Brown/Puetz Upset Reigning Roland Garros Champions

German wild cards Dustin Brown/Tim Puetz knocked out reigning Roland Garros champions Kevin Krawietz/Andreas Mies on Tuesday at the NOVENTI OPEN in Halle.

Brown/Puetz saved four of five break points to advance 6-4, 7-5 and reach the quarter-finals at the ATP 500 event. Krawietz/Mies, the fourth seeds, were playing their first match since winning the season’s second Grand Slam. In Paris, the Germans were playing in just their second major together.

They won their maiden ATP Tour doubles team title in February at the New York Open. Brown/Puetz will next meet Ben McLachlan/Jan-Lennard Struff, who beat Matthew Ebden/Denis Kudla 6-4, 6-4.

In other action, third seeds Nikola Mektic/Franko Skugor won 83 per cent of their first-serve points and beat Robin Haase/Frederik Nielsen 6-3, 6-3; David Goffin/Pierre-Hugues Herbert routed Guido Pella/Joao Sousa 6-1, 6-3; and Austrians Oliver Marach/Jurgen Melzer squeaked past Marcelo Demoliner/Divij Sharan 7-5, 7-6(5).

Rain washed out all singles and doubles play on Tuesday at the Fever-Tree Championships in London.

Did You Know?
In four sets of singles and doubles play on Tuesday, Goffin won 24 of the 30 games he played against Pella. The Belgian defeated the Argentine 6-1, 6-1 in singles.