US Open 2025: Yuki Bhambri's inspired doubles run ends in semi-finals

This was Yuki’s maiden semi-final appearance at Grand Slams.

Yuki Bhambri, the lone Indian flagbearer at the US Open 2025, bowed out in the men’s doubles semi-finals on Thursday after a historic run in New York.

The 33-year-old Indian, paired with New Zealand’s Michael Venus, put up a spirited fight before eventually falling short against the sixth-seeded British pair of Neal Skupski and Joe Salisbury.

The Indo-Kiwi pair lost the match with the score of 6-7(2), 7-6(5), 4-6 after two hours and 53 minutes of battle at Louis Armstrong Stadium.

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With this loss, India’s campaign at the US Open 2025 officially came to an end, as all other Indian players, including veteran Rohan Bopanna, had exited earlier in the tournament.

Meanwhile, despite the semi-final exit, this year’s campaign at the Flushing Meadows remains the best in Yuki Bhambri’s career.

It marked his first-ever appearance in semi-finals of a Grand Slam and best career finish at the major events.

Yuki Bhambri became only the fourth Indian man in the Open Era to reach a Grand Slam men’s doubles semi-final, joining the elite company of Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupathi, and Rohan Bopanna.

The Bhambri-Venus pairing began their journey in dominant fashion, dismantling the American wildcards Learner Tien and Marcos Giron 6-0, 6-3 in the opening round.

In the second round, they continued the impressive form by defeating the duo of Gonzalo Escobar and Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela 6-1, 7-5.

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The third-round saw them overcome the strong German team of Tim Pütz and Kevin Krawietz in straight sets, 6-4, 6-4, not dropping a set till that point.

In the quarter-finals, Bhambri and Venus faced a tough test against the experienced pair of Nikola Mektic and Rajeev Ram. After a nail-biting match, they emerged victorious 3-6, 7-6(6), 6-3, marking Bhambri’s first-ever Grand Slam quarter-final win.

Bhambri’s semi-final appearance was the silver lining in an otherwise quiet US Open for Indian tennis. The men’s doubles pair of Anirudh Chandrasekar and Vijay Sundar Prashanth made it to the second round before being knocked out.

Bopanna, paired with Monaco’s Romain Arneodo, suffered a shock first-round exit. Similarly, Arjun Kadhe and his Ecuadorian partner Diego Hidalgo were eliminated in the opening round.

On the junior circuit, 16-year-old Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi started strong making to her debut Grand Slam main draw but exited in the second round, bringing an end to India’s campaign in the junior draw.

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