Andy Murray and Rafael Nadal relish Hamburg wins

Jamie Murray has bounced back from his Wimbledon doubles disappointment with a win in the Hamburg Open.

Spains Rafael Nadal celebrates his mens singles victory in the Hamburg Open against Fabio Fognini of Italy. Picture: AP

Murray and doubles partner John Peers secured the title after a hard-fought victory over Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah in the final.

Wimbledon runners-up Murray and Peers lost the opening set to the Colombian duo but rallied to take the victory 2-6, 6-3, 10-8.

To reach the final, the British and Australian pair beat Florian Mayer and Jiri Vesely and Frank Moser and Jan Lennard Struff in straight sets before being handed a walkover in the semi-finals.

Jamie’s brother Andy tweeted his congratulations after the match, saying: “Well done to my big Bro Jamie Murray and John Peers on another title today! Good to boost confidence before I destroy it in fantasy footie.”

Meanwhile, top-seeded Rafael Nadal overcame some sloppy play yesterday on his beloved clay to beat Fabio Fognini 7-5, 7-5 and win the Hamburg men’s singles title for the second time.

Nadal squandered a 3-1 lead in the final set and saved two set points before prevailing in two hours and 34 minutes over the eighth-seeded Italian and the 2013 Hamburg winner.

“It was a great match, many great points, many breaks, we fought hard,” Nadal said. “I had many ups and downs.”

Former top-ranked Nadal extended his run of having won at least one European clay-court title every year since 2004 when he took his maiden crown in Sopot, Poland.

“It’s an important title for me,” Nadal said.

Nadal now has 47 clay-court titles, second to Guillermo Vilas’ 49. It was Nadal’s second title on clay this year after Buenos Aires in February. The Spaniard has 67 career titles overall. Nadal won in Hamburg in 2008.

Fognini was trying to become the first player to beat Nadal three times on clay in a year. With six losses this year, Nadal has as many defeats on clay as in three previous years combined. The two players traded breaks in the first four games and Nadal saved one break-point to hold for 6-5. Fognini then saved three break-points before Nadal clinched the set with a forehand return.

Nadal served for a 4-1 lead in the second but Fognini turned the match before wasting two set points in the 10th game. Nadal again had to save two break points before going 6-5 up. Two successive forehand errors by Fognini gave Nadal the match in the next game.

Elsewhere, Dominic Thiem beat top seed David Goffin in the final of the Swiss Open to win his third ATP World Tour event of the year.

The 21-year-old Austrian, who is now closing in on a place in the top 20, made it back-to-back successes as he followed up on his victory at the Croatia Open with a 7-5, 6-2 win over Goffin.