Lukas Kubot and Marcelo Melo safely made their way through to the quarter-finals of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam after beating Raven Klaasen and Michael Venus 7-6(2), 7-5.
Kubot and Melo struggled on serve in the early stages, but, ultimately, proved too much for Klaasen and Venus in the important moments. The Polish/Brazilian duo was clinical, saving five of the six break points it faced while notching a perfect record on its own break opportunities (2/2).
The joint No. 1 ranked players await the winner of Tuesday’s first-round encounter as Ivan Dodig and Rajeev Ram take on brothers Mischa Zverev and Alexander Zverev.
Did You Know?
Kubot and Melo have won nine ATP World Tour doubles titles as a team, but neither has advanced beyond the quarter-finals in their careers at the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam.
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