ATP Tour Official Tournament

Bitter loss for Göransson in doubles


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16 October 2025 By
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It was a slow start for André Göransson and his partner Jackson Withrow in their match against the French duo Sadio Doumbia and Fabien Reboul. After falling behind and playing uncertainly, they gradually found their rhythm and eventually won the first set in a tiebreak.

The second set was closely contested and also went to a tiebreak. Despite having a match point, Göransson and Withrow suffered a narrow loss of 6-8.

In the deciding set of the doubles tournament, a so-called super tiebreak is played, where the first to 10 points wins. Here, Doumbia and Reboul proved too strong and won convincingly with a score of 10-5.

For the audience, it was an exciting and well-played match that demonstrated doubles as a fast and technical game with lots of tactics, where the margins are small and every mistake can be costly.