Dodig & Murray advance in Cincy, McDonald & Michelsen save 2 MPs
Playing under pressure was Friday’s doubles theme at the Cincinnati Open, where Jamie Murray and Ivan Dodig dispatched fifth-seeded Italians Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori in a tight 7-5, 7-6(4) contest while three other matches went to a Match Tie-break.
Murray and Dodig are into the last eight and will next face Arthur Fils and Nicolas Jarry.
[ATP APP]American wild cards Mackenzie McDonald and Alex Michelsen became the first team to reach the semi-finals after they saved two match points to upset the 2022 titlists Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury 6-3, 5-7, 11-9. The third seeds held two consecutive match points on serve at 9/7 in the Match Tie-break before McDonald and Michelsen tallied four consecutive points.
Top seeds Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos, who won Montreal last week, defeated Hugo Nys and Jan Zielinski 6-7(3), 6-4, 10-6. Seventh seeds Harri Heliovaara and Henry Patten, fifth in the PIF ATP Live Doubles Race To Turin, survived Wesley Koolhof and Mate Pavic 6-7(3), 7-6(5), 10-5.