Dodig/Melo Win Tight Second-Round Match In Madrid

Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo snuck past the World No. 10 doubles team on Wednesday to become the first team to advance to the quarter-finals at the Mutua Madrid Open.

The No. 4 seeds beat American Rajeev Ram and South African Raven Klaasen 5-7, 6-3, 10-8. Dodig/Melo earned one mini-break and didn’t drop a point on serve during the match tie-break. The team will face Treat Huey and Max Mirnyi or No. 8 seeds Vasek Pospisil and Jack Sock. Huey/Mirnyi swept Daniel Nestor and Radek Stepanek 6-4, 6-4.

In first-round action, the Polish team of Lukasz Kubot and Marcin Matkowski won 6-1, 5-7, 11-9 against Fabio Fognini and Viktor Troicki. Henri Kontinen and John Peers, BMW Open by FWU AG champions on Sunday, beat Alexandr Dolgopolov and Bernard Tomic. The Fin and Aussie won 6-3, 3-6, 10-3.