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Australian Open: Poland’s Kubot into men's doubles quarterfinals

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Alicja Baczyńska 21.01.2019 08:30
Poland’s Łukasz Kubot and Argentina’s Horacio Zeballos have moved into the men’s doubles quarterfinals at the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament in Melbourne.
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The Polish-Argentinian duo on Monday beat Australia’s Blake Ellis and Alexei Popyrin 6-4, 7-6.

Kubot and Zeballos next take on Americans Ryan Harrison and Sam Querrey or Jack Sock and Jackson Withrow for a place in the semi-finals.

Kubot initially intended to play in Melbourne with his usual men’s doubles partner Marcelo Melo. The Brazilian tennis player, however, has still not fully recovered from a back injury.

Kubot and Melo were in 2017 named the men’s doubles team of the year by the International Tennis Federation (ITF).

The pair won the men’s doubles at the Wimbledon championships in London in 2017.

The Pole and the Brazilian last year lifted the men’s doubles trophy at the Shanghai Masters tournament in China.

In 2014, Kubot triumphed in the Australian Open with Sweden’s Robert Lindstedt.

In another competition at this year's Australian Open, Poland's Kubot and Iga Świątek have advanced to the second round of the mixed doubles.

(aba/gs)

Source: PAP

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