Week 39 - ATP World Tour 250 - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Hard) - doubles

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RE: Week 39 - ATP World Tour 250 - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Hard) - doubles

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R1: (2) Jamie Murray & John Peers (AUS) CR 63 (31+32) defeated (WC) Nick Kyrgios & Syed Mohd Agil Syed Naghib (AUS/MAS) UNR by 3 & 4

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QF: Leonardo Mayer & João Sousa (ARG/POR) CR 229 (121+108) vs (3) Dom Inglot & Florin Mergea (ROU) CR 68 (40+28)
QF: Benni Becker & Rameez Junaid (GER/AUS) CR 307 (230+77) vs (2) Jamie Murray & John Peers (AUS) CR 63 (31+32)

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QF: (3) Dom Inglot & Florin Mergea (ROU) CR 68 (40+28) defeated Leonardo Mayer & João Sousa (ARG/POR) CR 229 (121+108) by 7-6(3) 4-6 [10-8]

The boys will play either Jamie & John or Becker & Junaid in the semi.

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QF: (2) Jamie Murray & John Peers (AUS) CR 63 (31+32) defeated Benni Becker & Rameez Junaid (GER/AUS) CR 307 (230+77) by 7-6(2) 6-0 smile

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I suppose it's quite nice to have divided loyalties, if it means a guaranteed Brit finalist...

SF: (3) Dom Inglot & Florin Mergea (ROU) CR 68 (40+28) vs (2) Jamie Murray & John Peers (AUS) CR 63 (31+32)

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The second seeds prevail, but not as straightforwardly as it could have been (they surrendered a break in the eighth game of the second set):

SF: (2) Jamie Murray & John Peers (AUS) CR 63 (31+32) defeated (3) Dom Inglot & Florin Mergea (ROU) CR 68 (40+28) by 6-2 7-6(0)

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Final: (4) Marcin Matkowski & Leander Paes CR 73 (38+35) vs (2) Jamie Murray & John Peers (AUS) CR 63 (31+32)

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Sadly, not to be for Jamie & John:

Final: (4) Marcin Matkowski & Leander Paes CR 73 (38+35) defeated (2) Jamie Murray & John Peers (AUS) CR 63 (31+32) 3-6 7-6(5) [10-5] cry