The top-seeded duo of Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupski have been the lone seeds to advance to the quarter-finals on the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presentado por HSBC. On Thursday, the Dutch-British workforce stayed heading in the right direction for its first title of 2023 with a second straight-sets win on the week.
Koolhof/Skupski defeated Rio de Janeiro semi-finalists Sadio Doumbia and Fabien Reboul 6-4, 6-4 to advance to the final 4 in Acapulco. They didn’t face a break level within the match and gained 83 per cent of their first-serve factors within the win. Despite shedding one of many factors of the week, when a Reboul lob capped a defensive masterclass from the French workforce, the highest seeds are by to their second semi-final of the season.
Their subsequent opponents will probably be Austrians Alexander Erler and Lucas Miedler, who beat William Blumberg and Casper Ruud 6-4, 6-3.
In the day’s most dramatic match, Andre Goransson and Ben McLachlan edged Americans Mackenzie McDonald and Ben Shelton 6-1, 6-7(4), 11-9. The Swedish-Japanese workforce clinched victory on its fourth match level after lacking out on two on serve at 5-4 within the second set. In the Match Tie-break, they fell behind 7/8 after holding leads of 5/0 and seven/2, however recovered to win 4 of the final 5 factors.
SFs Set In Dubai
Two easy Thursday quarter-finals rounded out the final 4 on the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships.
Third seeds Lloyd Glasspool and Harri Heliovaara beat Indian fortunate losers Yuki Bhambri and Saketh Myneni 6-4, 6-3, whereas Maxime Cressy and Fabrice Martin defeated Dutchmen Robin Haase and Matwe Middelkoop 6-4, 6-3. Neither pair has dropped a set this week on the ATP 500.
Glasspool/Heliovaara will face high seeds Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic within the semis, with Cressy/Martin set to satisfy Belgian fortunate losers Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen.
Chileans Barrios Vera/Tabilo Down Top Seeds In Santiago
All three seeded groups in motion on Thursday on the Movistar Chile Open have been upset, with house favourites Tomas Barrios Vera and Alejandro Tabilo knocking off high seeds Maximo Gonzalez and Andres Molteni.
The Chileans scored a 6-1, 3-6, 10-7 victory to advance to the semi-finals. They will meet Italians Andrea Pellegrino and Andrea Vavassori, who upset third seeds Nicolas Barrientos and Ariel Behar 7-6(12), 6-3.
In the opposite half of the draw, Spaniards Pedro Martinez and Jaume Munar downed fourth seeds Francisco Cabral and Nikola Cacic 6-4, 6-4, whereas Thiago Seyboth Wild and Matias Soto beat N.Sriram Balaji and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan.
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