Mahut, Herbert Advance In Miami

Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert just keep winning at ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments in March. The Frenchmen won the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells earlier this month. On Monday, they moved a step closer to winning the Miami Open, beating Pakistani Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi and Frenchman Gilles Simon 6-2, 6-3.

The No. 5 seeds broke their opponents three times and never faced a break point en route to the straight-set win. Mahut and Herbert’s quarter-finals match will be an all-French affair. They’ll face compatriots Jeremy Chardy and Fabrice Martin.

The No. 4 seeds Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan advanced to the quarter-finals by default. Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut, who was playing with Serbian Viktor Troicki, withdrew because of dehydration. Bautista Agut’s singles match Monday afternoon lasted two hours and 28 minutes in humid conditions.

The Bryans will face the remaining wild card doubles team, Australians Omar Jasika and John-Patrick Smith. The Aussies beat Spaniard David Marrero and Frenchman Benoit Paire 6-3, 6-4 on Monday.

South African Raven Klaasen and American Rajeev Ram also won on Monday. They eliminated the Croatian team of Marin Cilic and Marin Draganja 7-6(10), 6-0.