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Koolhof and Skupski Boost Race Lead, Reach Montreal SFs

Third seeds Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupski rallied from a set down to defeat Lloyd Glasspool and Harri Heliovaara 4-6, 6-3, 10-8 in Montreal Friday and consolidated their lead in the Pepperstone ATP Live Doubles Teams Rankings. The duo avenged its Hamburg loss to Glasspool and Heliovaara to advance to the semi-finals at the National Bank Open presented by Rogers.

The five-time champions in 2022 (Melbourne, Adelaide 2, Doha, Madrid, and ‘s-Hertogenbosch) are looking for their second ATP Masters 1000 title of the season.

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Also advancing to the semi-finals were two-time Roland Garros champions, Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies, who took down Ariel Behar and Gonzalo Escobar 6-2, 7-5. The Germans will clash against Koolhof and Skupski, a rematch of the Barcelona final, which Krawietz and Mies won in a deciding match tie-break.

Krawietz and Mies are chasing their third title of the season, but their first since the clay season, when they won back-to-back trophies in Barcelona and Munich.

Should Krawietz and Mies win their first ATP Masters 1000 title this weekend, they will climb to seventh in the Pepperstone ATP Live Doubles Teams Rankings.

After advancing to the singles semi-final earlier today, Hubert Hurkacz teamed with countryman Jan Zielinski to take down fourth seeds Marcelo Arevalo and Jean-Julien Rojer 7-6(2), 6-4.

Hurkacz looks to capture his third doubles title this season (Stuttgart w/ Mate Pavic, Miami w/ John Isner) and second title with Zielinski (Metz 2021).

The Polish duo awaits its semi-final opponent, Daniel Evans and John Peers, or second seeds Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos. That match will be held after Evans completes his singles quarter-final match against Tommy Paul.

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