Fritz/Lehecka Upset Top Seeds Koolhof/Skupski In Queen’s Club SFs | ATP Tour | Tennis

Taylor Fritz and Use Lehecka earned essentially the most emphatic win of their run on the Cinch Championships on Friday to achieve the ultimate at The Queen’s Membership in London.

After scoring their first two victories by way of Match Tie-breaks, the unseeded American/Czech pairing knocked off prime seeds Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupski 6-3, 7-6(4) within the semi-finals. Fritz and Lehecka mixed to hit 11 aces and saved three of the 4 break factors towards them within the win, whereas breaking twice on 5 possibilities.

Each Fritz and Lehecka are in search of their first tour-level doubles title, with solely Fritz having beforehand performed in a ultimate. The American twice completed runner-up, in Basel with Reilly Opelka (2019) and in Los Cabos with Thanasi Kokkinakis (2018).

The second doubles semi-final on the ATP 500 occasion will probably be contested on Saturday, when second seeds Ivan Dodig and Austin Krajicek face Santiago Gonzalez and Edouard Roger-Vasselin.

Germans Otte/Struff Upset Prime Seeds In Halle
Dwelling favourites Oscar Otte and Jan-Lennard Struff superior to the semi-finals on the Terra Wortman Open on Friday with a 6-4, 5-7, 10-7 upset of prime seeds Marcelo Arevalo and Jean-Julien Rojer.

Every staff broke serve twice within the tightly contested match, earlier than the Germans narrowly claimed the Match Tie-break. They are going to subsequent meet Marcelo Melo and John Peers within the semi-finals on Saturday.

Italians Andrea Vavassori and Simon Bolelli are already via to the ultimate after their 6-3, 6-7(0), 10-7 win towards Andreas Mies and Marcelo Demoliner on Friday.