Top seeds to meet for the ATX team title

The top two ATX Open doubles teams showed form worthy of their seedings Saturday, each dropping just five games to reach the championship match.

Top seeds Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Ellen Perez needed just 61 minutes for a 6-3, 6-2 win over Ingrid Neel and Olivia Tjandramulia while second seeds Erin Routliffe and Adila Sutjiadi defeated Anna-Lena Friedsam and Nadiia Kichenok 6-2, 6-3 in one hour.

This is the fifth final Melichar-Martinez and Perez have reached together and they are seeking a second title as a team. Melichar-Martinez has won 12 times on Tour and is into her 28th final. Her partner, Perez, is playing her 14th final with hopes of a sixth title.

Sunday will be the first time Routliffe and Sutjiadi have reached a final together. Routliffe is seeking a third career title while playing her ninth final. Sutjiadi, who was a winner at Auckland in January, is playing for a third title in the fourth final of her career.

The ATX Open doubles championship will be played at 4 p.m. Sunday.