Nadal/Carreno Busta Oust Third Seeds In Beijing Opener

Pablo Carreno Busta and Rafael Nadal reached the China Open quarter-finals on Monday in Beijing as they upset third seeds Rohan Bopanna and Daniel Nestor 7-6(3), 6-4 in the first round.

The Spaniards have both enjoyed great success on the doubles court in 2016. Nadal partnered Marc Lopez to the gold medal at the Rio Olympics, while Carreno Busta was runner-up at the US Open with Guillermo Garcia-Lopez and also reached the final last week in Chengdu, with Mariusz Fyrstenberg (l. to Klaasen/Ram).

Nadal and Carreno Busta go on to face Chinese wild card pairing Mao-Xin Gong and Ze Zhang, who upset Americans Steve Johnson and Sam Querrey 3-6, 6-3, 10-4.

Paolo Lorenzi and Guido Pella dealt a blow to Treat Huey and Max Mirnyi’s Barclays ATP World Tour Finals hopes, upsetting the fourth seeds 3-6, 6-1, 10-4. Huey and Mirnyi are looking to qualify for the season finale together for the first time and are currently seventh in the Emirates ATP Doubles Race To London. But they have now suffered three successive first-round losses. They also fell at the US Open (l. to Almagro/Estrella-Burgos) and last week in Shenzhen (l. to Fognini/Lindstedt).

In the quarter-finals Lorenzi and Pella will face Jack Sock and Bernard Tomic, who teamed up for a 3-6, 7-5, 10-7 victory over wild cards Andre Begemann and Leander Paes.