Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares make US Open doubles semi-finals

Murray and Soares, fighting for a second Grand Slam title having won the Australian Open in January, beat out Australia's Chris Guccione and Brazilian Andre Sa 7-6 (11/9) 2-6 6-3 at Flushing Meadows.

The fourth seeds now stand one match away from making the final at Flushing Meadows for the second straight season: they face French duo Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert in the last four.

After clinching their first major title at the Australian Open in January, they reached the quarter-finals at Wimbledon together this summer and have secured spots at the ATP World Tour Finals after winning here in the third round.

The first set was the tightest on Court 17, drifting into a tie-break as neither pair managed a break of serve.

Murray and Soares held their nerve, however, and grabbed the set at 10-9 when Guccione dumped a backhand volley into the net.

Guccione and Sa fought back in the second, breaking twice to draw level, but Guccione failed to hold in the decider as Murray and Soares closed out a hard-fought victory.