Opelka/Paul Advance In Houston; Two Marrakech Battles
Opelka/Paul Advance In Houston; Two Marrakech Battles
Six match points are saved in Marrakech
Reilly Opelka and Tommy Paul advanced to the second round of the Fayez Sarofim & Co US Men’s Clay Court Championship in Houston on Monday by beating Nicholas Monroe and Neal Skupski 7-6(6), 4-6, 10-4. They will next face fellow Americans, top seeds and five-time champions Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan or Denis Kudla and Donald Young.
Fourth seeds Steve Johnson and Sam Querrey had a quick-fire 6-4, 6-0 win over Carlos Berlocq and Benoit Paire, while Hyeon Chung backed up his singles win, teaming with Julio Peralta to hold off the Argentine pairing of Guido Andreozzi and Nicolas Kicker 3-6, 6-1, 10-8.
At the Grand Prix Hassan II in Marrakech, there were two close battles.
Albert Ramos-Vinolas and Jiri Vesely saved six match points against Wesley Koolhof and Matwe Middelkoop in a 6-7(5), 7-6(3), 16-14 victory over one hour and 55 minutes. Koolhof and Middelkoop could not convert match points at 9/6, 10/9, 12/11 and 14/13 in the Match tie-break.
Elsewhere, Pablo Carreno Busta and Inigo Cervantes topped their fellow Spaniards Nicolas Almagro and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-7(5), 6-3, 10-6.