Ryan Harrison of the U.S. and Michael Venus of New Zealand advanced to their first Grand Slam semi-final on Tuesday, upsetting seventh seeds Ivan Dodig of Croatia and Marcel Granollers of Spain 6-2, 3-6, 6-3. Harrison/Venus broke three times and erased seven of eight break points faced during the 91-minute quarter-final.
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They will face 16th seeds and Colombians Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah in the semi-finals.
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Ryan Harrison and Michael Venus capped a dream week at the Millennium Estoril Open by taking the doubles title 7-5, 6-2 over Spaniards David Marrero and Tommy Robredo. “Michael has been part of my family for a long time. I’ve known him since I was 11 years old and he’s like a brother. I got married last month and he was my groomsman,” said Harrison. “We’ve played doubles together, but not at the tour level, so to win with one of your best friends in the world is special.” Both teams traded early service holds, but the American-Kiwi duo grabbed the crucial break up 6-5 to take the opening set. They broke Marrero/Robredo twice in the second set to seal...
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Robert Lindstedt and Michael Venus dented Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau’s London hopes on Saturday at the Swiss Indoors Basel. The Swede/Kiwi pairing saved seven of nine break points to come back and defeat Rojer/Tecau 1-6, 6-3, 10-8 in the semi-finals. In Sunday's final, Lindstedt/Venus will face fourth seeds Marcel Granollers and Jack Sock, who beat second seeds Nicolas Mahut and Edouard Roger-Vasselin 6-3, 6-4 in 60 minutes. Granollers/Sock saved all five break points faced. Rojer/Tecau are the defending champions at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, but they're in danger of missing the cut this season. Rojer/Tecau are currently No. 9 in the Emirates ATP Doubles Race To London, 295 points behind No. 8 Treat Huey and Max Mirnyi....
Third seeds Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram took a positive step towards London on Tuesday at the Swiss Indoors Basel. Klaasen/Ram beat Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta and Italian Paolo Lorenzi 6-2, 6-4 to move into the Basel quarter-finals. The South African/American pairing are currently in sixth place in the Emirates ATP Doubles Race To London, 380 points ahead of seventh-placed Henri Kontinen and John Peers. The top eight doubles teams at the end of the season will qualify for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, to be held 13-20 Nov. at The O2 in London. View the Emirates ATP Doubles Race To London Klaasen/Ram will meet Michael Venus and Robert Lindstedt in the quarter-finals. Lindstedt/Venus beat Ivan Dodig and Nenad...
