Melzer/Roger-Vasselin Book Quarter-Final Spot In Dubai

Jurgen Melzer and Edouard Roger-Vasselin recorded their fifth win of the year on Tuesday, beating Jamie Murray and Neal Skupski 6-1, 7-6(2) to reach the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships quarter-finals.

The Austrian-French tandem broke serve on four occasions to claim victory in 76 minutes. Melzer and Roger-Vasselin are chasing their first title as a pair in their first season as a team. Prior to this year, Melzer and Roger-Vasselin had competed together at only two events.

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The unseeded team will meet third seeds Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies or two-time winners Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau. Rojer and Tecau are the only team to win back-to-back titles in Dubai since the ATP 500 event began in 1993.

Defending champions Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury converted all four break points they created to defeat Novak Djokovic and Marin Cilic 6-2, 6-2 in 55 minutes. The American-British pairing will face John Peers and Michael Venus for a place in the semi-finals.

Raven Klassen and Oliver Marach did not face a break point en route to a 7-6(4), 6-3 win against Karen Khachanov and Andrey Rublev. The fourth seeds await Marseille finalists Wesley Koolhof and Nikola Mektic in the quarter-finals. Koolhof and Mektic defeated wild cards Abdulrahman Al Janahi and Fares Al Janahi 6-0, 6-1.

Matthew Ebden and two-time winner Leander Paes upset second seeds Ivan Dodig and Filip Polasek 6-4, 6-3. Ebden and Paes will face Henri Kontinen and Jan-Lennard Struff in the quarter-finals.

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