Martin/Mies Upset Koolhof/Skupski For Monte-Carlo SF Berth

Fabrice Martin and Andreas Mies were down two match points against Francisco Cerundolo and Daniel Evans in the opening round Monday.

Now, the French-German duo is into the semi-finals at the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters.

Martin and Mies, who are playing their first tournament as partners this season, advanced to the last four Friday after upsetting top seeds Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupski 5-7, 6-3, 10-7 in one hour, 44 minutes.

Despite trailing 3/6 in the Match Tie-break, Martin and Mies rallied to win seven of the next eight points and advance to the semi-finals at the ATP Masters 1000 event.

Both ranked inside the Top 30 of the Pepperstone ATP Doubles Rankings, Martin and Mies will next meet Rotterdam champions Ivan Dodig and Austin Krajicek, who advanced after the withdrawal of singles semi-finalists Taylor Fritz and Holger Rune.

In the bottom half of the doubles draw, Friday was an upset special. Wild cards Romain Arneodo and Sam Weissborn defeated three-time tour-level titlists Lloyd Glasspool and Harri Heliovaara 6-2, 7-6(3). Home favourite Arneodo and Austrian Weissborn will look to continue their run Saturday, when they meet Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz, who ousted third seeds Marcelo Arevalo and Jean-Julien Rojer 6-2, 6-4 in the quarter-finals.