Second seeds Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupski made a successful begin to their Rolex Shanghai Masters marketing campaign on Sunday once they defeated Individuals Mackenzie McDonald and Frances Tiafoe 6-7(3), 6-1, 10-3.
The Dutch-British group reached the title match in Beijing final week and rapidly adjusted to the onerous courts in Shanghai, successful 85 per cent (29/35) of their first-serve factors. Chasing their fourth ATP Masters 1000 title as a group, they are going to subsequent play Gonzalo Escobar and Aleksandr Nedovyesov.
Australians Alex de Minaur and Max Purcell upset high seeds Ivan Dodig and Austin Krajicek, claiming a dramatic victory to achieve the second spherical.
De Minaur and Purcell edged a good Match Tie-break to triumph 6-7(3), 6-1, 11-9 after one hour and 32 minutes. De Minaur and Purcell are teaming for simply the second time this week, having performed as soon as collectively on the Australian Open in 2017.
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Santiago Gonzalez and Edouard Roger-Vasselin boosted their Nitto ATP Remaining qualification hopes with a 6-7(2), 7-6(10), 10-5 win in opposition to Zhe Li and Fajing Solar. Gonzalez and Roger-Vasselin, fifth within the Pepperstone ATP Reside Doubles Groups Rankings, saved three match factors within the second set earlier than ultimately advancing after two hours and 14 minutes.
They’ll subsequent face Sadio Doumbia and Fabien Reboul after the Frenchmen defeated Taylor Fritz and Sebastian Korda 6-3, 6-7(5), 10-4.
Eighth seeds Marcelo Arevalo and Jean-Julien Rojer defeated Felix Auger-Aliassime and Jiri Lehecka 6-4, 7-5, whereas Robin Haase and Stefanos Tsitsipas beat Astana champions Nathaniel Lammons and Jackson Withrow 3-6, 6-3, 10-8.
Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz moved previous Nikola Mektic and John Friends 6-4, 4-6, 10-5 and Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos defeated Alexander Erler and Lucas Miedler 6-4, 7-6(3).
Jamie Murray and Michael Venus, at present eleventh within the Pepperstone ATP Reside Doubles Groups Rankings, beat Rafael Matos and Marcelo Melo 6-4, 1-6, 10-6.
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