Murray/Soares Battle Into Toronto Semis

Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares battled into the semi-finals of the Rogers Cup on Friday in Toronto as they edged Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram 3-6, 7-5, 10-4.

The Australian Open champions saved three break points in the seventh game of the second set before breaking in the 12^th game to force a Match Tie-break, which they dominated.

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“It was a very difficult match to be honest,” Soares told ATPWorldTour.com. “We had to hang in there. They were the better team for the most part of the match. They were serving extremely well. Jamie and I talked and said we have to keep holding serve and take it to a tie-break.

“Luckily we played a very good game at 6-5 and managed to take it to the Match Tie-break. Then it kind of flipped around. We got the momentum going. Returned very well and were able to win quite comfortably. But it was one of those days. They were the better team, but we hung in there and played well at the end.”

They next will face Canadians Daniel Nestor and Vasek Pospisil, who beat the Czech team of Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek 6-3, 7-6(6).

“We are excited to play on centre court, obviously,” said Pospisil, looking ahead to the semi-final clash. “We like playing at home in front of big crowds… We will try to use the energy of the crowd as much as we can to our advantage. But we like playing in Canada. We have played well here and we are playing well right now. We will take that into the match tomorrow.”

Romanians Florin Mergea and Horia Tecau ousted top seeds and five-time champions Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan 6-3, 6-3 to book their spot in the semi-finals.

“It was a great match for us,” Tecau told ATPWorldTour.com. “We managed to execute everything that we wanted today in our plan. We came up with an early break in the first set that gave us the momentum and we won that set with two breaks. Then we were able to continue our good form and return well and serve well. It was just one of those matches where we prepared well and were able to execute how we wanted.”

Mergea and Tecau will next face third seeds Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo, who came from a set down to beat Henri Kontinen and John Peers 3-6, 6-4, 10-8 in 75 minutes.