Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert won for the second time in the Masters doubles, Sunday, by beating with authority in the final the American-British duo Rajeev Ram / Joe Salisbury, winners of the last US Open and N.2 world, 6 -4, 7-6 (7/0).
The French, holders of five grand slam titles including the last Roland-Garros, had already won the Masters in doubles in 2019 in London.
They were playing their third final in four years in this competition which brings together the eight best world pairs of the season.
🏆 2019
🏆 2021
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- ATP Tour (@atptour) November 21, 2021
“It's amazing to win here for the second time.
I have no words.
They had beaten us this week, we knew that to win it was absolutely necessary to raise our level of play. And today we played our best game of the week, ”said Mahut, 39, just after. victory.
“It's a lot of emotions.
It was a privilege to play with Nicolas.
We really had an exceptional week, ”added Herbert, 30, associated for seven years with Mahut in doubles.
And now it's time for the Davis Cup
The two men will play together next week with the French team for the Davis Cup (November 25-December 5).
They had a particularly successful second half of the season, despite their big disappointment at the Tokyo Olympics (eliminated in the first round).
In addition to their second title at Roland Garros, Mahut and Herbert won the Queen's tournament this year, on grass in London, and were finalists in the Masters 1000 in Paris.
Mahut, associated with Fabrice Martin, also won the title in Antwerp.
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