Peya/Kubot Survive In Halle

Lukasz Kubot and Alexander Peya made a great escape against Brian Baker and Denis Istomin in the Gerry Weber Open quarter-finals on Thursday. The second seeds faced match point at 8/9 in the Match Tie-break, but swept the next three points to prevail 6-2, 2-6, 11/9 in 67 minutes.

In the semi-finals, Kubot/Peya will face fourth seeds Henri Kontinen and John Peers, who beat Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah 6-3, 7-6(1). Kontinen/Peers fired seven aces, won 82 per cent of first serve points and dropped serve just once.

Third seeds Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram topped wild cards Alexander Zverev and Mischa Zverev 6-4, 6-2. The Zverev brothers fought off five break points, but dropped serve three times to succumb in 56 minutes.

Rain Halts Doubles Play At Queen’s

Inclement weather forced the postponement of all four doubles matches scheduled at the Aegon Championships on Thursday. Third seeds Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau were up 6-2, 2-1 against Jonathan Erlich and Colin Fleming when play was suspended.