Overview

• Yuki Bhambri and Michael Venus beat 11th seeds Nikola Mektic and Rajeev Ram 6-3, 6-7(6), 6-3 in a two-hour, 37-minute quarterfinal on Stadium 17.
• The victory secures Bhambri's first Grand Slam semifinal and the best major result of his career.
• Their run included a round-of-16 upset of No. 4 seeds Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz.
• The pair will meet Britain's Neal Skupski and Joe Salisbury, the sixth seeds, in Friday's semifinal.
• Bhambri, 33, is India's highest-ranked men's doubles player at world No. 32, in a year when other Indian contenders exited early in New York.