Top seeds Nikola Mektic/Franko Skugor eased into the St. Petersburg Open semi-finals on Thursday, converting all three of their break points to defeat Nicholas Monroe/Andrei Vasilevski 6-4, 6-2. Mektic/Skugor seek their first ATP Tour title together since prevailing in April at the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters (d. Haase/Koolhof).
Second seeds Sander Gille/Joran Vliegen needed just 64 minutes to move past Adrian Mannarino/Hugo Nys 6-4, 6-4. The Belgian pair went on an 11-match winning streak in July, taking titles in Bastad (d. Delbonis/Zeballos) and Gstaad (d. Oswald/Polasek), and finishing runner-up in Kitzbühel (l. to Oswald/Polasek).
At the Moselle Open in Metz, top seeds Nicolas Mahut/Edouard Roger-Vasselin reached the semi-finals by prevailing 6-4, 6-1 in an all-French battle with Dan Added/Albano Olivetti. This year’s Wimbledon finalists (l. to Cabal/Farah) will play Belgian duo Sander Arends/David Pel on Saturdayreadfullarticle
