Harrison & Skupski down German pair to claim second Grand Slam title of ⁠year

[p]The ‌reigning Australian Open champions ‌took the first set after [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/harrison-christian/tKNpgwfr/"]Harrison[/a] ‌struck a two-handed backhand return ‌winner to break for a 4-3 lead. The American-British duo held ‌serve the rest of ⁠the way ‌to take the set 6-4.[/p][p]Their German ​opponents fought back in the second set and moved ​3-2 ahead, but Harrison and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/skupski-neal/KUAXIw8j/"]Skupski[/a] responded with a love ⁠hold to ​level at 3-3.[/p][embed guid="9046dead-f8c8-4cfc-83f0-21cfb692d8da" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y05NhJpuc1k" social-type="youtube" /][p]The 2024 runners-up went up 4-3 and later 5-4 after saving a set point, ‌but Harrison and Skupski stayed in contention. Harrison, serving with the sun in his eyes, held in a five-point game to force a tiebreak.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/puetz-tim/CUhEqGYo/"]Puetz[/a] gave the Germans a 4-3 lead in the breaker with a ‌volley, but Harrison and Skupski ​recovered. Skupski sealed the victory ‌with a return that forced [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/krawietz-kevin/EwLaAdNP/"]Krawietz[/a] into an error, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/harrison-c-tKNpgwfr/skupski-n-KUAXIw8j/?mid=vuxwzNum"]giving the pair their second Grand Slam doubles title of the ⁠year.[/a][/p][infobox id="3dc51b3a-107f-482b-9173-a97d347ef1b3" /]