Mergea/Tecau Advance In Bucharest

Top-seeded Romanians Florin Mergea and Horia Tecau edged Marcus Daniell and Artem Sitak 7-6(3), 7-6(5) in their opening match at the BRD Nastase Tiriac Trophy on Thursday. Mergea/Tecau saved three break points and advanced in 92 minutes despite winning three fewer points (72-75).

Second seeds Eric Butorac and Scott Lipsky were not as fortunate. The Americans fell 2-6, 6-2, 18-16 to Chris Guccione and Andre Sa in the quarter-finals. Butorac/Lipsky held seven match points in the Match Tie-break but saw their opponents convert on their fourth to take the win. Next up for Guccione/Sa will be fourth seeds Jonathan Erlich and Colin Fleming, who saved nine break points (9/13) to edge Guido Pella and Lukas Rosol 2-6, 6-4, 10-6.

Huey/Mirnyi Win In Barcelona

Treat Huey and Max Mirnyi defeated fourth seeds Rohan Bopanna and Jean-Julien Rojer 7-6(5), 6-4 in the quarter-finals of the Barcelona Open BancSabadell on Thursday. Huey/Mirnyi landed 85 per cent of first serves and saved four break points in the 71-minute win. They will face Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan in the final four.