Top Doubles Seeds Bounced From Brasil Open

Unseeded Argentines Guillermo Duran and Andres Molteni made a quick start and held off top-seeded Brazilians Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares 6-1, 2-6, 10-8 in the quarter-finals of the Brasil Open in Sao Paulo on Friday. Each team broke serve twice in the 71-minute match, but the eventual winners only dropped one point on serve in the Match Tie-break to move into the semi-finals.

The other seeded team in the quarter-finals was also upset. Pablo Carreno Busta and David Marrero downed No. 3 Maximo Gonzalez and Andre Sa 6-3, 6-4 in 63 minutes. The Spaniards saved four of five break points faced.

Dubai Doubles Final Set

It will be Spain versus Italy in the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships doubles final on Saturday, as Feliciano Lopez and Marc Lopez will face Simone Bolelli and Andreas Seppi for the title. Lopez/Lopez edged youngsters Hyeon Chung and Jiri Vesely 6-4, 7-6(6), while the Italians topped Lukasz Kubot and Marcin Matkowski 6-4, 6-4.