Purson had a solid start to the second set, but their ability to close things out became further tested toward the end of the match. J. Thompson might have started the set with a forehand return ace to set themselves ahead, but Krapuetz still held their serves to 2-1. Purson only got their break of serve at the end of the fifth game (3-2) thanks to their deep return to the tenth seeds' failed volley after J. Thompson's working smash created their break point. They then swiftly consolidated their lead to 4-2.
M. Purcell continued with a forehand return ace to set themselves a point ahead in the ninth game before somehow having 2 match points in return, but Krapuetz's intuitive volleys saved them before they scored a massive hold to 5-4. Somehow, M. Purcell's failed smash succeeded his double fault at the game that started with his forehand error for Krapuetz to break back to 5-5, where the German pair became more aggressive. A point construction using almost every angle then topped off the next game, where M. Purcell's successful smash was followed by T. Puetz's forehand error as he tried to retrieve the ball from the post, thus creating Purson's break point. However, Krapuetz saved them before holding their serves to 6-5.
Nonetheless, the second set tie-break became inevitable after J. Thompson held his serves for Purson to 6-6. There, K. Krawietz fired a working volley to secure Krapuetz's lead to 2-1 before holding their serves with an unreturned serve to 3-1, M. Purcell scored a crucial forehand return winner to equalize the point 3-2, followed by another return serve to 3-3. Two points later, a double fault from K. Krawietz had Purson led by a mini-break (5-4) before an unreturned serve confirmed their service game hold to 6-4. M. Purcell's ace clinched the championship perfectly for the Australian seventh seed, taking the second set 7-6(4) for their maiden Grand Slam title as a pair.
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Krapuetz tried their best to increase their aggression toward the end of the second set, which fumbled Purson's match points on return before being able to break back. However, Purson regained that pace and anticipation that carried them from the beginning of the match in time during the tie-breaker, as they shifted the moment through M. Purcell's forehand return ace before finally serving it out moments after K. Krawietz's double fault. This way, even if both pairs had an equal ratio of winners-unforced errors (+11), Krapuetz scored more shot winners (29), while Purson committed more unforced errors (15).
Besides, first serves also played a huge part for the Australian pair to prevail at the end of the match. Even though they landed 67% of their first serves, they won 78% of their first serve points, 9% more than Krapuetz, whereas the German pair's second serves were capitalized on by the seventh seeds to strike the ball slightly more cleanly as the match went deeper even if Purson blown the earlier opportunity to serve for the match.
This marked M. Purcell/J. Thompson's maiden Grand Slam title as a pair after becoming the Wimbledon Championships runner-up not long ago, their fourth Tour-level title as a pair as well. Furthermore, this was also M. Purcell's second Grand Slam doubles title after Wimbledon 2022 (with Matthew Ebden), establishing themselves as one of the pairs likely finishing in the Top 8 at the end of the season. What a way to seal this as well!
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