Joe Salisbury took his fifth Grand Slam title on Friday and the bragging rights over Davis Cup team-mate Neal Skupski when he successfully defended his US Open trophy.
And thrown into the bargain was the retention of Salisbury’s status as the world’s number one doubles player, which had been threatened by the 32 year-old from Liverpool.
Accompanied by American partner Rajeev Ram, the Londoner beat second seeds Skupski and Dutch team-mate Wesley Koolhof 7-6 7-5 in one hour and 55 minutes.
The first match on before the men’s semi-finals, it was a close affair which was just shaded by the more established duo when Skupski had his serve broken as a second tiebreak loomed.