Francisco Cabral and Austrian Lucas Miedler qualified this Thursday for the semi-finals of the ATP250 in Auckland, New Zealand, in the doubles table. The pair needed 40 minutes to beat Spaniard Inigo Cervantes and Italian Luciano Darderi (6-1 and 6-2). In the next phase, Cabral and Miedler will face French players Theo Arribage and Albato Olivetti, who have won 2-0 in their matches so far in this tournament. The Portuguese started 2026 by winning the Brisbane ATP250 title with Lucas Miedler. Previously, to close 2025, the duo won the Vanda Pharmaceuticals Hellenic Championship. For this reason, Francisco Cabral rose to 19th place in the world ranking of pairs.