Fourth seeds Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares made a winning start to their US Open title defence as doubles action got under way Thursday at Flushing Meadows. The British-Brazilian duo closed out a 6-4, 7-6(6) win over Austrians Julian Knowle and Alexander Peya. Knowle won the US Open title in 2007 with Simon Aspelin, while Peya finished runner-up in 2013 alongside Soares (l. to Paes/Stepanek). Murray and Soares, who finished 2016 as the No. 1 duo, have won three titles from five finals this year. Ahead of the US Open, they reached the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final at the Western & Southern Open (l. to Herbert/Mahut). Top seeds and reigning Australian Open champions Henri Kontinen and John Peers...
Second seeds Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau completed a near perfect run through the Winston-Salem Open on Friday, beating Julio Peralta and Horacio Zeballos 6-3, 6-4 to capture their third doubles title as a team this season. The Dutchman/Romanian pairing have now won 15 team crowns, and they sprinted through the Winston-Salem draw. Rojer/Tecau dropped only 19 games this week. To make the title even more special, Rojer celebrated his 36th birthday on Friday. [ALSO LIKE] “It's a nice birthday gift of course. But I was not going to let that result determine if I have a good day or not. I was going to enjoy it anyways, and I'm just happier, of course, that we won,” Rojer said. “We...
Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut captured their second straight ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title in dramatic fashion on Sunday at the Western & Southern Open. The Frenchmen celebrated a 7-6(6) 6-4 victory over Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares, as Herbert lunged for a stunning return that landed just inside the tramline for the lone break of the match. Herbert and Mahut, who lifted the Coupe Rogers trophy just one week ago, extend their win streak to eight in a row with the win in Cincinnati. It marks the second straight year in which a team has completed the Canada-Cincinnati double, following Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo in 2016. "We're having a good run," said Herbert. "It's our second straight...
Watch highlights from the doubles final showdown as Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut defeat Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares to lift their sixth ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title. Watch live matches at tennistv.com. Photo: Getty Images
Frenchmen Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut continued their ruthless run through the North American summer ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events, improving to 7-0 with a 6-4, 7-6(9) win against Ryan Harrison and Michael Venus in the Western & Southern Open semi-finals. Herbert and Mahut lifted the trophy at the Coupe Rogers in Montreal last week and will battle for their 10th team title on Sunday against Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares. Herbert/Mahut are also bidding for a sixth Masters 1000 crown together, all at different tournaments. The last team to win in Canada and Cincinnati in the same season was Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo, who accomplished the feat last year. The fifth seeds needed one hour and 35...