No. 2 seeds Jamie Murray and John Peers defeated Americans Mike Bryan and Steve Johnson 7-6(8), 6-3 in Vienna on Monday. The British-Australian duo secured the win in 71 minutes after saving a set point in the first set tie-break and squandering a match point on their opponents’ serve at 5-2 in the second set.

It was a milestone match for Bryan, who was playing with fellow Californian Steve Johnson for the first time. In fact, Bryan had not taken to the doubles court at a tour-level event (excluding Davis Cup) with anyone other than his twin brother Bob Bryan since winning the Long Island title with Mahesh Bhupathi in August 2002. Bob is home with wife Michelle, as the couple is expecting the birth of their third child.

Seeds Advance In Moscow, Tight Battles In Stockholm

At the Kremlin Cup by Bank of Moscow, No. 4 seeds Rameez Junaid/Igor Zelenay moved into the second round with a 6-4, 6-2 win over the all-Russian pairing of Evgeny Donskoy/Konstantin.

At the If Stockholm Open, Chris Guccione/Andre Sa teamed up for a tight 6-1, 6-7(3), 10-5 decision over Swedes Isak Arvidsson/Fred Simonsson. Also moving on to the second round were Mate Pavic/Michael Venus, 1-6, 6-4, 10-5 winners over Argentines Federico Delbonis/Leonardo Mayer.