© Manuel Queimadelos – Mallorca Championships
Jean-Julien Rojer and Marcelo Arevalo beat Alexander Erler and Lucas Miedler on Thursday in Mallorca.
Mektic/Pavic in the final at Eastbourne
Marcelo Arevalo and Jean-Julien Rojer maintained their strength from Thursday, overtaking Alexander Erler and Lucas Miedler 6-1, 6-4 to reach the semi-finals of the Mallorca Championships.
The Roland Garros champions broke four times and hit six aces to secure victory after 56 minutes. The top seeds, who qualified for the last four in Halle last week, will next face Rafael Matos and David Vega Hernandez after the Brazilian-Spanish tandem beat Aslan Karatsev and Joran Vliegen 3-6, 7-6(3 ), 10-5. .
Ariel Behar and Gonzalo Escobar booked their place in the final with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Matthew Ebden and Philipp Oswald. The Uruguayan-Ecuadorian duo are in search of their second title of the season, having lifted the trophy in Belgrade.
Mektic/Pavic reach Eastbourne final
Top seeds Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic came within a victory of retaining their title at the Rothesay International in Eastbourne, beating Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares 6-4, 6-4.
The Croatians, who triumphed at the Queen’s Club last week, won 94% (33/35) of their first-serve points to qualify for the Championship after 61 minutes. Mektic and Pavic will be aiming to claim their fourth tour-level crown of the season when they take on Matwe Middelkoop and Luke Saville in the championship match.
The Dutch-Australian pair beat fourth seeds Ivan Dodig and Austin Krajicek 6-7(4), 6-4, 10-8 in an hour and 43 minutes. Middelkoop and Saville team up for the first time this week.