Top seeds Granollers Zeballos move into R3

pa 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 overcame a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/matwe-middelkoop/mb88/overview'Matwe Middelkoop/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alexander-erler/e928/overview'Alexander Erler/a 6-3, 7-6(5) Saturday to advance to the third round at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview'US Open/a and continue their bid for a maiden Grand Slam title. /p

p The pair has finished runner-up in three previous Grand Slam finals: the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview'US Open/a in 2019 and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a in 2021 and 2023./p

pGranollers and Zeballos won 39 of 44 first-serve points to defeat their opponents in 1 hour, 42 minutes. The pair, ranked No. 1 in the span dir="ltr" class="ui-provider ec bvh bvi bvj bvk bvl bvm bvn bvo bvp bvq bvr bvs bvt bvu bvv bvw bvx bvy bvz bwa bwb bwc bwd bwe bwf bwg bwh bwi bwj bwk bwl bwm bwn bwo" style="color: #000000;"PIF ATP Live Doubles Teams Rankings/span, are bidding for their third title this season after claiming Masters 1000 titles in Rome and Montreal. /p

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pGranollers and Zeballos qualified for the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/nitto-atp-finals/605/overview'Nitto ATP Finals/a in Turin earlier this week. This is the fifth consecutive year that the pair will compete in the event./p

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pGranollers and Zeballos were knocked out in the third round in Flushing Meadows last year, falling to French team a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/pierre-hugues-herbert/h996/overview'Pierre-Hugues Herbert/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/nicolas-mahut/m873/overview'Nicolas Mahut/a in a tight three-set match. Their best run in New York together came in 2019 when they finished runners-up, losing 6-4, 7-5 to Colombians a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/juan-sebastian-cabal/c834/overview'Juan Sebastian Cabal/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/robert-farah/f525/overview'Robert Farah/a in the final./p

pGranollers and Zeballos will face a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/yuki-bhambri/bf55/overview'Yuki Bhambri/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/albano-olivetti/o411/overview'Albano Olivetti/a in the third round. Bhambri and Olivetti defeated 15th seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/austin-krajicek/ka00/overview'Austin Krajicek/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jean-julien-rojer/r513/overview'Jean-Julien Rojer/a 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 in the previous round. /p

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