Archive: doubles-tennis
Venus Williams took her biggest title in more than five years in Wuhan when an injured Garbine Muguruza was forced to retire hurt with Williams leading 6-3 3-0 in Saturday's final.
Second seed Milos Raonic made short work of fifth seed Tommy Robredo as he powered into the St. Petersburg Open semi-finals with a 6-1, 6-2 victory on Friday.
Well the news is… we still have unconscionably unseasonal weather in Glasgow… and the real ‘news’ was that Leon Smith has opted to put the Brothers Murray in the doubles. Which was a surprise to… no-one.
Well that’s what I try and tell myself as I creak my way down the stairs of a morning, thinking about a work-out… because it is the thought that counts, apparently.
Frenchmen Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut clinched the US Open men’s doubles title and their first Grand Slam with a 6-4, 6-4 win over eighth seeds Jamie Murray and John Peers.
Nicolas Mahut captured his first Grand Slam title and by teaming up with Pierre-Hugues Herbert to do it, an all-French duo won the U.S. Open men's doubles tournament for the first time in history.
Entering the US Open, eight different teams had won the last eight majors. That streak will be extended to nine on Saturday.
Steve Johnson and Sam Querrey beat Leonardo Mayer and Joao Sousa 6-3, 6-4 in 65 minutes to move into the semi-finals of the US Open on Wednesday.
Jamie Murray and John Peers downed No. 4 seeds Marcin Matkowski and Nenad Zimonjic3-6, 6-3, 7-6(4) in the quarter-finals of the US Open on Tuesday.
The unseeded pair of Dominic Inglot and Robert Lindstedt advanced to the US Open quarter-finals on Sunday, beating Tommy Haas and Radek Stepanek 6-4, 6-3.
Third seeds Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau, the highest-remaining doubles seeds at the US Open, began their campaign for a second consecutive major with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Andre Begemann and Oliver Marach on Friday.
The US Open men’s doubles field has been blown wide open, with all the seeds in action on Thursday falling in battle.
World No. 1 duo Bob and Mike Bryan have seen their stranglehold on the doubles game come under threat in 2015, but will look to extend their Grand Slam winning stream with victory at the US Open over the next two weeks.
Marcin Matkowski and Nenad Zimonjic booked their spot in the Western & Southern Open final, denying second seeds Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo 6-4, 6-4 on Saturday.
Top seeds and World No. 1 Bob and Mike Bryan defeated first-time partners Daniel Nestor and Edouard Roger-Vasselin 7-6(5) 3-6, 10-6 to claim their 35th ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title at the Rogers Cup on Sunday.
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