Top seeds Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo stayed unbeaten on the grass on Wednesday in Halle, moving into the Gerry Weber Open quarter-finals with a 6-4, 4-6, 10-8 victory against Japan's Kei Nishikori and Spaniard Fernando Verdasco. Kubot/Melo, champions at the Ricoh Open in s'-Hertogenbosch on Sunday, won 83 per cent of their first-serve points to advance in 83 minutes. They will next play Spaniards Roberto Bautista Agut and David Ferrer. Watch Live On TennisTV Watch Full Match Replays Third seeds Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau dismissed home favourites Dustin Brown and Jan-Lennard Struff 7-6(3), 6-4. Germans Alexander Zverev and Mischa Zverev became the first doubles team to reach the semi-finals when Brian Baker and Alexander Peya retired down 2-3...
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Second seeds Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares completed a perfect beginning to their grass-court seasons on Sunday, beating fourth seeds Oliver Marach and Mate Pavic 6-7(4), 7-5, 10-5 to win the MercedesCup doubles title in Stuttgart. Murray/Soares dropped only four points on their first serve (44/48) and saved both break points. Neither team broke in the first set but Marach/Pavic won the final three points of the tie-break to claim the opener. In the second set, Murray/Soares broke at 5-5 then served out the set to even the final. The duo ran away with the match tie-break, sprinting to a 6/1 lead before clinching their second crown of the season. “Very tough win. The court is playing fast, so not...
Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo continued their outstanding season by taking the doubles title at the Ricoh Open on Saturday, living up to their top seed status in ‘s-Hertogenbosch by defeating second seeds Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram 6-3, 6-4. “We’ve had a really good year. It’s another title for us, so we’re very happy with the way we’re playing,” said Kubot. “It’s a little bit more pressure as the top seeds, but as you could see at Roland Garros, the top two seeds lost in the first round. Everybody is playing good now.” [ALSO LIKE] This is the third title of 2017 for Kubot/Melo. They have excelled in ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events this year, winning in Madrid...
Oliver Marach and Mate Pavic will play in their first ATP World Tour doubles final as a team after beating top seeds Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan 7-6(3), 6-3 on Saturday at the Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart
Marach and Pavic hit 15 aces and relented only five points on their first serve, winning 89 per cent (42/47). The fourth seeds, who started playing together earlier this year in Miami, also never faced a break point and converted one of their five break chances against the Bryan brothers.
Marach/Pavic will meet second seeds Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares in Sunday's final.
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