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HIGHLIGHTS-Tennis-Day 13 at the U.S. Open

Sept 10 (Reuters) - Latest news from the 13th day of the U.S. Open tennis championships on Saturday (all times GMT): 2225 KERBER CLINCHES WOMEN'S TITLE Women's second seed Angelique Kerber fought back from a break down in the third set to beat 10th-seeded Czech Karolina Pliskova 6-3 4-6 6-4 to win the U.S. Open final. The German clinched her second grand slam of the year, after winning the 2016 Australian Open. 1745 MURRAY AND SOARES TRIUMPH IN MEN'S DOUBLES Men's doubles fourth seeds Jamie Murray of Britain and Brazil's Bruno Soares beat the Spanish duo of Pablo Carreno Busta and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-2 6-3 in the final. Murray and Soares also triumphed in the 2016 Australian Open. 1600 PLAY GETS UNDERWAY ON MAIN SHOWCOURTS The men's doubles final kick started play at the Arthur Ashe Stadium on the 13th day of the U.S. Open on a bright day at Flushing Meadows. READ MORE Djokovic/Wawrinka big-game talents in US Open final Murray and Soares sweep to U.S. Open doubles title 'Tired' Nishikori takes positives out of Open despite loss Wawrinka tops Nishikori to reach final v Djokovic Tortured artist Monfils searches for grand slam masterpiece ORDER OF PLAY (PREFIX DENOTES SEEDING) ARTHUR ASHE STADIUM Men's doubles final (Play starts at 1600 GMT/12 PM ET) 4-Jamie Murray (Britain) and Bruno Soares (Brazil) v Pablo Carreno Busta (Spain) and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spain) Not before 2000 GMT/4PM ET Women's singles final 10-Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) v 2-Angelique Kerber (Germany) (Compiled by Nivedita Shankar in Bengaluru; Editing by Andrew Both)