BarcelonaThe Catalan Marcel Granollers and the Argentine Horacio Zeballos have been proclaimed champions of the United States Open Men’s Double Tournament this Saturday, after surpassing the British Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski by 3-6, 7-6 and 7-5 in the final. Granollers and Zeballos close a dream season, as they have won two of the four big tournaments. A few months ago they reigned Roland Garros and today they have succeeded in Flushing Meadows in a game where three games were saved against.
Granollers and Zeballos, who have been playing together since 2019, lift their second Grand Slam after having played together five finals, all lost until the victory came to Salisbury and Skupsky in Paris. At 38, Granollers lives a second youth on a race where he has always excelled with the doubles, first pairing with Marc López and then with Zeballos.
The premature deletions of favorite couples such as Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool, or Marcelo Arévalo and Mate Pavic, first and according to sown, respectively, opened the road to Zeballos, 40, and Granollers. The road, however, has not been easy and on four times they have won in the third and last set. The victory in New York allows Marcel and Horacio to take a huge step to look for a place at the final Nitto ATP.
In the final the Barcelonian and the silver player lost the first set, and suffered in a second one won in the tie-break. In the last set, Granollers and Zeballos, with 5-4 against and service, met with a 0-40, and faced three game balls for Salisbury and Skupski. They have all saved them with five consecutive points – four Skupski errors – with which they have equalized the partial. With Skupski, touched, in the service, has arrived the break Key to giving the title to Granollers and Zeballos. “We bring [amb Zeballos] Long time fighting together. And yes, this year we are obtaining incredible results. I make it very happy to do it with him, because we fight with all our strength, “Granollers said at the awards ceremony.” Honestly, I can’t believe that we just won the United States Open. It’s amazing to be here. I mean, with all these people seeing us … it is always difficult to find such a good audience for the doubles, “added Zeballos. Both have won together eight masters 1000 together, as well as the two Grand Slams.
Sabalenka, campiona
In the women’s painting, Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka has revalidated the U.S. Open title, the fourth ‘great’ of her career, for the second consecutive year, after surpassing the American Amanda Anisimova 6-3 and 7-6.
