Photo: Getty ImagesNew Zealand will have players in four doubles pairs in the 2016 US Open, which starts this week. Michael Venus teams up with regular partner Mate Pavic (Croatia) and comes up against Julio Peralta (Chile) and Argentine Horacio Zeballos in the first round. Venus and Pavic have won four ATP titles this year and been finalists twice. Marina Erakovic is combining with Spaniard Arantxa Parra Santonja who has been a regular partner in the past. Erakovic had a best doubles performance at the US Open in 2008 where she teamed with Jelena Kostanic to make the quarterfinals.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 28, 2016 21:00 UTC