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Kubot/Melo Survive To Reach Indian Wells Doubles Final

Eighth seeds Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo are through to their first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final as a team after edging fourth seeds Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares 3-6, 7-5, 10-5 in the BNP Paribas Open semi-finals on Friday. The Polish/Brazilian duo rallied from a 2-4 deficit in the second set, winning five of the next six games to force a Match Tie-break, which they controlled from the start to seal victory in one hour and 33 minutes. Kubot and Melo joined forces full-time at the start of 2017. They have won two titles together before, capturing back-to-back Vienna crowns in 2015 and 2016. In Saturday’s final, they will face sixth seeds Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram, who...

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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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Murray/Soares Soar Into London SFs

Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares have clinched a Barclays ATP World Tour Finals semi-finals berth and boosted their chances of finishing as year-end No. 1 in the Emirates ATP Doubles Team Rankings after the second seeds defeated Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo 6-3, 3-6, 10-6 on Thursday at The O2 arena. Murray/Soares completed their Group Edberg/Jarryd campaign with a maximum three victories and can still overtake Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut as the World No. 1 pairing, depending on the outcome of the Frenchmen's final round-robin match on Friday. Herbert/Mahut, who will not qualify for the final four, must prevail in their final Group Fleming/McEnroe contest with Henri Kontinen and John Peers, otherwise the prestigious year-end top spot is in...

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