Cabal/Farah Up & Running In Acapulco

Juan Sebastian Cabal/Robert Farah got their season going on Wednesday at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presentado por HSBC in Acapulco. The top seeds picked up their first team win of the season by taking out Luke Bambridge/Ben McLachlan 6-0, 7-5.

At the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, John Peers/Michael Venus upset top seeds and defending champions Rajeev Ram/Joe Salisbury 6-4, 6-2 to reach the semi-finals. Peers/Venus converted all four of their break point chances to defeat the reigning Australian Open champions in exactly one hour.

Third seeds Kevin Krawietz/Andreas Mies held off Jean-Julien Rojer/Horia Tecau 6-4, 6-7(7), 10-8 in first-round action. The reigning Roland Garros champion will face Jurgen Melzer/Edouard Roger-Vasselin in the next round.

Roberto Carballes Baena/Alejandro Davidovich Fokina were the first team to move into the semi-finals at the Chile Dove Men+Care Open. The Spanish duo upset third seeds Divij Sharan/Artem Sitak 6-3, 3-6, 10-4.

First-round action in Santiago saw second seeds Marcelo Arevalo/Jonny O’Mara battle past Roman Jebavy/Igor Zelenay 6-4, 4-6, 10-6. They’ll now play Federico Coria/Juan Ignacio Londero, who held off Sander Arends/David Pel 6-4, 1-6, 10-3.

Facundo Bagnis/Pablo Cuevas rounded out play with a 7-6(2), 6-4 win against Romain Arneodo/Andre Begemann.