Mektic and Pavic were up against Robin Hasse and Philipp Oswald in the round of 16 and recorded a comfortable 6-3, 6-4 win.
The quarter-finals of the men’s doubles category at the 2022 US Open will see a blockbuster clash when the sixth seeded team of Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic takes on third seeds Jean-Julien Rojer and Marcelo Arevalo. Mektic and Pavic were up against Robin Hasse and Philipp Oswald in the round of 16 and recorded a comfortable 6-3, 6-4 win. The Croatians managed to smash five aces and convert two out of eight break points. Rojer and Arevalo played against the French pair of Quentin Halys and Adrian Mannarino in their previous and won after a nail-biting tie-breaker in the second set. The score at the end of the match was 6-4, 7-6 (11-9) after the Dutch-Salvadorian pair recorded six aces and one break point.
Mektic/Pavic and Rojer/Arevalo are scheduled to face each other on Tuesday, September 6 in the quarter-final of the 2022 US Open. The fourth and final Grand Slam of the season began on August 29 and will go on until September 11.
Date | Stage of play (Singles) | Stage of play (Doubles) |
August 29 | First round (men’s & women’s) | – |
August 30 | First round (men’s & women’s) | – |
August 31 | Second round (men’s & women’s) | First round (men’s & women’s) |
September 1 | Second round (men’s & women’s) | First round (men’s & women’s) |
September 2 | Third round (men’s & women’s) | Second round (men’s & women’s) |
September 3 | Third round (men’s & women’s) | Second round (men’s & women’s) |
September 4 | Round of 16 (men’s & women’s) | Third round (men’s & women’s) |
September 5 | Round of 16 (men’s & women’s) | Third round (men’s & women’s) |
September 6 | Quarter-finals (men’s & women’s) | Quarter-finals (men’s & women’s) |
September 7 | Quarter-finals (men’s & women’s) | Quarter-finals (women’s) |
September 9 | Semi-finals (men’s) | Semi-finals (men’s) |
September 10 | Semi-finals (men’s), Final (women’s) | Semi-final (women’s), Final (men’s) |
September 11 | Final (men’s) | Final (women’s) |
Player | Seed |
Rajeev Ram/Joe Salisbury | 1 |
Wesley Koolhof/Neal Skupski | 2 |
Marcelo Arevalo/Jean-Julien Rojer | 3 |
Tim Putz/Michael Venus | 4 |
Marcel Granollers/Horacio Zeballos | 5 |
Nikola Mektic/Nate Pavic | 6 |
Ivan Dodig/Austin Kracjicek | 7 |
Nick Kyrgios/Thanasi Kokkinakis | 8 |
Rohan Bopanna/Matwe Middelkoop | 9 |
Jamie Murray/Bruno Soares | 10 |
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Canada – TSN, RDS, peacock
India – Sony Ten Network (including SonyLIV app)
UK – Amazon Prime Video
US – ESPN, peacock, NBC
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