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Purcell & Thompson down prime seeds at US Open, attain SFs
Lammons/Withrow are final American workforce remaining
September 04, 2024
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Jordan Thompson and Max Purcell are aiming for his or her fourth workforce title of 2024.
By ATP Workers
Can Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson flip their North American success right into a maiden main workforce title on the US Open?
The Aussies, who this season have gained three trophies collectively on North American soil, ousted prime seeds Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos 7-6(4), 6-4 on Tuesday to achieve the semi-finals at Flushing Meadows. Purcell and Thompson, seeded seventh, gained 81 per cent of their first-serve factors and fended off all 5 of the break factors they confronted, in response to Infosys ATP Stats.
Up subsequent for Purcell and Thompson would be the lone American workforce remaining, Nathaniel Lammons and Jackson Withrow. The thirteenth seeds are into their first main semi-final after overcoming eleventh seeds Wesley Koolhof and Nikola Mektic 6-1, 6-7(5), 6-4.
“We form of felt like we had the momentum the entire time, even in these battle video games we had late within the second,” Withrow mentioned. “Wes and Nikola, we all know the blokes very effectively. We performed them in ‘s-Hertogenbosch earlier this yr, it was six and 6, shut match. They are not going to go away simply.”
Lammons and Withrow have claimed 4 workforce titles this season, together with in Winston-Salem the week earlier than the US Open.
Germans Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz additionally superior to the final 4 with a 6-7(11), 6-4, 6-1 win towards Maximo Gonzalez and Andres Molteni. The tenth seeds will subsequent face fourth seeds Marcelo Arevalo and Mate Pavic or eighth seeds Neal Skupski and Michael Venus.
