{"id":441426,"date":"2026-01-29T19:09:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T19:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/441426\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T19:09:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T19:09:12","slug":"gbs-skupski-reaches-melbourne-mens-doubles-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/441426\/","title":{"rendered":"GB’s Skupski reaches Melbourne men’s doubles final"},"content":{"rendered":"

Great Britain’s Neal Skupski and new American partner Christian Harrison are through to the final of the men’s doubles at the Australian Open.<\/p>\n

Skupski and Harrison, who are the sixth seeds and are playing together at a Grand Slam for the first time, defeated third seeds Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos 6-3 7-6 (9-7).<\/p>\n

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Skupski, 36, played alongside fellow Briton Joe Salisbury in all four Grand Slams in 2025. The Spanish-Argentine pair ended their hopes of success in the French Open final, Wimbledon quarter-finals and US Open final.<\/p>\n

Salisbury announced at the end of last season that he was taking a break from tennis because of anxiety<\/a> and Skupski’s new partnership has immediately yielded another Grand Slam final appearance.<\/p>\n

He told BBC Radio 5 Live: “There weren’t really many players around because a lot of doubles guys stick together.<\/p>\n

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“I landed on Christian, who I actually thought played the same side as me but he actually wanted to play on the deuce side, so that worked out.<\/p>\n

“We’re very happy with how it’s going so far. No matter what happens on Saturday, we’ll take a lot of confidence and it would be nice to walk away with a trophy.”<\/p>\n

Skupski and Harrison will face Jason Kubler and Marc Polmans in the final, after the Australian wildcards beat Britain’s Luke Johnson and Poland’s Jan Zielinski 6-2 3-6 6-3.<\/p>\n

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Skupski said he had been in recent contact with Salisbury, adding: “He’s definitely been travelling quite a bit, he’s been to South Africa and he’s been skiing for a couple of weeks.<\/p>\n

“He got engaged so that’s incredible news.<\/p>\n

“He’s feeling great and he said he was thinking of coming back around Monte Carlo time [in April].<\/p>\n

“We speak a little bit but not too much. I didn’t want to keep pestering him and just wanted to make sure he is taking time away and not thinking too much about tennis at the moment.<\/p>\n

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“When he’s right, hopefully we can touch base together and hopefully he can come back and play great tennis.”<\/p>\n

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