Australian duo Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson made amends for their Wimbledon final heartbreak by lifting the men’s doubles title at the US Open with a 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) victory over German pair Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz on Saturday.
The seventh-seeded Australians, who failed to convert three match points during the Wimbledon doubles final in July, needed three championship points to get the job done in New York after the Germans mounted a brief fightback in the second set.
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With the win, Purcell and Thompson became the first all-Australian team to win a US Open men’s doubles title since Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde in 1996.
The win marked the second grand slam doubles title for Purcell and the first for Thompson.
