First-time partners last-minute sign in, Erler/Mies win Kitzbühel crown
pHome favourite a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alexander-erler/e928/overview'Alexander Erler/a and German a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andreas-mies/mj40/overview'Andreas Mies/a enjoyed a perfect week as first-time partners at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/kitzbuhel/319/overview'Generali Open/a. But it was far from easy./p
pThe Austrian-German duo needed a Match Tie-break in all four of its matches, including a second-round win against top seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jamie-murray/mc81/overview'Jamie Murray/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/adam-pavlasek/pg32/overview'Adam Pavlasek/a. On Saturday, the sixth seeds earned a final 6-3, 3-6, 10-6 victory against fifth seeds 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 to win the clay ATP 250./p
p"It was like a coincidence [we played together]," Mies said. "I was supposed to play with a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/yannick-hanfmann/h997/overview'Yannick Hanfmann/a here and 'Alex' with Lucas [Miedler]. He got injured unfortunately in Hamburg. So we decided last minute to play and to sign in. To win the title here is unbelievable. Great atmosphere, great feeling. It was a pleasure to play together for the first time. We are super happy to win the title here. It's been two years for me since the last time I won a title. I'm super happy with the team effort."/p
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pThe home favourite Erler has three times won thenbsp;Kitzbuuml;hel title (2021 and 2023 with a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/lucas-miedler/mo55/overview'Lucas Miedler/a). This week marks Mies' first tour-level crown since 2022 Munich./p
p"It was an amazing crowd the whole week. We are very happy to win," Erler said. "We were focussed all the time, I think it was a really good match."/p
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