Sadio Doumbia and Fabien Reboul spoiled the Halle partnership between Jannik Sinner and Hubert Hurkacz on Thursday with a 7-6(3), 4-6, 10-8 victory on the Terra Wortmann Open.
The Frenchmen continued the pattern of doubles gamers beating singles stars at this week’s ATP 500s.
From 5/5 within the Match Tie-break, Doumbia and Reboul gained 5 of the subsequent eight factors to achieve their eighth tour-level semi-final of the season. Champions in Montpellier and Bucharest, they may meet second seeds Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz within the final 4 after the Germans downed countrymen Constantin Frantzen and Hendrik Jebens 7-6(3), 6-4.
Sinner and Hurkacz have been teaming for the primary time since final yr in Halle.
Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori additionally reached the semi-finals, defeating Alexander Bublik and Arthur Fils 6-4, 6-3. The Italians, 2023 finalists in Halle, subsequent face wild playing cards Yannick Hanfmann and Dominik Koepfer.
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Ram/Salisbury, Arevalo/Pavic Advance In London
Second seeds Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury ousted Prime 25 singles gamers Alex de Minaur and Sebastian Korda 7-6(6), 7-5 within the cinch Championships first spherical.
The ATP Doubles trial featured at The Queen’s Membership this week places singles groups in opposition to doubles groups within the first spherical every time attainable and on Thursday, Ram and Salisbury stepped up in key moments to advance. The American-British duo saved a set level within the first-set tie-break and earned a decisive break at 6-5 within the second.
<img src="/-/media/photographs/information/2024/06/20/19/48/ram-salisbury-queens-2024-thursday.jpg" type="width:100%" alt="Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury on the cinch Championships.” />Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury on the cinch Championships. Credit score: Luke Walker/Getty Pictures for LTA
Roland Garros champions Marcelo Arevalo and Mate Pavic, competing for the primary time for the reason that clay-court main, overcame Julian Money and Robert Galloway 6-4, 6-4.
Ivan Dodig and Austin Krajicek, defending titlists in London, have been 6-3, 7-6(2) winners in opposition to Australians John Friends and Jordan Thompson. Taylor Fritz and Karen Khachanov gained 6-4, 6-4 in opposition to Francisco Cerundolo and Tomas Martin Etcheverry. Fritz final yr partnered Jiri Lehecka to make the ATP 500 remaining.
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Wednesday, 19 June
Neal Skupski and Michael Venus received their cinch Championships marketing campaign underway on Wednesday in London after they defeated singles stars Ugo Humbert and Ben Shelton 6-4, 6-3.
The seventh seeds have been aggressive all through the 69-minute conflict on the lawns in west London, putting deep returns and shutting the web sharply to achieve the second spherical. Skupski and Venus are teaming for the second time this season and subsequent play Alex de Minaur and Sebastian Korda or second seeds Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury.
Different singles groups to fall in London included Jack Draper and Cameron Norrie and Sebastian Baez and Adrian Mannarino. Sixth seeds Santiago Gonzalez and Edouard Roger-Vasselin beat Draper and Norrie 6-4, 6-4, whereas fifth seeds Wesley Koolhof and Nikola Mektic downed Baez and Mannarino 4-6, 6-3, 10-3.
Mektic and Koolhof arrive in London in good type, having superior to the ultimate on grass in ‘s-Hertogenbosch.
Prime seeds Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden additionally superior to the second spherical, defeating Alexander Erler and Lucas Miedler 6-4, 6-4. Ebden and Bopanna have gained tour-level titles collectively on the Australian Open and in Miami this season.
The ATP Doubles trial, which was first held on the Mutua Madrid Open, is going down on the Queen’s Membership. A few of the adjustments embrace much less time between factors, changes to time allowances throughout changeovers and using “time extensions”.
Hurkacz/Sinner advance in Halle
Singles stars Hubert Hurkacz and Jannik Sinner earned victory of their first match of the season collectively on the Terra Wortmann Open, the place they beat third seeds Nathaniel Lammons and Jackson Withrow 6-4, 5-7, 11-9.
The Pole-Italian group saved two match factors within the Match Tie-break to seal victory after 82 minutes. Sinner is the highest seed within the singles draw and is competing as No. 1 within the PIF ATP Rankings for the primary time.
Prime seeds Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori beat Pedro Martinez and Aleksandr Nedovyesov 6-3, 6-3. Bolelli and Vavassori reached the ultimate on the ATP 500 grass-court occasion final season.
Sadio Doumbia and Fabien Reboul defeated Belgians Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen 7-6(4), 6-4 to achieve the quarter-finals, whereas Constantin Frantzen and Hendrik Jebens eradicated Yuki Bhambri and Albano Olivetti 5-7, 7-6(12), 10-7. The Germans saved two match factors within the second set.
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