Gonzalez/Molteni High Murray/Venus To Attain Shanghai QFs | ATP Tour

Fifth-seeded Argentines Maximo Gonzalez and Andres Molteni fought off all 5 break factors in opposition to them to earn a 6-2, 6-4 win in opposition to Jamie Murray and Michael Venus on Monday on the Rolex Shanghai Masters.

The end result boosts the Argentines’ bid for the Nitto ATP Finals by including cushion to their fourth-place standing within the Pepperstone ATP Stay Double Groups Rankings. For Murray/Venus, their exit leaves them simply outdoors of the all-important high eight in ninth place, although the British/Kiwi pair has moved up one place this week from tenth.

Gonzalez/Molteni picked up their second straight-sets win of the event in a single hour, 9 minutes thanks largely to a powerful efficiency on second serve. The pair received 83 per cent (10/12) of factors behind their second supply, trumping their 72 per cent mark (26/36) on first serve.

The Argentines are by means of to the Shanghai quarter-finals, the place they’ll meet third seeds Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury or Rinky Hijikata and Cameron Norrie. Ram/Salisbury opened their marketing campaign on Monday with a 6-4, 6-4 win in opposition to Aussies Alexei Popyrin and Aleksandar Vukic, whereas Hijikata/Norrie edged the big-serving duo of Hubert Hurkacz and Ben Shelton 7-5, 5-7, 10-6.

Two different seeded groups joined Gonzalez/Molteni within the quarters with Monday wins of their very own. Second seeds Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupski beat wild playing cards Gonzalo Escobar and Aleksandr Nedovyesov 7-6(2), 6-4 and eighth seeds Marcelo Arevalo and Jean-Julien Rojer defeated Germans Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz 6-7(6), 6-4, 10-7.