New York
Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies advance to the semi-finals of the US Open
The French Open winners Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies have advanced to last four of the US Open in New York and so reached the semi-finals of a Grand Slam tournament for the second time.
The number 12 seeds defeated Leonardo Mayer and Joao Sousa (Argentina/Portugal) in straight sets (7:6, 6:4) on Tuesday.
Krawietz, who comes from Witzmannsberg near Coburg and is sponsored by Brose, and Andreas Mies from Cologne now face the number 8 seeds, the Spanish/Argentinean pairing Marcel Ganollers and Horacio Zeballos.