Bryan Brothers Reach Indian Wells QFs

After an almighty scare against Spaniards Rafael Nadal and Fernando Verdasco in their opening match, Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan have landed a more routine victory to advance to the quarter-finals of the BNP Paribas Open on Monday.

The No. 3 seeds, bidding for their third Indian Wells title, saw off Roberto Bautista Agut and Victor Troicki 6-2, 6-2 in 49 minutes, winning 87 per cent of second-serve points and saving three of four break points.

They will meet either eighth seeds Edouard Roger-Vasselin and Nenad Zimonjic or David Goffin and Joao Sousa for a place in the semi-finals.

Feliciano Lopez and Marc Lopez took down the American-Canadian pairing of John Isner and Milos Raonic 6-4, 7-5. The Spaniards even out-aced their big-serving opponents 5-2 and were more effective on both first and second serve points won. They saved all three break points faced.

After their upset of top seeds Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau in the first round, Lukasz Kubot and Marcin Matkowski were unable to back it up against Philipp Kohlschreiber and Dominic Thiem. The Poles were defeated 6-2, 4-6, 10-5 by the German-Austrian pairing.

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