Murray/Soares Soar Into St. Petersburg Final
Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares continued their bid to qualify for the Nitto ATP Finals on Friday at the St. Petersburg Open, where the overcame Marcus Daniell and Marcelo Demoliner 7-5, 6-3 to reach the championship match.
The top seeds broke four times and won 73 per cent (27/37) of their first-serve points to advance after 81 minutes. Murray and Soares are currently eighth in the FedEx ATP Doubles Team Rankings and in the final qualification spot for the season finale.
They could face Andrey Golubev and Hugo Nys in the final after the fourth seeds defeated Santiago Gonzalez and Andres Molteni 7-6(4), 6-3 to move into the last four.
Cabal/Farah March On In Vienna
Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah booked their spot in the final at the Erste Bank Open on Friday when they battled past Sander Gille and Dominik Koepfer 3-6, 6-3, 10-8 in 77 minutes.
The fourth seeds are into their fourth tour-level championship match of the season. They have now triumphed in three consecutive Match Tie-breaks this week in Vienna.