All-British Duo To Play For Maiden Doubles Title In Estoril

The all-British team of Kyle Edmund and Cameron Norrie continued their run of form on Saturday, as they navigated past Leonardo Mayer and home-favourite Joao Sousa 6-2, 7-6(4) at the Millennium Estoril Open.  Edmund had faced Sousa just a day earlier in singles, with the Portuguese emerging victorious in three sets. But it was Edmund who came out on top in doubles with Norrie, with both reaching their first tour-level doubles final.

In the first semi-final of the day, Wesley Koolhof and Artem Sitak beat Jonathan Eysseric and Joe Salisbury, 7-5, 6-3. The Dutch-Kiwi duo was unbroken throughout the match and converted both break points on Eysseric/Salisbury’s serve to claim victory in one hour, 11 minutes.

Dodig/Ram Blitz Germans
At the BMW Open by FWU, doubles veterans Ivan Dodig and Rajeev Ram advanced to the final following a dominant 6-1, 6-3 victory over the all-German team of Tim Puetz and Jan-Lennard Struff. Despite dropping serve once, No.2 seeds Dodig and Ram won 80 per cent of first-serve points and were able to put away the Germans in less than an hour, setting up a final with the third-seeded team of Nikola Mektic and Alexander Peya.

No. 1 Seeds Take Out Nestor/Cerretani 
Daniel Nestor’s resurgent run to the TEB BNP Paribas Istanbul Open semi-finals came to an end on Saturday, as he and partner Jamie Cerretani fell to No. 1 seeds Ben McLachlan and Nicholas Monroe. McLachlan and Monroe defeated the North American duo 6-2, 2-6, 10-6 to advance to the final, where they’ll face Dominic Inglot and Robert Lindstedt. Inglot was the champion last week at the Gazprom Hungarian Open alongside Franko Skugor.

McLachlan is bidding for his second ATP World Tour doubles title after claiming his first in Toyko last season, while Monroe will play for his fourth; as a team, they’ll play for their first.