Purcell Thompson down top seeds at US Open, reach SFs

pCan a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/max-purcell/ph71/overview'Max Purcell/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jordan-thompson/tc61/overview'Jordan Thompson/a turn their North American success into a maiden major team title at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview'US Open/a?/p

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The Aussies, who this season have won three trophies together on North American soil, ousted top seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/marcel-granollers/g710/overview'Marcel Granollers/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/horacio-zeballos/z184/overview'Horacio Zeballos/a 7-6(4), 6-4 on Tuesday to reach the semi-finals at Flushing Meadows. Purcell and Thompson, seeded seventh, won 81 per cent of their first-serve points and fended off all five of the break points they faced, according to Infosys ATP Stats./p

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Up next for Purcell and Thompson will be the lone American team remaining, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/nathaniel-lammons/li37/overview'Nathaniel Lammons/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jackson-withrow/w686/overview'Jackson Withrow/a. The 13th seeds are into their first major semi-final after overcoming 11th seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/wesley-koolhof/kc41/overview'Wesley Koolhof/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/nikola-mektic/mf09/overview'Nikola Mektic/a 6-1, 6-7(5), 6-4./p

p"We kind of felt like we had the momentum the whole time, even in those battle games we had late in the second," Withrow said. "Wes and Nikola, we know the guys very well. We played them in 's-Hertogenbosch earlier this year, it was six and six, close match. They're not going to go away easily."/p

pLammons and Withrow have claimed four team titles this season, including in Winston-Salem the week before the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview'US Open/a./p

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Germans a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/kevin-krawietz/kb92/overview'Kevin Krawietz/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/tim-puetz/pc68/overview'Tim Puetz/a also advanced to the last four with a 6-7(11), 6-4, 6-1 win against a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/maximo-gonzalez/g585/overview'Maximo Gonzalez/a anda href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andres/a132/overview' Andres/a Molteni. The 10th seeds will next face fourth seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/marcelo-arevalo/a853/overview'Marcelo Arevalo/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/mate-pavic/pf00/overview'Mate Pavic/a or eighth seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/neal-skupski/sl22/overview'Neal Skupski/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/michael-venus/v576/overview'Michael Venus/a./p

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