Rojer/Tecau Edge Murray/Soares In Cincinnati

Fifth seeds Jean-Julien Rojer/Horia Tecau scored an upset on Friday at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati, edging third seeds Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares in their quarter-final match, 4-6, 6-2, 11-9.

Little separated the two teams all the way through to the Match Tie-break. Rojer/Tecau couldn’t convert on their first match point at 9/8, but made good on their second chance to take the win.

Tecau previously claimed the Cincinnati title in 2012 (w/ Robert Lindstedt). He and Rojer won their first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title as a team this May at the Mutua Madrid Open. Next up for them is the winner of the match between second seeds Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan and Treat Huey/Max Mirnyi.

Sixth seeds Daniel Nestor/Vasek Pospisil recorded the biggest upset of the day by defeating top seeds Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut, 4-6, 6-4, 10-6. The Canadians raced to a 7/2 lead in the Match Tie-break and closed out the contest on their first match point.

Nestor is making an astounding 22^nd consecutive appearance in Cincinnati. He has won this tournament five times, most recently last year with Edouard Roger-Vasselin. Pospisil finished as runner-up in 2014 (w/ Jack Sock).

In second-round action on Friday, the Bryan Brothers didn’t drop serve in defeating the French duo of Lucas Pouille and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 6-2, 7-5. The Americans have won five Western & Southern Open doubles titles together, most recently in 2014. Their second match of the day against Treat Huey and Max Mirnyi will take place later today.