Taranaki Daily News

Daniell in final

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New Zealand tennis player Marcus Daniell is through to his sixth career ATP doubles final following a solid victory in the semifinals of the Lyon tournament in France. Daniell, 27 from the Wairarapa teamed with Brazilian Marcelo Demoliner to defeat the Australian pair of Nick Kyrgios and Matt Reid 6-3 6-1 in 46 minutes on the clay courts in the semifinals. They now await the winner of the second semfinal before playing the title match on Saturday night (NZ time). Daniell has three ATP doubles titles to his name; Auckland in 2010 with Horia Tecau, Montpellie­r 2015 and Stuttgart 2016 both with Artem Sitak. He has been a beaten finalist on two occasions.

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