Overview

• Seeded 14th, Yuki Bhambri and Michael Venus beat 11th seeds Nikola Mektic and Rajeev Ram 6-3, 6-7, 6-3 to make the last four in New York.
• They are slated to face sixth-seeded Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski for a place in the final.
• The pair had earlier ousted fourth seeds Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz 6-4, 6-4 to reach the quarterfinals.
• Their run began with straight-sets wins over Gonzalo Escobar/Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (6-1, 7-5) and Marcos Giron/Learner Tien (6-0, 6-3).
• Bhambri, 33, achieves his first Grand Slam semifinal as India’s top-ranked men’s doubles player at No. 32 after years of injuries in singles.