Top Seeds Koolhof/Skupski Advance To Indian Wells SFs

Top seeds Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupski continued their smooth sailing at the BNP Paribas Open with a convincing quarter-final win on Thursday night. The Dutch-British duo’s 6-3, 6-3 win against Jamie Murray and Michael Venus closed the evening’s play on the Indian Wells stadium court, after Carlos Alcaraz beat Felix Auger-Aliassime in singles action.

Koolhof/Skupsi saved the lone break point against them and converted on three of six break chances in the victory, including one that doubled as match point. With two aces, the top seeds were dominant on first serve, winning 85 per cent of points behind their first delivery.

They will face Santiago Gonzalez and Edouard Roger-Vasselin in Friday’s semi-finals, after the Mexican-French pair came from behu=ind to upset fifth seeds Lloyd Glasspool and Harri Heliovaara 2-6, 6-2, 10-7 on Stadium 2. The teams combined to create 19 break points in an eventful match, with both teams breaking four times.

Friday’s other semi-final will see defending and two-time champions John Isner and Jack Sock take on Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden.