NEW YORK — Marcel Granollers lunged to his right and smacked Neal Skupski's serve into an open corner of the court to break serve, sending Carlos Alcaraz leaping into the air in celebration.
Just minutes earlier, Granollers and Horacio Zeballos were a point away from losing the U.S. Open men's doubles championship final. Moments afterward, they were champions.
Granollers and Zeballos won their second Grand Slam title of the season Saturday, edging Joe Salisbury and Skupski 3-6, 7-6 (4), 7-5.
“Tennis sometimes is crazy," Granollers said at their press conference, "because we were talking now coming to here that how close you are to losing the match, and then in 20 minutes you win the trophy.”
The No. 5-seeded team also won the French Open — beating Salisbury and Skupski as well — to giv