Daniel Nestor, one of the most successful players of all time in doubles, continues his good run in TEB BNP Paribas Istanbul Open with his American partner Jamie Cerretani.
After beating Daniele Bracciali/Malek Jaziri in straight sets in first round, Daniel Nestor/Jamie Cerretani defeated Romain Arneodo/Hugo Nys to go through to semi finals 6-4, 4-6, 10/4. Both teams broke their opponents’ serve four times during the 1 hour 48 minutes clash. In the match tie break Nestor/Cerretani raised their game once more to seal the deal.
45 year-old Daniel Nestor, the third most decorated champion among doubles players with 91 titles, and 36 year-old Jamie Cerretani will face either Ben McLachlan/Nicholas Monroe or Denys Molchanov/Franko Skugor in semi finals.
BATTLE OF SERVES
Dominic Inglot/Robert Lindstedt were victorious in the other doubles match of the day against 4th seed British brothers Ken and Neal Skupski. After winning the first set 7-6, the only break of the match occurred in favour of Inglot/Lindstedt in the second set to decide the winner by 6-3.
Inglot/Lindstedt booked a semi final meeting with 2nd seed Divij Sharan/Marcin Matkowski who advanced as a result of Lajovic/Troicki’s withdrew due to Troicki’s arm injury.
