Fritz/Khachanov upset top seeds Bopanna/Ebden at Queen's

pSingles stars a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/taylor-fritz/fb98/overview'Taylor Fritz/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/karen-khachanov/ke29/overview'Karen Khachanov/a continued their run at the cinch Championships on Friday when they upset top seeds 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 7-6(1), 7-6(3) to reach the semi-finals in London./p

pFritz and Khachanov saved one set point in the first set and were impressive in the crucial moments in the second set, saving all five break points they faced to advance after 80 minutes./p

pThe eighth seeds are teaming for the first time this week, having beaten a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/francisco-cerundolo/c0au/overview'Francisco Cerundolo/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/tomas-martin-etcheverry/ea24/overview'Tomas Martin Etcheverry/a in their opening match. They will meet third seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/marcelo-arevalo/a853/overview'Marcelo Arevalo/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/mate-pavic/pf00/overview'Mate Pavic/a or fifth seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/wesley-koolhof/kc41/overview'Wesley Koolhof/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/nikola-mektic/mf09/overview'Nikola Mektic/a in the last four./p

pIn other action, 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 clawed past second seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/rajeev-ram/r548/overview'Rajeev Ram/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/joe-salisbury/so70/overview'Joe Salisbury/a 7-6(5), 7-6(6)./p

p"I think we played very well and deserved it in the end," Skupski said. "We can take confidence in beating a very good team in Joe and Rajeev. They have won Grand Slams together and are a very dangerous team on the grass."/p

pThe seventh seeds won 85 per cent (39/46) of their first-serve points according to ATP Infosys Stats and embraced the reduction in time between points (as part of the doubles trial) to ride momentum and race through service games./p

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pCompeting in just their second tour-level event of the season together, Skupski and Venus will play a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/ivan-dodig/d646/overview'Ivan Dodig/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/austin-krajicek/ka00/overview'Austin Krajicek/a in the last four after the Croatian-American team overcame a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/santiago-gonzalez/g551/overview'Santiago Gonzalez/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/edouard-roger-vasselin/r613/overview'Edouard Roger-Vasselin/a./p

pDefending champions Dodig and Krajicek saved three match points in the Match tie-break to seal a 6-7(5), 6-3, 13-11 victory after one hour and 37 minutes at the Queen's Club./p

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pstrongTop seeds Bolelli/Vavassori reach Halle final/strongbr /

a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/simone-bolelli/ba98/overview'Simone Bolelli/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andrea-vavassori/va08/overview'Andrea Vavassori/a moved past a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/yannick-hanfmann/h997/overview'Yannick Hanfmann/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/dominik-koepfer/ke73/overview'Dominik Koepfer/a 6-3, 7-6(6) at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/halle/500/overview'Terra Wortmann Open/a to reach their fourth tour-level final of the season as a team./p

pThe top seeds, who lost in the title match at the ATP 500 event last season, saved nine set points in the second set, before eventually triumphing on their first match point after 84 minutes. Bolelli and Vavassori are chasing their second trophy of the year./p

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