Murray/Venus Reign In Geneva

Jamie Murray and Michael Venus clinched their third tour-level trophy of the season together Saturday when they triumphed at the Gonet Geneva Open. In a tight final, the fourth seeds clawed past third seeds Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos 7-6(6), 7-6(3).

The British-New Zealand team rallied from a break down in the first set and held their nerve in both tie-breaks to earn their 22nd tour-level win of the season as a team after one hour and 57 minutes.

“We are feeling good. We are starting to make our moves,” Murray said. “We have both made adjustments and improvements in our games, which is helping the team. I think we have played a really good level in all the matches. We are really happy to win.”

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Earlier this season, Murray and Venus captured crowns in Dallas and Banja Luka. They will head to Roland Garros ninth in the Pepperstone ATP Live Doubles Teams Rankings.

“I think anytime you win a tournament is pretty special,” said Venus, who triumphed in Geneva with John Peers in 2021. “Any time you come back to a tournament that you have won you have good feelings, so it is always nice to come back to those tournaments.”

Granollers and Zeballos were aiming to win their eighth tour-level title together and first this season at the ATP 250 clay-court event. The Spanish-Argentine pair did not drop a set en route to the final.