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Rojer/Tecau Capture Second Major Title In New York

Perseverance pays off. Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau haven’t had the easiest of times in the past 18 months, but the pair have come good over the past three weeks and their red-hot form has carried them to their second Grand Slam championship crown at the US Open. Rojer and Tecau defeated Spaniards Feliciano Lopez and Marc Lopez 6-4, 6-3 in the final at Flushing Meadows on Friday. It is the climax of a 10-match winning run for the duo, who came into the US Open on the back of their 15th tour-level team crown at the Winston-Salem Open. They have only dropped two sets during that period. “The key to the whole thing is you need to communicate and...

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Rojer/Tecau Stun Top Seeds To Reach First US Open Final

Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau are on a roll at this year’s US Open. The 12th seeds narrowly edged top seeds Henri Kontinen and John Peers on Thursday to reach their second Grand Slam final together as a team. The Dutch-Romanian pair’s 1-6, 7-6(5), 7-5 triumph follows a quarter-final upset of No. 4 seeds and defending champions Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares. Rojer and Tecau, who won the Wimbledon crown in 2015, came into New York on the back of winning their third title of the season in Winston-Salem (d. Peralta/Zeballos). Kontinen and Peers had not dropped a set at this year’s US Open before their semi-final. And the Finnish-Australian duo could have risen to No. 1 in the Emirates...

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Rojer/Tecau Roll In Winston-Salem Final

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...

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