Murray Peers save MP to advance to Beijing QFs

p Qualifiers a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jamie-murray/mc81/overview'Jamie Murray/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/john-peers/pc96/overview'John Peers/a saved a match point against Brazilians a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/rafael-matos/mo41/overview'Rafael Matos/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/marcelo-melo/m919/overview'Marcelo Melo/a to win 7-6(7), 3-6, 12-10 Saturday and advance to the quarter-finals of the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/beijing/747/overview'China Open/a in Beijing. /p

p Murray and Peers, who reached the 2015 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a final, faced match point at 9/10 in the match tie-break, having squandered one of their own at 9/8. The duo recovered to win the next three points and seal the match in one hour, 53 minutes. They won 79 per cent of first-serve points, according to Infosys ATP Stats, en route to victory. /p

p Murray and Peers next face a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/francisco-cerundolo/c0au/overview'Francisco Cerundolo/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/nicolas-jarry/j551/overview'Nicolas Jarry/a, who upset second seeds and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/australian-open/580/overview'Australian Open/a champions a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/rohan-bopanna/b757/overview'Rohan Bopanna/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/matthew-ebden/e690/overview'Matthew Ebden/a 7-5, 7-6(4). a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/flavio-cobolli/c0e9/overview'Flavio Cobolli/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/lorenzo-musetti/m0ej/overview'Lorenzo Musetti/a also shocked a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/neal-skupski/sl22/overview'Neal Skupski/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/michael-venus/v576/overview'Michael Venus/a 6-2, 6-7(4), 10-7, with the Italians converting five of the nine break points they earned to down the fourth seeds. /p

[ATP APP]

pstrongDraper/Machac Reach Tokyo QFsbr /

/strong

a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jack-draper/d0co/overview'Jack Draper/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/tomas-machac/m0fh/overview'Tomas Machac/a matched their last eight singles runs in Tokyo by reaching the quarter-finals in the doubles. The pair rallied to upset third seeds and recent a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/chengdu/7581/overview'Chengdu Open/a champions, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/sadio-doumbia/d917/overview'Sadio Doumbia/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/fabien-reboul/re45/overview'Fabien Reboul/a, nbsp;5-7, 6-2, 10-8 on Saturday at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/tokyo/329/overview'Kinoshita Group Japan Open Tennis Championships/a. /p

p Draper and Machac won 84 per cent of their first-serve points to down the French duo, who sit 13th in the PIF ATP Doubles Race. Machac earlier caused another upset in his singles, overcoming a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/tommy-paul/pl56/overview'Tommy Paul/a to advance to the last eight, where he faces #NextGenATP star a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alex-michelsen/m0qi/overview'Alex Michelsen/a. /p

p Draper and Machac meet a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/ariel-behar/bd52/overview'Ariel Behar/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/robert-galloway/g09v/overview'Robert Galloway/a next, who shocked top seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/nathaniel-lammons/li37/overview'Nathaniel Lammons/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jackson-withrow/w686/overview'Jackson Withrow/a 6-7(4), 6-4, 10-7. a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/julian-cash/ci96/overview'Julian Cash/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/lloyd-glasspool/gd08/overview'Lloyd Glasspool/a advanced to the quarter-finals via walkover after a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/ben-shelton/s0s1/overview'Ben Shelton/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jordan-thompson/tc61/overview'Jordan Thompson/a withdrew due to Thompson suffering a back injury. /p

p /p

[NEWSLETTER FORM]