Karolina Muchova and Jakub Mensik defeated Belinda Bencic and Flavio Cobolli to win US Open mixed double title.
According to Sky Sports, the Czech duo beat Bencic and Cobolli 6-3 1-6 [10-6] to win the US Open mixed doubles championship and scoop the $1m grand prize on Wednesday night, August 26.
Muchova and Mensik rallied from 3-0 and 8-5 down and then saved two match points to defeat Mirra Andreeva and Andrey Rublev in a thrilling contest 5-4 (8-6) 3-5 [11-9] to reach the final.
The all-Czech team, sported matching pink-top, maroon-bottom outfits, then delivered in the second-match tie-break against Indian Wells champions Bencic and Cobolli to win the title.
Karolina Muchova and Jakub Mensik matching fits
"The matching outfit made the difference for us," joked Muchova, who suffered a heart-breaking three-set defeat to Linda Noskova in the Wimbledon final last month. "No really, I wasn't expecting to be standing here. Thanks, Jakub, for carrying me through this event.”
"I wasn't really expecting to be standing here tonight. We came out just to have fun and enjoy these mixed doubles and now we are standing here. So, we did something right. I think this is a really good start to the US Open for all of us," she added.
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 knocked Serena Williams and Carlos Alcaraz out of the tournament Tuesday in the quarterfinals.
