Murray Scores 300th Doubles Win

Jamie Murray recorded the 300^th match win of his doubles career by partnering Bruno Soares to a 6-3, 5-7, 11-9 quarter-final win at the Rio Open presented by Claro over Andres Molteni/Diego Schwartzman.

Murray/Soares nearly squandered a 9/5 lead in the Match Tie-break, but recovered to prevail on their fifth match point. The top seeds now go on to face either third seeds Pablo Carreno Busta/Pablo Cuevas, who advanced 6-4, 7-5 over qualifiers Facundo Bagnis/Gastao Elias.

Fourth seeds and defending Rio champions Juan Sebastian Cabal/Robert Farah continued their win streak with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Nicholas Monroe/Artem Sitak. The Colombian Power took the title last week at the Argentina Open.