Cincinnati Semi-Finals: Julian Cash & Lloyd Glasspool Beat Bolelli & Vavassori

Doubles

Cash/Glasspool extend win streak into Cincinnati SFs

Salisbury/Skupski sink defending champs Arevalo/Pavic

August 15, 2025

Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool extended their winning streak to 22 matches on Friday at the Cincinnati Open, where they surged into their 11th tour-level semi-final of the season.

The British stars edged sixth seeds Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori 7-6(7), 7-6(4), earning their first Lexus ATP Head2Head win (1-2) against the Italians. Cash and Glasspool, who are No. 1 in the PIF ATP Live Doubles Teams Rankings, have already secured their debut spot at the year-end Nitto ATP Finals.

Cash and Glasspool are chasing their fifth consecutive title after triumphs in Eastbourne, Queen’s Club, Wimbledon and Toronto. With their win at the All England Club, they became the first all-British team to win a major men’s doubles title since 1936. They then backed it up by saving four championship points to defeat countrymen Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski for their first ATP Masters 1000 title in Toronto.

They now boast a 50-11 tour-level record in 2025, according to the Infosys ATP Win/Loss Index. Aiming to maintain their streak in Cincinnati, the second seeds face a semi-final showdown with Rajeev Ram and Nikola Mektic, who beat seventh seeds Christian Harrison and Evan King 6-4, 6-4.

In the top half of the draw, Salisbury and Skupski continued to bounce back from their championship-match defeat in Toronto by topping defending champions Marcelo Arevalo and Mate Pavic 6-4, 6-3 to reach the last four.

Salisbury and Skupski, who are No. 5 in the PIF ATP Live Doubles Teams Rankings, set a meeting with singles stars Lorenzo Musetti and Lorenzo Sonego, who outlasted Francisco Cabral and Lucas Miedler 6-4, 3-6, 10-6. The Italians are into their first tour-level doubles semi-final since reaching their maiden final together in Doha last year.