The Serbian Novak Djokovic, number one in the world, and the Spanish Carlos Gómez-Herrera went to the final of the doubles modality of Mallorca ATP, which is being played on the grass courts of the Country Club of Santa Ponsa. Djokovic and Gómez Herrera defeated this Thursday in two sets (6-3 and 7-6 (4) the Austrian Oliver Marach and the Pakistani Aisam Qureshi in 1 hour and 21 minutes.
It was the most placid victory for the Balkan and the Marbella, since in the two previous games they had to come back to qualify in the tiebreaker set. Djokovic has chosen Mallorca ATP to prepare for his participation in Wimbledon, third Grand Slam of the season, which if he won it, would be the third in a row after winning this year in Australia and Paris. Bolelli and González, for their part, beat the pair formed by the Italian A. Vavassori and the Argentine A. Molteni by 7-6 (3); 6 (7) -7 and 10-7 to access the semifinals.
???? @DjokerNole and Carlos Gómez-Herrera WD after the match.
???? The second SF between Bolelli / González and Daniell / Oswald will be played on Saturday.
???? Winners will be the first Mallorca Championships Doubles Champions. #ATPMallorca pic.twitter.com/vSxLpUv812– Mallorca Championships (@MallorcaChamps) June 24, 2021
However The organization of the Mallorca Championship announced late on Thursday that Djokovic and Gómez-Herrera had abandoned the tournament due to an injury suffered by the Spanish. “Novak Djokovic and Carlos Gómez-Herrera have left after the match. The second semi-final between Bolelli and González and Daniell and Oswald will be played on Saturday. The winners will be the first doubles champions of the Mallorca Championships”