Bopanna/Middelkoop Upset Top Seeds To Reach Hamburg Final

Rohan Bopanna and Matwe Middelkoop dominated the second half of their Hamburg European Open semi-final to earn a 3-6, 6-3, 10-3 against top seeds Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos on Friday.

In the lone doubles match of the day in Hamburg, the Indian-Dutch duo did not drop serve in the second set to force a Match Tie-break. In the decider, they won all seven points on serve to reach their second tour-level final as a team. The pair also reached the Antwerp final in 2020.

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While Bopanna is a 21-time tour-level titlist and Middelkoop a 12-time champion, the veterans are seeking their first trophy together. Bopanna has two titles this season (in Pune and Adelaide with countryman Ramkumar Ramanathan), while Middelkoop has one (with countryman Robin Haase in Rotterdam).

The fourth seeds await the winner of Saturday's semi-final, which pits third seeds Tim Puetz and Michael Venus against Lloyd Glasspool and Harri Heliovaara.

Semi-finals Set In Gstaad
Robin Haase and Philipp Oswald were 6-1, 6-3 winners against Spaniards Pedro Martinez and Jaume Munar on Friday at the EFG Swiss Open Gstaad, with the Dutch-Austrian duo saving the only two break points against them in the quarter-final contest.

They will next face Italians Lorenzo Sonego and Andrea Vavassori, who advanced past Jonny O'Mara and Roman Jebavy 6-2, 6-3 on Thursday.

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Francisco Cabral and Tomislav Brkic were also victorious on Friday, scoring a 7-6(3), 6-3 win against Andre Goransson and Ben McLachlan. The Portuguese-Bosnian duo did not face a break point in the match and converted on one of two break chances.

Fabrice Martin and Franko Skugor await in the semi-finals following their  3-6, 7-6(3), 10-2 win on Thursday against Elias Ymer and Mikael Ymer.