Mannarino, Dzumhur Lead Antalya Seeds Into QFs

The top two seeds — France’s Adrian Mannarino and Damir Dzumhur of Bosnia and Herzegovina — both advanced on Wednesday to the Turkish Airlines Open Antalya quarter-finals.

Top seed Mannarino, last year’s finalist, improved to 6-1 at the ATP World Tour 250 tournament with a 6-4, 7-5 victory over Ricardas Berankis of Lithuania in 79 minutes. He struck 10 aces and lost 10 of his first-service points (30/37).

Mannarino now faces sixth-seeded Portuguese Joao Sousa, who beat Mirza Basic of Bosnia and Herzegovina 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-4 in two hours and 28 minutes.

Basic’s compatriot, second seed Dzumhur, later needed one hour and 54 minutes to oust Romania’s Marius Copil 4-6, 6-4, 6-4. Copil hit 10 aces, saving 11 of 13 break points to frustrate Dzumhur, who had lost his past two matches.

Dzumhur now prepares to face France’s Pierre-Hugues Herbert, who held his nerve to beat seventh-seeded Japanese Yuichi Sugita, the defending champion, 2-6, 6-4, 7-6(6) in two hours and nine minutes.

Mirnyi/Oswald Survive QF Test
At 5/5 in the second-set tie-break, Max Mirnyi and Philipp Oswald were two points from defeat. But the second seeds raised their level, overcoming France’s Jonathan Eysseric and Hugo Nys 3-6, 7-6(5), 10-6.

Mirnyi and Oswald won 42 of 45 points behind their first serves in the one-hour, 31-minute contest to improve to 15-10 this season. In the semi-finals, the Belarusian-Austrian duo will face third-seeded Sander Arends and Matwe Middelkoop. The Dutchmen also needed a Match Tie-break to advance, defeating Radu Albot and Guido Pella 6-4, 3-6, 10-7.

Marcelo Demoliner and Santiago Gonzalez defeated fourth seeds Andres Molteni and Hans Podlipnik-Castillo 6-1, 7-6(3). Demoliner and Gonzalez won all five second-serve return points and converted both break points they created in a dominant first set before securing victory after 67 minutes.

The Brazilian-Mexican tandem will meet fellow unseeded team Roman Jebavy and Julio Peralta for a spot in the championship match. Jebavy and Peralta defeated Guillermo Garcia-Lopez and Joao Sousa 7-6(5), 6-3, 10-6.

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