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Jamie Murray, Bruno Soares Win US Open Men's Doubles Title
Fourth seeds Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares eased to a 6-2, 6-3 win over unseeded Spaniards Pablo Carreno Busta and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in the US Open men's doubles final
- Agence France-Presse
- Updated: September 10, 2016 11:47 pm IST
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Jamie Murray (L) and Bruno Soares also won the Australian Open in January this year.© AFP
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Murray/Soares defeated Busta/Garcia-Lopez 6-2, 6-3 in final
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Murray and Soares also won the Australian Open in January this year
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Jamie Murray has now joined brother Andy as a US Open champion
New York:
Britain's Jamie Murray joined brother Andy as a US Open champion on Saturday when he teamed with Brazilian Bruno Soares to capture the men's doubles title.
The fourth seeds eased to a 6-2, 6-3 win over unseeded Spaniards Pablo Carreno Busta and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez.
Murray and Soares, who won the first Grand Slam they played together at the Australian Open in January, knocked off defending champions Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert to reach the final.
On Saturday, they prevailed despite Murray needing treatment on a neck injury midway through the first set.
Andy Murray won the singles title in New York in 2012 but was knocked out this year by Kei Nishikori in the quarter-finals.
Topics mentioned in this article
Jamie Murray
Bruno Soares
Pablo Carreno Busta
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez
Tennis
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