NEW YORK: Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos saved three championship points against all-British pair Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski on Saturday to win their first US Open men’s doubles title.
Salisbury and Skupski were a point away from winning with their opponents serving down 5-4 in the third set but Granollers and Zeballos fought back to prevail 3-6, 7-6 (7/4), 7-5.
It is a second Grand Slam triumph for Spain’s Granollers and Argentina’s Zeballos. They also beat Salisbury and Skupski in three sets at this year’s French Open final.
“When you play these kind of matches it’s so unfair there’s a winner and a loser,” said Zeballos.
Salisbury fell short in his bid for a fifth Grand Slam crown in men’s doubles after winning four times with Rajeev Ram. Skupski won at Wimbledon in 2023.