Granollers and Zeballos begin US Open title defense with a win
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- Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos opened their defense of the US Open men’s doubles title with a 7-5, 6-3 win.
- The Spanish-Argentine pair defeated Mexico’s Miguel Reyes-Varela and Germany’s Hendrik Jebens in 1 hour and 34 minutes.
- They will face either Tomás Martín Etcheverry and Camilo Ugo Carabelli or Joshua Paris and Arthur Fery in the second round.
Horacio Zeballos of Argentina and Spain’s Marcel Granollers began their defense of the US Open doubles title with a convincing victory over Mexico’s Miguel Reyes-Varela and Germany’s Hendrik Jebens.
Granollers and Zeballos won 7-5, 6-3 in 1 hour and 34 minutes. The pair produced a strong opening match, winning 79% of points on serve and 40% on return. They did not drop a service game and converted two breaks.
Their second-round opponents will come from the match between the Argentine pairing of Tomás Martín Etcheverry and Camilo Ugo Carabelli and Britain’s Joshua Paris and Arthur Fery.
Granollers and Zeballos have played together since 2019. They won in New York last year and have also taken the last two Roland Garros doubles titles, after losing their first three Grand Slam finals.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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