Venus advances in Miami, Routliffe out
- Dave Worsley
- Mar 24
- 2 min read
Mixed results for New Zealanders at the Miami Open doubles draws with a win and loss at the Masters 1000 event.
Michael Venus and Nikola Mektic are through to the quarterfinals after a 6-3 6-3 win over the French team of Hugo Nys and Edouard Roger-Vasselin.
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The fifth seeds took an early with a break in the opening game, adding another when their opponents served at 2-5.
Venus and Mektic had another break in the fourth game of the next set and were able to hold onto that advantage to close out the match.
In the quarterfinals Venus and Mektic will play the winners of the match between Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori against Christian Harrison and Evan King.
It is the first time the kiwi and Croat have won back-to-back matches at a tournament since winning the title at the ASB Classic in January.
In the first round at Miami they beat the American team of Learner Tien and Mackenzie McDonald 3-6 6-3 10-5.
The news isn't so good for Erin Routliffe and Gaby Dabrowski. The second seeds were beaten in the first round of doubles by the Chinese pair of Xinyu Wang and Sai Sai Zheng 6-4 7-6(6) in one hour 45 minutes.
Routliffe and Dabrowski had 13 break points against their serves, saving nine overall.
