Watch highlights from the doubles semi-final match between Jamie Murray/Bruno Soares and Lucasz Kubot/Marcelo Melo in Cincinnati. Watch live matches at tennistv.com. Photo: Peter Staples
By titles won, Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares are having their best season yet as a team. The pairing has already won three ATP World Tour crowns this year, matching their total from all of last season, which saw them qualify for the Nitto ATP Finals during their debut campaign. They've won one title on hard courts – the Abierto Mexicano Telcel in Acapulco – and two on grass – the MercedesCup in Stuttgart and the Aegon Championships at The Queen's Club in London. But the team admits they play their best tennis on hard courts. “Hard court is our best surface,” Soares says. Murray/Soares are the third seeds at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati, an ATP World...
Third seeds Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares scored a monumental comeback win on Friday at the Citi Open, saving seven match points to advance into the semi-finals over qualifiers James Cerretani and #NextGenATP Aussie Marc Polmans 2-6, 6-3, 19-17. Murray/Soares saved match points at 8/9, 9/10, 10/11, 11/12, 12/13, 14/15 and 16/17. The British-Brazilian pair ultimately made good on their third match point to prevail in one hour and 37 minutes. Next up for them are top seeds Henri Kontinen and John Peers, who also fought back from the brink by saving two match points to topple Ivan Dodig and Mate Pavic 7-5, 4-6, 14-12. Kontinen/Peers erased match points at 9/10 and 11/12. Second seeds Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo...