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Michael Venus had his serve broken in the first set on Friday (Saturday NZ time)
Michael Venus and Jamie Murray have fallen at the second hurdle at the US Open, losing to Nicolas Mahut and Pierre Hugues Herbert 6-4 6-4 on Friday (Saturday NZ time)
The all French team were able to break Venus’ serve in the first set and the Scotsman’s in the second.
Venus and Murray weren’t able to win any of the four break points on Mahut’s serve in the first set, while they didn’t have any break point opportunities in the second.
Venus and Murray were the No 12 seeds at the final grand slam of the year, but struggled to find a way past the veteran French team that seemed to have the bounce of the ball go their way through the match.
Mahut and Hugues Herbert, who have won all four of the grand slams together, played solid doubles, trying to control the net and play the angles and they hit 36 winners to their opponent’s 18.
This loss leaves Erin Routliffe as the only New Zealander left at this year’s US Open. She and Gaby Dabrowski from Canada take on Zhu Lin from China and Taiwan’s Wu Fang-hsien in the women’s doubles second round.
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