Sweet Dreams: Lopez/Murray To Sleep on Queen’s Doubles Lead

Andy Murray and Feliciano Lopez will complete their darkness-delayed doubles quarter-final on Saturday at the Fever-Tree Championships. They lead the British pair of Daniel Evans and Ken Skupski 6-4, 4-5.

A forehand volley winner from Lopez on Evans’ serve secured a break at 3-3 in the first set and they rode that momentum to the early advantage. Evans responded in the second set with a glorious return winner on Murray’s serve to give the British duo a 3-1 lead.

But with Evans serving for the second set at 5-3, 40/30, Murray erased the first set point with a vintage forehand topspin lob winner. A backhand winner from Lopez on deciding point brought the set back on serve before the match was called for the evening.

Earlier in the day, Evans and Skupski won their first-round match over #NextGenATP duo Felix Auger-Aliassime and Alex de Minaur 6-3, 7-5.

The three other semi-final spots have been locked in. Fourth seeds Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan defeated Roland Garros finalists Jeremy Chardy and Fabrice Martin 6-3, 7-6(6). They’ll take on Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury, who upset second seeds Mate Pavic and Bruno Soares 6-4, 6-4.

Third seeds Henri Kontinen and John Peers took out Jamie Murray and Neal Skupski 7-5, 7-6(6). Jamie was seeking his 400th ATP Tour doubles match win. Kontinen/Peers await the winner of Lopez/Murray and Evans/Skupski.