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08/26 23:02 CDT Karolina Muchova and Jakub Mensik win the US Open mixed doubles
championship
Karolina Muchova and Jakub Mensik win the US Open mixed doubles championship
By BRIAN MAHONEY
AP Sports Writer
NEW YORK (AP) --- Karolina Muchova and Jakub Mensik won the U.S. Open mixed
doubles title on Wednesday night, beating Belinda Bencic and Flavio Cobolli
6-3, 1-6 (10-6).
The Czech duo pulled out match tiebreakers in both matches on the second night
of the two-day event, helped by Mensik's powerful serve combined with some good
hands near the net. He put away the final with an ace to earn $1 million for
him and Muchova to share.
They were a point from losing in the semifinals, erasing two match points and
running off the final four to edge Mirra Andreeva and Andrey Rublev 5-4 (6),
3-5 (11-9).
The final was the only match of the tournament that resembled a regular match,
with standard sets to six games and a tiebreaker at 6-all. Through the first
three rounds, sets were to four games, with a tiebreaker at 4-all.
Bencic and Cobolli rallied to end the run of spouses Elina Svitolina and Gael
Monfils in the first semifinal with a 4-5 (7), 4-1 (10-5) victory.
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