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Granollers, Zeballos win first Grand Slam doubles title at French Open

Argentina’s Horacio Zeballos (L) and Spain’s Marcel Granollers hold their trophy after winning their men’s doubles final match against Britain’s Joe Salisbury and Britain’s Neal Skupski. AFP pixArgentina’s Horacio Zeballos (L) and Spain’s Marcel Granollers hold their trophy after winning their men’s doubles final match against Britain’s Joe Salisbury and Britain’s Neal Skupski. AFP pix

SPAIN’s Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos of Argentina won their first Grand Slam men’s doubles title on Saturday after edging British duo Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski in three sets.

Granollers, 39, and Zeballos, 40, had lost three previous major finals together but finally secured their first victory with a 6-0, 6-7 (5/7), 7-5 win.

Granollers had finished on the losing side in each of his previous five doubles finals, including at Roland Garros in 2014 with former partner Marc Lopez.

Salisbury fell short in his bid for a fifth Grand Slam triumph in men’s doubles after winning four times with Rajeev Ram. Skupski won at Wimbledon in 2023.