Doubles defeat

It wasn’t quite the finish to a good tournament that Kiwi tennis player Michael Venus and Croatian doubles partner Mate Pavic wanted as they were defeated in the final of the ATP Stockholm event yesterday by an inspired local pairing. Venus and Pavic were defeated 6-1 6-1 in 55 minutes by the talented young duo of Elias and Mikael Ymer, the first home team to win the doubles at the tournament since 1998. Venus and Pavic have won four ATP doubles titles this year – Auckland, Montpellier, Marseille and s-Hertogenbosch – and have now been finalists at four tournaments, in Metz, Gstaad, Nice and Stockholm.