Fourth seeds Raven Klaasen/Oliver Marach powered into the semi-finals of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Thursday, scoring the lone break in each set to topple Wesley Koolhof/Nikola Mektic 7-5, 6-4.
They’ll take on qualifiers Henri Kontinen/Jan-Lennard Struff for a place in Saturday’s final. The Finnish-German duo eased past wild cards Matthew Ebden/Leander Paes 6-3, 6-3 in 56 minutes.
Jurgen Melzer/Edouard Roger-Vasselin scored an upset by toppling third seeds Kevin Krawietz/Andreas Mies 6-4, 7-6(1). Next up for them in the semi-finals are John Peers/Michael Venus, who took out top seeds and defending champions Rajeev Ram/Joe Salisbury on Wednesday.
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At the Chile Dove Men+Care Open in Santiago, Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera/Alejandro Tabilo delighted the home crowd with a 1-6, 6-3, 10-8 quarter-final victory against top seeds Marcelo Demoliner/Matwe Middelkoop. They’ll next face Roberto Carballes Baena/Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, who defeated third seeds Divij Sharan/Artem Sitak on Wednesday.
Second seeds Marcelo Arevalo/Jonny O’Mara didn’t face a break point in their 7-6(3), 6-3 win over Federico Coria/Juan Ignacio Londero. Awaiting them in the semi-finals are Facundo Bagnis/Pablo Cuevas, who prevailed against fourth seeds Ariel Behar/Gonzalo Escobar 6-3, 6-4.
Top seeds Juan Sebastian Cabal/Robert Farah and second seeds Lukasz Kubot/Marcelo Melo will play their quarter-final matches on Thursday at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presentado por HSBC in Acapulco.
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