Marrero & Verdasco Reach the Doubles Final at the ATP World Tour Finals

David Marrero and Fernando Verdasco have the chance to end the year with a bang…

The 33-year-old and 29-year-old Spanish tennis players beat Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo 7-6 (10), 7-5 to reach the doubles final at the ATP World Tour Finals.

David Marrero & Fernando Verdasco

It’s only their first time competing at the season-ending championships of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) World Tour, featuring the top eight singles players and doubles teams of the ATP rankings.

Dodig and Melo had won all three of their matches in the round robin stage of the tournament, while the sixth-seeded Spaniards lost one match in round robin play.

Marrero and Verdasco will next face three-time champions Bob and Mike Bryan, who advanced to the final after defeating No. 2 Alexander Peya and Bruno Soares 4-6, 6-4, 10-8.

Earlier this year, Marrero and Verdasco won the St. Petersburg Open, their first and only ATP World Tour team title of the season.

Ferrer Survives Tough Match to Reach Fourth Round at Wimbledon

It wasn’t easy, but David Ferrer has advanced to the fourth round at Wimbledon…

The 31-year-old Spanish tennis player, who lost to Rafael Nadal at the French Open in his first Grand Slam final, rallied back to beat the Ukraine’s Alexandr Dolgopolov 6-7 (6), 7-6 (2), 2-6, 6-1, 6-2 in an intense third round match on Saturday at the All England Club.

David Ferrer

In a back-and-forth match on Court 1, Ferrer needed treatment for blisters on his foot but still managed to outlast the 26th-seeded Dolgopolov and reach the last 16 for the fourth year in a row.

Ferrer, who reached the quarterfinals last year, will next face Croatia’s Ivan Dodig.