Rojer & Tecau Claim Upset To Reach Cincy QF

Last year’s doubles finalists Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau continued their strong run of form at the Western & Southern Open, securing their spot in the quarter-finals.

Rojer and Tecau, the 2015 Nitto ATP Finals champs, have not dropped a set through two matches this week in Cincinnati, completing a 7-5, 6-3 upset of sixth seeds Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram on Thursday. The Dutch-Romanian duo, who finished runners-up to Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo in last year’s final, are bidding for their second ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title as a team (Madrid 2016). They will next face third seeds Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares for a spot in the last four.

In other action, Montreal champs Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut kicked off their quest for back-to-back Masters 1000 crowns with a 3-6, 7-6(5), 10-5 comeback win over countrymen Fabrice Martin and Edouard Roger-Vasselin. The last time a doubles team completed the Canada-Cincinnati double was just one year ago when Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo claimed both titles. Herbert and Mahut will battle five-time champs Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan next.

Also moving into the quarter-finals on Thursday were seventh seeds and Montreal finalists Rohan Bopanna and Ivan Dodig. They overcame a set deficit to defeat Juan Sebastian Cabal and Fabio Fognini 5-7, 7-5, 10-8. The Indian-Croatian tandem will battle second seeds Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo on Friday.

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