Zeballos/Cuevas Reach Indian Wells Doubles SFs

Pablo Cuevas and Horacio Zeballos nullified the serving threat of Gilles Muller and Sam Querrey for a 6-4, 6-4 win in 73 minutes on Thursday at the BNP Paribas Open. The Uruguayan-Argentinean duo will next face two-time former champions and seventh seeds Bob and Mike Bryan in the semi-finals. Cuevas has won two Masters 1000 doubles titles at the 2015 Internazionali BNL d’Italia (w/Marrero) and last year’s Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters (w/Bopanna).

Elsewhere, Oliver Marach and Mate Pavic moved one step away from reaching their first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final. The in-form third seeds saved all six break points they faced to knock out Spaniards Feliciano Lopez and Marc Lopez 6-4, 6-4 in 74 minutes. The Austrian-Croatian team broke serve in the third game of each set.

Off to a 21-2 start on the year – including a 17-match winning streak that included three titles from four finals, Marach and Pavic will next challenge Americans John Isner and Jack Sock in Friday’s semi-finals. Sock won the 2015 crown with Canada’s Vasek Pospisil.

Marach and Pavic won three straight trophies at start of the 2018 season – at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open (d. Murray/Soares), the ASB Classic (d. Mirnyi/Oswald) and the Australian Open (d. Cabal-Farah). Their 17-match winning streak ended in the ABN Amro World Tennis Tournament final (l. to Herbert-Mahut).

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