American Rajeev Ram and Britain's Joe Salisbury rallied from a set down to beat India's Rohan Bopanna and Australian Matthew Ebden 2-6 6-3 6-4 on Friday to win an Open-era record third straight U.S. Open men's doubles title.
The third seeds dropped their rackets and embraced in the middle of the court after Ebden's return landed in the net on match point to complete the comeback and extend their winning streak at Flushing Meadows to 18 matches.
"This is our fifth year together. It hasn't been the best of seasons but we stuck it out, put in a lot of hard work and just kept believing. I can't believe we're here. Thanks for that, man. You're unbelievable.""We just know we're going to give it our all. We're going to compete hard, fight hard and do our best until the very end. And that's what we did today," he said. "We're just really proud of the effort that we put in today.
They appeared to be carrying the momentum into the second set when the 43-year-old Bopanna raced across court and ripped a one-handed backhand winner down the line in the third game. Bopanna's aggressive forehand landed wide to hand Ram and Salisbury a break and a 3-2 lead in the decider that they would not relinquish on a hot and humid day at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
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