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2023
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"Maiden" victory in US Open doubles for Stefanos and Petros Tsitsipas

Stefanos and Petros Tsitsipas achieved a historic victory in the US Open doubles, first at the New York tournament and second at the Grand Slam level.
Stefanos and Petros Tsitsipas achieved a historic victory in the US Open doubles, first at the New York tournament and second at the Grand Slam level.

The 2 brothers prevailed 7-6(2), 6-4 over Reyes-Varela and Vega Hernandez, after one hour and 34 minutes, securing the "ticket" for the 2nd round of the tournament.

For the leading tennis player of all time in Greece, it was the second victory in the doubles of the US Open, after the one in 2018, with Dusan Lajovic as a partner at the time (they had defeated Cameron Nori and Diego Schwartzman).

The Greek tennis players will face in the next phase either the Spaniards Roberto Karveyes Baena and Bernaves Thapata Mirages or Ivan Dodig and Austin Krajicek (no. 2 of the table).