Marach/Pavic Survive Test In Toronto

Oliver Marach and Mate Pavic recovered from 6-7(5), 2-4 down on Friday, beating Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau 6-7(5), 7-5, 10-6 to return to the Rogers Cup semi-finals for the second consecutive year.

Marach and Pavic, who lost to eventual champions Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut in 2017, were made to work by the seventh seeds before eventually prevailing in a Match Tie-break. The Austrian-Croatian duo, which was the first team to qualify for the Nitto ATP Finals, will face Raven Klaasen and Michael Venus for a place in the final.

In a repeat of last month's Wimbledon final, Klaasen and Venus upset fourth seeds Mike Bryan and Jack Sock 7-6(5), 6-4. The Open 13 Provence winners are bidding to reach their maiden ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final as a team.

Mutua Madrid Open titlists Nikola Mektic and Alexander Peya ended the run of Novak Djokovic and Kevin Anderson 7-5, 7-5. Djokovic and Anderson, who contested the Wimbledon singles final in July, were competing for the first time as a team.

Mektic and Peya will meet Henri Kontinen and John Peers in the semi-finals. The reigning Nitto ATP Finals champions beat Sam Querrey and Rajeev Ram 7-6(7), 6-3 in 76 minutes. Kontinen and Peers won 87 per cent of first-serve points (34/39) and did not face a break point en route to victory.

Did You Know?
ATP Doubles Race to London leaders and Australian Open champions Oliver Marach and Mate Pavic are aiming to lift their first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 trophy as a team this week.