Murray/Soares Join #NextGenATP Duo In Miami 2R
Murray/Soares Join #NextGenATP Duo In Miami 2R
Sixth seeds to next face Russians Rublev/Khachanov
Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares are off to an impressive start in their bid for a second ATP World Tour title together for the season at the Miami Open presented by Itau. The sixth seeds posted a 6-3, 6-4 result over Ryan Harrison and Max Mirnyi on Saturday to set a second-round clash with Russian Andrey Rublev and Karen Khachanov.
The British-Brazilian pairing had fallen in the second round the BNP Paribas Open (l. to Querrey/Muller) but successfully defended a title together for the first time in Acapulco (d. Bryan/Bryan) leading in to Indian Wells.
Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan had a tougher time of it launching their bid for a fifth Miami Open presented by Itau title. The fourth-seeded Americans rebounded to deny Marcus Daniell and Dominic Inglot 6-7(3), 6-4, 10-3. They will next meet Diego Schwartzman and Leonardo Mayer after the all-Argentine pair eked out a 6-7(6), 7-6(5) 11-9 victory over Marcin Matkowski and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi.
Canadian 18-year-old Denis Shapovalov claimed his second victory of the day over Bosnian Damir Dzumhur when he and fellow #NextGenATP star Hyeon Chung advanced over Dzumhur and Filip Krajinovic 6-3, 6-7(5), 10-2. Shapovalov also downed Dzumhur in 6-1, 7-5 to opening his Miami singles campaign on Saturday. He and Chung will next face eighth seeds Robert Farah and Juan Sebastian Cabal.
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South African-New Zealander duo Raven Klaasen and Michael Venus pulled off the biggest upset of the day with a 7-6(5), 6-4 win over seventh seeds Ivan Dodig and Rajeev Ram. John Isner and Donald Young await in the second round.
Oliver Marach and Mate Pavic, semi-finalists last week in Indian Wells, recovered from a set and a break down to see off Spaniards Feliciano Lopez and Marc Lopez. The Australian Open champions prevailed 4-6, 7-6(2), 11-9 to set a second-round meeting with German brothers Alexander Zverev and Mischa Zverev.
Ben McLachlan and Jan-Lennard Struff booked a showdown with No. 5 seed Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau. The Japanese-German duo saw off Marcelo Demoliner and Daniel Nestor 6-4, 7-5.
