Match Report
Murray & Friends save MP to advance to Beijing QFs
Draper & Machac progress in Tokyo doubles
September 28, 2024
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Murray and Friends gained six ATP Tour titles collectively from 2013-2015.
By Krishna Gowda
Qualifiers Jamie Murray and John Friends saved a match level in opposition to Brazilians Rafael Matos and Marcelo Melo to win 7-6(7), 3-6, 12-10 Saturday and advance to the quarter-finals of the China Open in Beijing.
Murray and Friends, who reached the 2015 Wimbledon last, confronted match level at 9/10 within the match tie-break, having squandered one among their very own at 9/8. The duo recovered to win the following three factors and seal the match in a single hour, 53 minutes. They gained 79 per cent of first-serve factors, in accordance with Infosys ATP Stats, en path to victory.
Murray and Friends subsequent face Francisco Cerundolo and Nicolas Jarry, who upset second seeds and Australian Open champions Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden 7-5, 7-6(4). Flavio Cobolli and Lorenzo Musetti additionally shocked Neal Skupski and Michael Venus 6-2, 6-7(4), 10-7, with the Italians changing 5 of the 9 break factors they earned to down the fourth seeds.
Draper/Machac Attain Tokyo QFs
Jack Draper and Tomas Machac matched their final eight singles runs in Tokyo by reaching the quarter-finals within the doubles. The pair rallied to upset third seeds and up to date Chengdu Open champions, Sadio Doumbia and Fabien Reboul, Â 5-7, 6-2, 10-8 on Saturday on the Kinoshita Group Japan Open Tennis Championships.
Draper and Machac gained 84 per cent of their first-serve factors to down the French duo, who sit thirteenth within the PIF ATP Doubles Race. Machac earlier triggered one other upset in his singles, overcoming Tommy Paul to advance to the final eight, the place he faces #NextGenATP star Alex Michelsen.
Draper and Machac meet Ariel Behar and Robert Galloway subsequent, who shocked prime seeds Nathaniel Lammons and Jackson Withrow 6-7(4), 6-4, 10-7. Julian Money and Lloyd Glasspool superior to the quarter-finals by way of walkover after Ben Shelton and Jordan Thompson withdrew on account of Thompson struggling a again harm.
