New York, NY, USA, 5 September 2016 | tennis.com.au

Sam Groth and French partner Jeremy Chardy will look to create the boilover of the US Open men’s doubles draw when they face Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert on Monday.

Groth and Chardy – playing their first tournament as a pair – will face the No.1 seeds for a place in the quarterfinals.

Groth is aiming to join countryman Chris Guccione in the last eight; Guccione and Brazil’s Andre Sa beat Spain’s Nicolas Almagro and Dominican Victor Estrella Burgos in the third round.

Meanwhile, Australia’s junior boys have got off to a flying start at the year’s final Grand Slam.

Alex De Minaur, the No.2 seed who reached the boys’ singles final at Wimbledon, opened his campaign with a straight-sets win over local Lukas Greif.

Another Aussie, Alexei Popyrin, will in the second round face Roland Garros boys’ finalist Felix Auger-Aliassime after beating Russian Lev Kazakov.

Queenslander Blake Ellis – who combined with De Minaur to reach the boys’ doubles quarterfinals at Wimbledon – will play his first-round match on Monday against Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves of Brazil.

AUSSIES IN ACTION ON DAY 8

MEN’S DOUBLES – THIRD ROUND

Sam Groth (AUS)/Jeremy Chardy (FRA) v [1] Nicolas Mahut (FRA)/Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) – Grandstand, second match

BOYS’ SINGLES – FIRST ROUND

Blake Ellis (AUS) v Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves (BRA) – Court 9, third match