Tennis-Harrison and Skupski win U.S. Open men's doubles title

Tennis - U.S. Open - Flushing Meadows, New York, United States - September 12, 2026 Britain's Neal Skupski in action with Christian Harrison of the U.S during their doubles final against Germany's Kevin Krawietz and Germany's Tim Puetz REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

Sept 12 (Reuters) - Christian ⁠Harrison and NealSkupski beat Kevin Krawietz ⁠and Tim Puetz 6-4 7-6(6) on Saturday ‌to win the U.S. Open men's doubles title.

The reigning Australian Open champions took the first set after Harrison ​struck a two-handed backhand return ⁠winner to break for ⁠a 4-3 lead. The American-British duo held serve ⁠the ‌rest of the way to take the set 6-4.

Their German opponents fought ⁠back in the second set and moved ​3-2 ahead, ‌but Harrison and Skupski responded with a ⁠love ​hold to level at 3-3.

The 2024 runners-up went up 4-3 and later 5-4 after saving a ⁠set point, but Harrison and ​Skupski stayed in contention. Harrison, serving with the sun in his eyes, held in a five-point ⁠game to force a tiebreak.

Puetz gave the Germans a 4-3 lead in the breaker with a volley, but Harrison and Skupski recovered. ​Skupski sealed the victory with ⁠a return that forced Krawietz into an error, ​giving the pair their ‌second Grand Slam doubles title ​of the year.

(Reporting by Angelica Medina in Mexico City, editing by Pritha Sarkar)

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网球——美国网球公开赛——美国纽约法拉盛草地网球场——2026年9月12日，英国选手尼尔·斯库普斯基与美国选手克里斯蒂安·哈里森在双打决赛中对阵德国选手凯文·克拉维茨和蒂姆·普茨。（路透社/爱德华多·穆尼奥斯摄）

9 月 12 日（路透社）——克里斯蒂安·哈里森和尼尔·斯库普斯基周六以 6-4 7-6(6) 击败凯文·克拉维茨和蒂姆·普茨，赢得美国网球公开赛男双冠军。

卫冕澳网冠军组合在哈里森以一记双手反手回球得分破发，以4-3领先拿下首盘。随后，这对美英组合稳住阵脚，最终以6-4拿下首盘。

他们的德国对手在第二盘奋起反击，以 3-2 领先，但哈里森和斯库普斯基以 love game 保发，将比分扳成 3-3 平。

2024年的亚军一度以4-3领先，并在挽救一个盘点后以5-4反超，但哈里森和斯库普斯基始终紧咬比分。哈里森顶着刺眼的阳光发球，在五分制的比赛中保发，将比赛拖入抢七。

普茨在抢七局中凭借一记截击为德国队取得4-3的领先，但哈里森和斯库普斯基随后扳平比分。斯库普斯基的回球迫使克拉维茨失误，最终锁定胜局，为这对组合赢得了他们本年度的第二个大满贯双打冠军。

（墨西哥城 Angelica Medina 报道，Pritha Sarkar 编辑）

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