Jamie Murray/John Peers win Belgrade title, Sander Arends/Luke Johnson win Metz title | ATP Tour

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Murray/Peers battle for Belgrade title, Arends/Johnson rally to Metz

Murray/Oontanga are looking for their second ATP Tour title this season

November 09, 2024

Top seeds Jamie Murray and John Peers capped another strong week by winning their second title together this season at the Belgrade Open on Saturday.

The British-Australian pair showed strong form in the tournament and staged a comeback to oust fourth seeds Ivan Dodig and Skander Mansouri 3-6, 7-6(5), 11-9, in their first Lexus ATP Head2Head meeting.

Murray and Peers maintained a near-perfect record and dropped their only set of the week in the final. The pair won 76 percent (32/42) of their first game points, converted one break point in five chances, and emerged victorious in one hour and 36 minutes.

With the win, they won their eighth title as a team. The pair, who played for the first time since 2016 in August this year, also won the Swiss Indoor Basel title in October.

Arends/Johnson claimed the Metz crown
Sander Arends and Luke Johnson ended Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Albano Olivetti's hopes of winning the title together at home at the Moselle Open on Saturday.

The Dutch-British pair combined to defeat Herbert and Olivetti 6-4, 3-6, 10-3 to win the Moselle Open title. Buoyed by the home support, Herbert and Olivetti's second-set comeback was not enough, as Arends and Johnson proved too strong to seal the tour-level title as a team.

The two stopped the challenge brought by the French in one hour and 18 minutes. They hit 10 aces and saved five of seven break points they faced.

“It was really difficult for us to play with you today,” said Arends in the post-match interview. “I felt like I wasn't playing [against] two boys, I played with them [about] 2000 boys.”

Herbert and Olivetti were aiming to become the first French team to win the title in Metz since Nicolas Mahut and Edouard Roger-Vasselin won the title in 2018.