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Polish Team To Make Third Appearance

Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski

Matkowski, Fyrstenberg© Getty ImagesMariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matowski will be making their third appearance at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals this year.

Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski claimed the eighth and final doubles berth at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals.  They will be making their third year-end championship appearance (2-5 record) in the past four years.

2009 In Review

The Polish duo has reached 17 quarter-finals (or better) in 28 tournaments this year, clinching two ATP World Tour titles from four finals.

In June they beat Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy, and Bruno Soares and Kevin Ullyett, en route to the AEGON International grass-court title at Eastbourne (d. Parrott-Polasek) and added further impetus to their Barclays ATP World Tour Finals qualification bid in October by capturing the Proton Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur 2009 crown (l. to Kunitsyn-Levinsky).

Fyrstenberg, 29, and 28-year-old Matkowski also finished as finalists at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington (l. to Damm-Lindstedt) in August and at the Shanghai ATP Masters 1000 (l. to Benneteau-Tsonga) in October.

In Grand Slam play, the team reached the Australian Open quarter-finals (l. to Kubot-Marach), made a second round exit at Roland Garros (l. to M. Lopez-Robredo) and first round exits at Wimbledon (l. to Butorac-Lipsky) and the US Open (l. to Harrison-Van't Hof). 

Finals History

Fyrstenberg and Matkowski first qualified for the prestigious season climax in 2006, losing all three round-robin matches. Last year, the duo reached the semi-finals (l. to Bryan-Bryan) after progressing through the group stage with a 2-1 record.

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