US Open 2019: Jamie Murray & Neal Skupski through to men’s doubles semi-finals
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Neal Skupski and britain’s Jamie Murray recovered from a set down against Jackson Withrow and Americans Jack Sock to achieve the semi-finals of their men’s doubles at the US Open.
Battling back from a break down in the third set, Murray and Skupski rallied to win 4-6 6-1 7-6 (7-4) on Louis Armstrong Stadium.
The 15th seeds have now won nine of the past 11 matches as a pair.
Murray can be in mixed doubles semi-finals action later on Wednesday.
Partnering American Bethanie Mattek-Sands, the defending champions face Rajeev Ram and seeds Samantha Stosur to get a place in the final.
Meanwhile, Britain’s Luke Bambridge, combined with the Ben McLachlan of Japan, will rival a US Open quarter-final against top seeds Juan Sebastian Cabal along with Robert Farah, together with the winner of that match interview Murray and Skupski at the past four.
The US Open is Skupski’s and Murray next Grand Slam outing with exited Wimbledon in the first round.
Scot Murray, 33, has raised a title each year in Flushing Meadows since 2016.
He won the men’s doubles using the mixed doubles in 2017 and Bruno Soares at 2016 with Mattek-Sands and at 2018 together with Martina Hingis.
At 4-3 up in the first against Sock and Withrow, because the Americans broke at the next game, two broken points which would have allowed them to serve for the group were missed by the Britons and were instantly punished.
The Britons responded breaking serve two and conceding just one game in a dominant second-set showing.
The momentum dissipates in the third since the US pair raced into a 4-1 advantage, however Skupski and Murray levelled before shutting out the using three points.
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