Aussies into US Open doubl es semis

Australian grand slam hopefuls Ashleigh Barty and Casey Dellacqua are through to the semi-finals of the US Open women’s doubles in New York.

Barty and Dellacqua powered past Russian second seed Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina 6-2 6-3 on Wednesday to move into the last four.

The Aussie double act are looking to go one better than losing finals showings at the Australian Open and Wimbledon.

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