Third seeds Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares took advantage of a break in the Rio de Janeiro rain to complete a rain-delayed 6-3, 6-4 quarter-final win over Benoit Paire and Albert Ramos-Vinolas at the Rio Open presented by Claro on Friday.

Murray and Soares backed up some solid serving with three breaks of serve on the clay of the ATP 500 event. They await either top seeds Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos or Spanish pairing Carlos Alcaraz and Pablo Carreno Busta in the semi-finals.

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Klaasen/McLachlan Reach Final In Marseille
At the Open 13 Provence in Marseille, the first final spot was booked as second seeds Raven Klaasen and Ben McLachlan secured a 5-7, 6-3, 10-4 victory over Matwe Middelkoop and Andreas Mies.

A tight encounter saw both teams break serve only once, but it was the South African-Japanese pairing, seeking a third ATP Tour title together, who held their nerve in the Match Tie-break as they surged to an 8-2 lead before sealing victory.

There was another exciting finish in the last quarter-final match at the ATP 250 event, as Danish #NextGenATP star Holger Rune teamed up with home favourite Hugo Gaston to defeat Polish pairing Szymon Walkow and Jan Zielinski, 7-6(2), 5-7, 10-6. Rune and Gaston now face a semi-final clash with Ukrainian-Russian pairing Denys Molchanov and Andrey Rublev on Saturday.

Nedovyesov/Qureshi Into Delray Beach SFs
At the Delray Beach Open by VITACOST.com, third seeds Aleksandr Nedovyesov and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi overcame American pairing Nicholas Monroe and Jackson Withrow, 7-6(4), 7-5. The Kazakh-Pakistiani pairing won 90 per cent (35/39) points behind first serves in a solid display to reach the semi-finals, where they will face American wild cards Robert Galloway and Alex Lawson.