Melo relived that run as he partnered with Ivan Dodig to strike it ninth time lucky after previously reaching the Quarter-Finals twice in his eight years prior.

“To be winning there in front of many Brazilians there for my first Grand Slam, I was on another planet,” Melo told ATPTour.com. “I was very happy. That was very special for me.”

“The Bryans stopped me a couple times before and after [that match] in finals. To play against them, we were losing a set and a break down. They were playing at a very high level in that moment,” Melo said. “To beat them in the final to win my first Grand Slam, this was huge for us here in Brazil as well because everyone knows how big the Bryans are for doubles.”

“Sometimes you dream about it, but you don’t actually know how it is after,” Melo continued. “When I came back I started to process actually what I had done.”