Luke Saville and Aleksandar Vukic saved a match point Thursday to upset second seeds Julian Cash and Robert Galloway at the Infosys Hall of Fame Open.
The Aussies earned a 6-4, 6-7(3), 13-11 victory to reach the semi-finals after fending off all six break points they faced, according to Infosys ATP Stats. Saville and Vukic, who saved a match point at 9/10 in the Match Tie-break, will next meet sixth seeds Andre Goransson and Sem Verbeek or Americans Mackenzie McDonald and Alex Michelsen.
In the top half of the draw, Indians Anirudh Chandrasekar and Arjun Kadhe defeated Christian Harrison and Vasil Kirkov 6-4, 1-6, 10-7 while Robert Cash and James Tracy won the all-American clash against Evan King and Reese Stalder 7-6(6), 7-5.
Second seeds cruise in Hamburg
Home favourites and defending champions Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz made a confident start to their title defence on Thursday at the Hamburg Open.
Tim Puetz and Kevin Krawietz in first-round action on Thursday at the Hamburg Open. Credit: Hamburg Open ATP500/Mathias Schulz
The second-seeded duo triumphed 6-1, 6-4 against Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Vijay Sundar Prashanth after converting three of six break points they earned. Krawietz and Puetz, who are chasing their first tour-level title since their 2023 triumph at the ATP 500, will take on fifth seeds Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen in the quarter-finals.
Fabien Reboul and Edouard Roger-Vasselin became the first semi-finalists in Hamburg this year by defeating Lloyd Glasspool and Jean-Julien Rojer 6-4, 3-6, 10-6. Despite losing out in an epic third point of the match, during which they displayed some remarkable defence to force Glasspool and Rojer to hit seven smashes, Reboul and Roger-Vasselin ultimately prevailed with a strong Match Tie-break display.
Top seeds make great escape in Bastad
At the Nordea Open, Gonzalo Escobar and Aleksandr Nedovyesov kept their bid for a second ATP Tour crown of the year alive with a dramatic quarter-final triumph against Federico Coria and Taro Daniel. The top-seeded Escobar and Nedovyesov saved a match point at 8/9 in the Match Tie-break before wrapping a 4-6, 6-3, 11-9 triumph at the clay-court ATP 250.
Manuel Guinard and Gregoire Jacq will be the semi-final opponents in Sweden for Estoril champions Escobar and Nedovyesov. In the only other doubles match of the day, third seeds Orlando Luz and Rafael Matos defeated Pavel Kotov and Piotr Matuszewski 6-3, 7-6(4). The Brazilians will play star wild card duo Rafael Nadal and Casper Ruud in the last four.
Humbert/Martin cause QF upset in Gstaad
Ugo Humbert and Fabrice Martin overcame Jamie Murray and Adam Pavlasek 7-6(3), 6-2 on Thursday to become the only unseeded pair to reach the semi-finals at the EFG Swiss Open Gstaad. The French duo saved both break points they faced, according to Infosys ATP Stats, en route to downing the top-seeded Murray and Pavlasek in 74 minutes.
A day after saving three match points in their opening-round win, Petros Tsitsipas and Stefanos Tsitsipas let slip two match points as eighth seeds Andre Begemann and Victor Cornea ensured they would be Humbert and Martin’s semi-final opponents. The German-Romanian duo won four straight points from 7/9 in the Match Tie-break to defeat the Tsitsipas brothers 7-6(3), 3-6, 11-9.
Victor Cornea and Andre Begemann defeat Petros Tsitsipas and Stefanos Tsitsipas on Thursday in Gstaad. Photo Credit: Fabian Meierhans/EFG Swiss Open Gstaad 2024
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