Mackenzie McDonald and Ben Shelton sprung an opening-round upset on Wednesday on the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presentado por HSBC, the place the American pairing took out fourth seeds Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah 7-6(5), 6-4 on the hard-court ATP 500.
McDonald and Shelton transformed 4 of eight break factors in Acapulco to notch their maiden ATP Tour win collectively on the second try. They held agency to win a first-set tie-break through which they had been by no means behind earlier than rallying from 2-4 within the second set to clinch an 89-minute victory.
Having performed collectively for the primary time at Tour-level in Delray Beach two weeks in the past, McDonald and Shelton will now face Andre Goransson and Ben McLachlan of their maiden ATP Tour quarter-final as a crew.
In different doubles motion in Acapulco on Wednesday, William Blumberg and Casper Ruud downed Nicolas Mahut and Joe Salisbury 6-4, 6-4, whereas Nathaniel Lammons and Jackson Withrow defeated Marseille champions Santiago Gonzalez and Edouard Roger-Vasselin 6-4, 7-6(3).
Mektic/Pavic Move On In Dubai
At the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, prime seeds Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic booked a semi-final spot for the third consecutive 12 months with a 3-6, 6-3, 10-7 win towards Tomislav Brkic and Gonzalo Escobar.
The 2021 and 2022 finalists Mektic and Pavic held their nerve in a Match Tie-break to finish an 87-minute triumph on the hard-court ATP 500. Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen additionally superior to the ultimate 4 on Wednesday with a 7-6(4), 7-6(3) victory towards Ilya Ivashka and Andrey Rublev.
Gonzalez/Molteni Make Fast Start In Santiago
Maximo Gonzalez and Andres Molteni wasted little time kick-starting their Movistar Chile Open marketing campaign on Wednesday, after they raced previous Juan Manuel Cerundolo and Camilo Ugo Carabelli 6-1, 6-1 in simply 52 minutes.
The top-seeded Argentine duo will subsequent play dwelling wild card pairing Tomas Barrios Vera and Alejandro Tabilo on the clay-court ATP 250, the place Gonzalez lifted the trophy in 2020 alongside Simone Bolelli.
There was one upset on Wednesday within the Chilean capital, nonetheless — Indian duo N.Sriram Balaji and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan held their nerve in a Match Tie-break to down second seeds Andrey Golubev and Aleksandr Nedovyesov 7-5, 4-6, 11-9.
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