Andy Murray and Jamie Murray saw their much anticipated return as a doubles team end in quarter-final action on Friday at the Citi Open. The brothers couldn't convert against third seeds Raven Klaasen and Michael Venus, who triumphed 6-7(3), 7-6(6), 10-7.
There were no service breaks in the match, but Klaasen/Venus saved a match point on their serve at 5/6 in the second-set tie-break before levelling the score. The third seeds also trailed 5/7 in the Match Tie-break, but won five consecutive points to advance in one hour and 53 minutes.
Klaasen/Venus have been in top form this season, taking the title in Halle (d. Kubot/Melo) and finishing runner-up in Rome (l. to Cabal/Farah) and Auckland (l. to McLachlan/Struff). They also reached the semi-finals at Wimbledon and have won 10 of their past 11 matches. Next up for Klaasen/Venus are second seeds Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo, with Melo riding high after picking up his 500th tour-level doubles win on Tuesday.
The Murray brothers split up next week at the Coupe Rogers, with Andy partnering Feliciano Lopez and Jamie teaming up with full-time partner Neal Skupski. Murray/Lopez, who won a title this June at Queen's Club in their first tournament together (d. Ram/Salisbury), face second seeds Kubot/Melo in the opening round, while Murray/Skupski start their week against Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury. The Murrays could potentially meet in the quarter-finals.
Jean-Julien Rojer picked up his 400th tour-level victory, partnering Horia Tecau past four-time Washington champions Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan 7-6(5), 4-6, 10-8. Rojer has won 28 tour-level doubles titles, including two Grand Slams with Tecau at 2015 Wimbledon (d. J. Murray/Peers) and 2017 US Open (d. Lopez/Lopez). The 2014 Washington champions (d. Groth/Paes) will meet Alex de Minaur and John Peers in the semi-finals.
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