Raven Klaasen and Ben McLachlan reached their third semi-final of the year as a team on Thursday when they defeated Marin Clic and Andrey Golubev 6-3, 7-6(4) at the Gonet Geneva Open. The third seeds will next play Simone Bolelli and Maximo Gonzalez, who eliminated Tomislav Brkic and Nikola Cacic 6-3, 7-6(7).
Klaasen and McLachlan won their first ATP Tour title together in Cologne last year. They are pursuing their first final of the season.
Second seeds John Peers and Michael Venus also battled into the semi-finals with a 6-3, 1-6, 11-9 victory against home favourites Marc-Andrea Huesler and Dominic Stephan Stricker. In other action, Ariel Behar and Gonzalo Escobar made the quarter-finals with a 6-3, 6-4 win against Nathaniel Lammons and Jackson Withrow.
Herbert/Mahut Cruise In Lyon
Top seeds Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut cruised past Artem Sitak and Joao Sousa 6-1, 6-1 to make the last four at the Open Parc Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes Lyon. The Frenchmen have captured multiple titles together in each of the past six seasons, and this week they are trying to lift their first trophy of the season.
Herbert and Mahut will next play Marcelo Demoliner and Santiago Gonzalez, who defeated Aleksandr Nedovyesov and Andrea Vavassori 7-6(1), 6-4. On the other half of the draw, Hugo Nys and Tim Puetz beat Lorenzo Musetti and Tommy Paul 6-3, 6-4. They will next challenge Matthew Ebden and John-Patrick Smith, who upset second seeds Henri Kontinen and Edouard Roger-Vasselin 6-0, 7-6(6).
Klaasen and McLachlan won their first ATP Tour title together in Cologne last year. They are pursuing their first final of the season.
Second seeds John Peers and Michael Venus also battled into the semi-finals with a 6-3, 1-6, 11-9 victory against home favourites Marc-Andrea Huesler and Dominic Stephan Stricker. In other action, Ariel Behar and Gonzalo Escobar made the quarter-finals with a 6-3, 6-4 win against Nathaniel Lammons and Jackson Withrow.
Herbert/Mahut Cruise In Lyon
Top seeds Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut cruised past Artem Sitak and Joao Sousa 6-1, 6-1 to make the last four at the Open Parc Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes Lyon. The Frenchmen have captured multiple titles together in each of the past six seasons, and this week they are trying to lift their first trophy of the season.
Herbert and Mahut will next play Marcelo Demoliner and Santiago Gonzalez, who defeated Aleksandr Nedovyesov and Andrea Vavassori 7-6(1), 6-4. On the other half of the draw, Hugo Nys and Tim Puetz beat Lorenzo Musetti and Tommy Paul 6-3, 6-4. They will next challenge Matthew Ebden and John-Patrick Smith, who upset second seeds Henri Kontinen and Edouard Roger-Vasselin 6-0, 7-6(6).