Lindstedt/Thompson Reach US Open R3

Top seeds Henri Kontinen and John Peers reached the US Open third round on Sunday at Flushing Meadows as they defeated Mikhail Elgin and Daniil Medvedev 7-6(3), 6-4.

The Finnish-Australian duo are bidding to win their second Grand Slam championship of the season after victory at the Australian Open in January. They are also closing in on one of the coveted eight positions at the Nitto ATP Finals, currently second in the Emirates ATP Doubles Race To London.

Fourth seeds and defending champions Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares also advanced in straight sets, dismissing Marcus Daniell and Marcelo Demoliner 7-6(4), 6-3. The US Open was one of two Grand Slam championships that Murray and Soares won in 2016, helping them to finish as the No. 1 team in the year-end standings.

The in-form duo of Horia Tecau and Jean-Julien Rojer booked their spot in the quarter-finals, upsetting sixth seeds Ivan Dodig and Marcel Granollers 6-4, 6-3. Rojer and Tecau, who won the Wimbledon crown in 2015, came into New York on the back of winning their third title of the season in Winston-Salem (d. Peralta/Zeballos).

Spaniards Feliciano Lopez and Marc Lopez are through to the third round after beating Adrian Mannarino and Andreas Seppi 6-3, 6-2 in just 39 minutes. They go on to face French duo Jeremy Chardy and Fabrice Martin, who edged Taylor Fritz and Reilly Opelka 6-2, 6-7(3), 7-6(5).

Andrey Rublev will play in the singles fourth round against David Goffin on Monday, but first the Russian partnered #NextGenATP countryman Karen Khachanov to a 6-4, 7-6(7) victory over Leander Paes and Purav Raja in the second round.

Elsewhere, Robert Lindstedt and Jordan Thompson (pictured) defeated John Millman and Ken Skupski 7-6(4), 6-1, while Robin Haase and Matwe Middelkoop rallied from a set down to defeat Christopher Eubanks and Christian Harrison 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-4.