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Brazil's Soares wins two Grand Slam titles on same day

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DOUBLES SPECIALIST. Bruno Soares (L) had a busy day on Sunday, winning the men's doubles title with Jamie Murray, and the mixed doubles title with Elena Vesnina (R) as well. Photo by Filip Singer/EPA

MELBOURNE, Australia - Brazil's Bruno Soares lifted the Australian Open mixed doubles trophy on Sunday, January 31 - the same day he also won the men's doubles, in the early hours of the morning.

Soares and Russia's Elena Vesnina, seeded 5, beat the unseeded pairing of American Coco Vandeweghe and her Romanian partner Horia Tecau 6-4, 4-6, 10-5 on Rod Laver Arena.

Bruno Soares (R) and Jamie Murray (L), the brother of men's singles no. 2 Andy Murray, picked up the men's doubles title together. Photo by Lynn Bo Bo/EPA

The win comes after Soares and Jamie Murray, the brother of singles finalist Andy, beat Czech veteran Radek Stepanek and Canadian Daniel Nestor in 3 sets for the men's title in a 1 am finish.

"I feel like I've been on this court for the last 24 hours," said Soares, who now has 22 men's doubles titles and also won the US Open mixed doubles in 2012 and 2014.

"But it's a good feeling. Elena carried me the whole week. She was awesome." – Rappler.com


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