Lammons/Withrow successfully defend Atlanta crown

pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/nathaniel-lammons/li37/overview'Nathaniel Lammons/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jackson-withrow/w686/overview'Jackson Withrow/a saved one championship point on Sunday to capture their second tour-level doubles title of the season at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/atlanta/6116/overview'Atlanta Open/a./p

pThe Americans won a dramatic clash against Swede a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andre-goransson/ge03/overview'Andre Goransson/a and Dutchman a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/sem-verbeek/v09l/overview'Sem Verbeek/a 4-6, 6-4, 12-10 to clinch the title on home soil at the ATP 250 hard-court event after one hour and 26 minutes./p

p“I am a little in shock,” Lammons said. “I don’t think we played our best there but we hung in and Jackson came up with the goods on match point there. I am pumped to get the win there.”/p

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pThe second seeds, who saved one championship point at 9/10 in the Match Tie-break, won 86 per cent (37/43) of their first-serve points to clinch their 25th tour-level victory of the season as a team. Earlier this year, they triumphed in ‘s-Hertogenbosch./p

p“This is our best time of the year,” Withrow said. “We love to be back in the States and here in Atlanta, where we are happy to get the title.”/p

pBy winning in Atlanta, Lammons and Withrow successfully defended their title at the event. The Americans have now won seven tour-level trophies together and are currently 13th in the PIF ATP Live Doubles Teams Rankings./p

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