NEW YORK – Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeboros received the US Open Males’s Doubles Championship of their second Grand Slam title of the season, edging Joe Salisbury and Neil Scopski 3-6, 7-6 (4), 7-5.
The No. 5 seed group additionally received the French Open, which defeated Salisbury and Skupski, giving the longtime duo their first two main titles after dropping within the first three finals.
“We have now outcomes this yr. We’re preventing so onerous, so we’re so completely happy to have the ability to do it with him,” Granolas mentioned of his accomplice after Argentina and Zeboros received the $1 million title.
They have been near dropping it, and the British duo held three match factors main 5-4 within the third set. Nevertheless, the Granollers and Zeballos scored the subsequent eight factors and in the end received their solely remainder of the match when the Granollers rushed to return Skupski’s serve again to the open nook with a 6-5 lead.
Granola supplied it as fellow Spanish Carlos Alcaraz cheered him from the coaching room.
Salisbury received three straight video games at Razzie Fram from 2021 to ’23, making an attempt out his fourth US Open Males’s Doubles title. He and Skupski then fashioned a partnership this yr, one of many closest issues, however not good. The US Open was the fifth last of the yr, however they dropped every thing.
“We’ll proceed to work onerous. These finals will sooner or later are available our method,” Skupski mentioned.
Tight finals – Granoller and Zeboros scored a 98-97 edge in whole factors, however this yr they introduced the third Grand Slam victory for sixth seeded Salisbury and Shpski. In addition they received a matchup within the Wimbledon quarter-finals.
“So why not strive Australia,” Skupski mentioned trying ahead to the subsequent main. “We’re going once more. Hopefully there’s one other nice match.”
