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Pavic, Soares win US Open men’s doubles

Croatia’s Mate Pavic and Brazil’s Bruno Soares captured the US Open men’s doubles crown with a 7-5 6-3 win over eighth seeds Wesley Koolhof of the Netherlands and Nikola Mektic of Croatia on Thursday.

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In their first Grand Slam men’s doubles final as a team, Pavic did damage with his powerful serve while Soares did well to force their opponents into difficult shots and they sealed the win when Mektic sent a backhand volley into the net.“That’s what we practise for and that’s what we were trying to do during those five months off, working for this moment,” Soares, who won the Australian Open and US Open men’s doubles titles in 2016 with Jamie Murray, said during the trophy presentation.

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