview'Sem Verbeek/a (left) and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andre-goransson/ge03/overview'Andre Goransson/a at the grass ATP 250 in Newport. Credit: Andrew Eichenholz/ATP Tour/sup/em
pstrongGuinard/Jacq reach Bastad final/strongbr /
Frenchmen a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/manuel-guinard/gh33/overview'Manuel Guinard/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/gregoire-jacq/j557/overview'Gregoire Jacq/a are turning their ATP Challenger Tour success into a dream run at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/bastad/316/overview'Nordea Open/a, where they upset top seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/gonzalo-escobar/e661/overview'Gonzalo Escobar/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/aleksandr-nedovyesov/n503/overview'Aleksandr Nedovyesov/a 6-3, 6-4 to reach their first tour-level final./p
pGuinard and Jacq, who have won four ATP Challenger Tour doubles titles this season, including last week in Salzburg, await third seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/orlando-luz/lf26/overview'Orlando Luz/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/rafael-matos/mo41/overview'Rafael Matos/a or singles superstars a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/rafael-nadal/n409/overview'Rafael Nadal/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/casper-ruud/rh16/overview'Casper Ruud/a in the Bastad title match./p
pstrongemWhat to know about the 2024 ATP Doubles Trial implemented this week in Hamburg, Gstaad and Newportbr /
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liSingles versus doubles team matches in the first round whenever possible by increasing the number of doubles seeded teams to 8 (up from 4)/li
li21 seconds between all points/li
li60-second changeovers with a time call after 40 seconds. Points should start at the 60-second mark at the latest/li
liFree crowd movement/li
liDoubles-only court (when possible)/li
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