US Open 2021 - Joe Salisbury becomes first Brit to win two doubles titles at a Grand Slam with Desirae Krawczyk

ByDan Quarrell

Updated 11/09/2021 at 20:16 GMT

Britain's Joe Salisbury and American Desirae Krawczyk sealed the mixed doubles title at the 2021 US Open after they overcame Mexico's Giuliana Olmos and El Salvador's Marcelo Arevalo, 7-5 6-2, at Flushing Meadows. In so doing, Salisbury has become the first Brit to win two doubles titles at a Grand Slam after also taking the men's doubles crown.

Joe Salisbury has become the first Brit to win two doubles titles at a Grand Slam after he and Desirae Krawczyk clinched the mixed doubles crown at the US Open.

The 29-year-old and Krawczyk sealed a straight-sets, 7-5 6-2, win in Arthur Ashe Stadium as they overcame Mexico's Giuliana Olmos and El Salvador's Marcelo Arevalo at Flushing Meadows.

For Salisbury and Krawczyk it was yet another major after they triumphed at the French Open earlier this year, while the American also added the Wimbledon title alongside another Brit, Neal Skupski.

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The men's doubles final had already delivered a title for Salisbury and his other American partner, Rajeev Ram, after the pair came back from a set down to defeat Jamie Murray and Brazilian Bruno Soares in a deciding set, 3-6 6-2 6-2.

Salisbury, who now has four Grand Slam titles to his name, could not have been more delighted to secure another huge victory on the biggest stage.

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"It's been such an incredible couple of weeks," he said in his winning speech.

"It's been so much fun. To come away with two titles, I couldn't have even dreamt of that."

Thanks to Salisbury, Britain already has two titles in the doubles ahead of the headliner on Saturday night as 18-year-old Emma Raducanu takes on Leylah Fernandez in the women's singles final.

If that were not enough, Britain's Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid also completed a stunning and historic calendar Grand Slam in the men's wheelchair doubles on Saturday.

Raducanu became the first British woman to reach a Grand Slam singles final in 44 years at Flushing Meadows, and the teenager is on the verge of creating yet more history as a qualifier.

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