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BNP Paribas Open Mixed Doubles Championship Match is set

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It only made sense that the Palm Desert Desirae Krawczyk living in Rancho Mirage would open in the BNP Paribas Mixed Double competition.

Krawczyk is one of the most decorated players with mixed doubles in recent years and has won four Grand Slam titles, including two Wimbledon titles with Brit Neal Skupski.

The duo became an bye and then won his first game to get into the semi-finals of the 12-team tournament, but for Krawczyk the BNP Paribas Open has proven to be more difficult than a slam.

She and Skupski fell a victory shortly before the final and fell to the highest Italian duo by Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori, 7-6 (3), 6-3 on Thursday. It was an impressive victory for the Italian couple, considering that they had to play their quarter -final game earlier a day, a 6: 3, 6: 7, 10: 7 against Marcelo Area from El Salvador and Timea Babos from Hungary.

Errani and Vavassori move to the Friday championship game, where they will compete against the American Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Mate Pavic from Croatia. Mattek-Sands and Pavic defeated the team of John Peers from Australia and Diana Shraider from Russia 6: 2, 4: 6, 13-11 in an epic super breaker.

Women double

The championship game for women -double championship is determined and will be a surprising competition, since both semi -finals contain upset, which will lead to a two -set team for the title.

American Asia Muhammad and double veteran Demi Schuuren of the Netherlands annoyed the tandem of Taylor Townsend from the USA and Katerina Siniakova from the Czech Republic 6-4, 4-6, 10-8.

Siniakova and Townsend were the hottest team that had won the Australian Open in January, and the tournament in Dubai, which led to this event. Her long winning streak was thwarted by a Muhammad Schurrs tandem.

In the other semifinals, Suweih von Tapei, who won this event four times, including last year, was brought together with Shuai Zhang from China, but was annoyed by the team of Olivia Nicholls from Great Britain and Tereza Mihalikova 7: 5, 6: 3.

It will be the first Masters 1000 final for Nicholls and Mihalikova.

The championship game by Nicholls and Mihalikova against Schuisten and Muhammad is on Saturday at 11 a.m.

Men double

The semi -finals are determined and they will literally be the focus on Friday. Both men's semi -final will be in Stadium 1 in Indan Wells Tennis Garden from 11 a.m.

First Marcelo Arevalo from El Salvador and Mate Pavic from Croatia against an American wildcard duo by Evan King and Christian Harrison will be the top seeds.

This is followed by the Sebastian Korda team from the United States and Jordan Thompson from Australia against Fernando Romboli from Brazil and John-Patrick Smith from Australia.

None of the eight men's doubles have ever won a title here.

The men's championship game will take place on Saturday.