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HIGHLIGHTS-Tennis-Day 11 at the U.S. Open

Sept 8 (Reuters) - Latest news from the 11th day of the U.S. Open tennis championships on Thursday (all times GMT): 2200 NUMBER ONE SEEDS HERBERT AND MAHUT BEATEN Men's doubles fourth seeds Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares advance to the final with a semi-final upset of defending champions and number one seeds Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut of France 7-5 4-6 6-3. 2200 GARCIA-MLADENOVIC THROUGH TO DOUBLES FINALS Women's number one seeds Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic stormed into the women's doubles final with a 6-3 6-4 win against Martina Hingis and Coco Vandeweghe, the sixth seeds. The French duo will face 12th seeds Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Safarova, who ousted fifth-seeded Russians Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina 6-2 7-6(4). 1600 PLAY BEGINS ON SHOWCOURTS The first of the two women's doubles semi-finals got play underway in the Grandstand Stadium. READ MORE Wawrinka beats Del Potro to reach U.S. Open semis Williams fights off Halep to reach U.S. Open semi-finals Nishikori savours revenge against Murray Murray proud of his stellar run despite defeat Nishikori upsets Murray to reach US Open semis TIU investigates irregular betting on U.S. Open match ORDER OF PLAY ARTHUR ASHE STADIUM (Play starts at 2300GMT/7ET) 1-Serena Williams (U.S.)v 10-Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) v 2-Angelique Kerber (Germany) (Reporting by Nivedita Shankar in Bengaluru)