Horia Tecau of Romania and Jean-Julien Rojer of the Netherlands won their first U.S. Open men’s doubles championship. The Romanian-Dutch pair defeated the all-Spanish pair Feliciano Lopez and Marc Lopez, 6-4 ,6-3, at Flushing Meadows, on Friday.
12th-seeded Tecau and Rojer had previously defeated the first seeds Henri Kontinen of Finland and John Peers of Australia 1-6, 7-6, 7-5.Tecau and Rojer’s opponents came after a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 win against twins Bob and Mike Bryan of the USA.
This is the second Grand Slam title for Tecau and Rojer, who won Wimbledon in 2015.