Gb's Salisbury & Skupski Reach Us Open Doubles Semis

US Open 2025

Venue: Flushing Meadows, New York Dates: 24 August-7 September

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British brace Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski booked their spot successful nan semi-finals of nan men's doubles astatine nan US Open aft beating Czech duo Tomas Machac and Matej Vocel.

Salisbury and Skupski came done nan quarter-final 7-6 (8-6) 6-3 to return a measurement person to claiming a first Grand Slam title since teaming up.

The Englishmen, who mislaid nan French Open last successful June, will look India's Yuki Bhambri and New Zealand's Michael Venus successful nan past four.

Machac and Vocel saved 5 break points successful a tight opening group but came unstuck successful nan tie-break.

The 2nd group was wrapped up successful conscionable 39 minutes, pinch a mates of breaks helping nan sixth seeds complete nan line.

Salisbury, 33, has antecedently tasted occurrence astatine nan US Open - winning 3 successive men's doubles titles betwixt 2021 and 2023 alongside American Rajeev Ram.

Elsewhere, American Taylor Townsend and Czech Katerina Siniakova hit Russia's Veronika Kudermetova and Elise Mertens of Belgium to scope nan women's doubles final.

The apical seeds, who claimed nan Australian Open title together successful January, won 6-3 7-6 (7-3) and are yet to driblet a set.

They will meet Canada's Gabriela Dabrowski and New Zealand's Erin Routliffe, who sealed a 6-4 6-3 triumph against Italian duo Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini, successful Friday's final.