Murray/Soares Race To Acapulco Title

Top seeds Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares picked up their first ATP World Tour doubles title of 2017 on Saturday at Abierto Mexicano Telcel, racing to a 6-3, 6-3 victory over John Isner and Feliciano Lopez in Acapulco. 

Murray/Soares maintained control from the beginning, not facing a break point in the opening set and capturing the lone break to grab the early advantage. The second set was nearly identical, with the top seeds breaking Isner/Lopez at 4-3 and comfortably serving out the match to prevail in 62 minutes.

“We did well to win the first match this week (against Cilic/Mektic) because we were down for most of the Match Tie-break. But that’s what often happens in doubles. You squeeze through the first match and go on to win the tournament,” said Murray. “Today was a difficult match, a lot of good serving. We knew we weren’t going to get loads of chances, but we were able to take the ones we had.”

The British-Brazilian pair earned their fourth ATP World Tour doubles title as a team, having prevailed last year at the US Open, Australian Open and Apia International Sydney. They improved to 11-4 in 2017, also finishing runner-up in Sydney and recording semi-final showings at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open and Rio Open presented by Claro. Murray now has 17 ATP World Tour doubles titles and Soares has 24. Soares has enjoyed success before in Acapulco, finishing runner-up in 2011 (w/Melo) when the tournament was played on red clay. 

“I’ve played in Acapulco many times now and really like the conditions here,” said Soares. “We played some great tennis this week and now here we are with the trophy.” 

Lopez was seeking his first ATP World Tour doubles title since prevailing with Marc Lopez last year at Roland Garros, while Isner was aiming for his first doubles title since lifting the winner’s trophy with Jack Sock last October at the Shanghai Rolex Masters.

Murray/Soares receive 500 Emirates ATP Doubles Rankings points and split a cheque for $96,730. Isner/Lopez earn 250 Emirates ATP Doubles Rankings points and split $47,360.

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