Mahut/Herbert Step Closer To Repeating At US Open

Top seeds Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert are a match away from playing for a second consecutive US Open doubles title. The Frenchman reached the semi-finals in Flushing Meadows on Wednesday with a 6-3, 7-6(4) win against Swede Robert Lindstedt and Pakistani Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi.

Mahut/Herbert hit eight aces and never faced break point in the one-hour and 24-minute match. They’ll face familiar opponents in the semi-finals: Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares. The fourth seeds outlasted Aussie Chris Guccione and Brazilian Andre Sa 7-6(9), 2-6, 6-3 in two hours and 23 minutes. Murray/Soares erased seven of nine break points faced and won exactly one more point than their opponents.

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“Happy to get through today,” Murray said. “It was a stressful match. We came back strong in the third set.”

Murray/Soares played Mahut/Herbert in the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters final on clay in April. The Frenchmen won the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final 4-6, 6-0, 10-6. Murray, playing with Aussie John Peers, also faced the duo in last year’s US Open doubles final, which Mahut/Herbert won 6-4, 6-4.

“Tomorrow we will be more relaxed, ready to give our all,” Murray said. “We have nothing to lose and everything to gain. Game on.”