Purcell/Thompson set showdown with Granollers/Zeballos in New York

p Can 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 complete a Grand Slam redemption story at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview'US Open/a? /p

p The Australian duo booked its quarter-final spot at the hard-court major on Friday afternoon with a 7-6(3), 6-3 triumph against a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/nuno-borges/bt72/overview'Nuno Borges/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/francisco-cabral/cl84/overview'Francisco Cabral/a. Purcell and Thompson did not face a break point in their 86-minute triumph on Grandstand, where they struck 32 winners to Borges and Cabral’s 18. /p

p Seeded seventh at Flushing Meadows, Purcell and Thompson are chasing their maiden Grand Slam title as a team. The pair held three championship points at a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a in July before falling to a heartbreaking loss to a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/harri-heliovaara/h808/overview'Harri Heliovaara/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/henry-patten/p0g6/overview'Henry Patten/a. They have lifted three ATP 250 trophies together this year, however, and the pair is currently up one spot to seventh in the PIF ATP Live Doubles Teams Rankings as it chases a spot at the season-ending a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/nitto-atp-finals/605/overview'Nitto ATP Finals/a. /p

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p Standing in Purcell and Thompson’s way in the last eight in New York are 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. The Spanish-Argentine duo defeated 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 6-2, 6-2 in a 62-minute third-round encounter. /p

p In the bottom half of the draw, 10th seeds 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 ousted fifth seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/simone-bolelli/ba98/overview'Simone Bolelli/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andrea-vavassori/va08/overview'Andrea Vavassori/a 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(4). The German pair, which has already reached the quarter-finals at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/australian-open/580/overview'Australian Open/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a this year, will take on second seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/rohan-bopanna/b757/overview'Rohan Bopanna/a/a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/matthew-ebden/e690/overview'Matthew Ebden/a or 16th seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/maximo-gonzalez/g585/overview'Maximo Gonzalez/a/a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andres-molteni/me56/overview'Andres Molteni/a in the last eight. /p

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