Garin & Vega Hernandez Upset Top Seeds In Estoril
Cristian Garin is the second seed in the singles draw at the Millennium Estoril Open. But on Tuesday, the Chilean made some noise in the doubles draw. Garin partnered David Vega Hernandez past top seeds Fabrice Martin and Edouard Roger-Vasselin 6-2, 6-7(5), 10-5 to reach the quarter-finals.
Garin and Vega Hernandez will next play Andres Molteni and Frederik Nielsen or Ariel Behar and Gonzalo Escobar. Another singles star impressed on the doubles court in Portugal, as Frances Tiafoe teamed with Nicholas Monroe to eliminate wild cards Frederico Ferreira Silva and Pedro Sousa 6-4, 6-2.
Hugo Nys and Tim Puetz defeated former doubles World No. 1 Jamie Murray and his partner, Lloyd Glasspool, 6-3, 6-3, while Marcelo Demoliner and Santiago Gonzalez edged fourth seeds Marcelo Arevalo and Matwe Middelkoop 6-2, 3-6, 10-5.
[WATCH LIVE 1]Second Seeds Peers/Saville Advance In Munich
Australians John Peers and Luke Saville reached the quarter-finals of the BMW Open on Tuesday by defeating Finland’s Harri Heliovaara and Emil Ruusuvuori 6-3, 6-4. The second seeds will next face home favourites Dustin Brown and Peter Gojowczyk for a spot in the last four.
Third seeds Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen also advanced. The Belgians beat Jonathan Erlich and Divij Sharan 6-3, 6-2. In other action, Argentines Federico Coria and Guido Pella battled past Andrey Golubev and Andrea Vavassori 6-4, 3-6, 10-8.