Brazil’s Soares wins two Grand Slam titles on same day

Bruno Soares and Elena Vesnina talk to the press following their Mixed Doubles Championship win at the 2016 Australian Open. No worries, he won them both.

Vesnina grabs her first mixed doubles title after playing in two previous finals at Wimbledon in 2011 and 2012.

Coco Vandeweghe of the United States addresses the crowd with her partner Horia Tecau, right, of Romania after finishing runner-up to Elena Vesnina of Russian Federation and Bruno Soares of Brazil in the mixed doubles final at the Australi…

“This is my bread and butter”, Murray said after joining forces with Bruno Soares to beat Daniel Nestor and Radek Stepanek 2-6, 6-4, 7-5.

STAT OF THE DAY: 6: number of Australian Open titles won by Djokovic in 6 trips to the final. Murray and Soares are proving a formidable combination thanks to the former’s excellence at the net and the latter’s power at the back of the court. “So I had 22 coffees already”.

Vesnina interjected, laughing: “I got a (text) message from him at 4:30 a.m., ‘Im ready, partner.”.

“If you ask me, ‘are you guys going to win your first slam right away?’ I would be a bit surprised with that”. “I saw Andy and Jamie in the locker room just after my match and I got a big congratulations from them”.

Vesnina and Soares fell behind 3-0 in the tiebreaker before coming back to take a 6-3 lead.

The 43-year-old Nestor and 37-year-old Stepanek, who also teamed together two weeks before the start of the Australian Open, have 10 doubles Grand Slam titles between them. My first men’s doubles.

“Andy you should be in bed, I don’t know why you’re here taking photos”, Jamie Murray said during his trophy presentation speech.

Soares concluded by saying he hopes his recent achievement will ignite Brazil’s passion for the sport of tennis. “They’ve been knocking on the door for several Grand Slam finals”. “It just gets even more incredible when things like that happen”. Williams won the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon titles in 2015 before losing to Roberta Vinci in the U.S. Open semifinals.

“I was absolutely thrilled”, Smith said of Murray’s achievement.

After Alcott collected his trophy following his 6-2, 6-2 win over Wagner, Djokovic stopped his practice session on Rod Laver Arena to pose with Alcott on two occasions, putting his arm around Alcott and smiling for the cameras.

“We’re famous for hosting well, for being welcoming”. “For me, the Grand Slam men’s doubles, that is going to be the pinnacle of my career, other than Davis Cup obviously”. We’re very warm country.