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Kubot/Melo Deny Kyrgios/Zimonjic To Reach SF

Eighth seeds Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo are through to the BNP Paribas Open semi-finals after breezing past tricky wild card duo, Nick Kyrgios and Nedad Zimonjic on Wednesday. The Polish-Brazilian pair posted a 6-1, 6-3 result, breaking four times in the 56-minute outing. Kubot/Melo will take on fourth seeds Jamie Murray and Bruno after the highest-seeded duo remaining edged past the Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau 7-6(5), 6-4.  Watch Full Match Replays Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram ended the run of Novak Djokovic and Victor Troicki on Wednesday night. The South African-American duo took down the unseeded Serbians 3-6, 6-2, 10-6 in one hour and 12 minutes to secure a showdown with another unseeded pair, Gilles Muller and Sam...

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Kubot/Melo Repeat In Vienna

Fourth seeds Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo repeated as Erste Bank Open 500 champions on Sunday to win their second ATP World Tour team doubles title. The Polish/Brazilian pairing outlasted Barclays ATP World Tour Finals hopefuls Oliver Marach and Fabrice Martin 4-6, 6-3, 13-11 in one hour and 43 minutes in Vienna. Kubot/Melo led the back-and-forth Match Tie-break 9-6 before Marach/Martin saved three match points and another at 9-10. Marach/Martin then held their own championship point at 11-10, but Kubot/Melo rattled off three consecutive points to clinch the ATP World Tour 500 crown on their fifth championship point. They will receive 500 Emirates ATP Rankings points and split €126,400 in prize money. “We had great memories from last year and were...

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