Ram/Salisbury beat Medvedev/Safiullin in Montreal doubles QFs
On a busy Saturday of doubles action at the Omnium Banque National présenté par Rogers, third seeds Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury beat singles stars Daniil Medvedev and Roman Safiullin to advance to the semi-finals at the ATP Masters 1000.
The American-British pair earned a 6-4, 6-4 win behind three breaks of serve. They dominated on their own serve in the quarter-final matchup, winning 86 per cent (25/29) of points behind their first delivery, according to Infosys ATP Stats.
[ATP APP]Hugo Nys and Jan Zielinski await in the semi-finals, after they received a walkover against Jack Draper and Jannik Sinner on Friday.
Top seeds Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos earned two wins on Saturday to reach the semis. After wrapping up a 6-4, 6-2 result against Tomas Martin Etcheverry and Alejandro Tabilo, they completed their double duty with a 6-3, 6-4 victory against fifth-seeded Italians Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori. The Spanish-Argentine pair will next meet Marcelo Arevalo and Mate Pavic, after the fourth seeds edged Germans Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz 3-6, 6-2, 10-5.
That semi-final showdown will see the first-place (Granollers/Zeballos) and second-place (Arevalo/Pavic) pairs in the PIF ATP Live Doubles Teams Rankings square off, with both in strong position to qualify for the Nitto ATP Finals in Turin.
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