US Open: Czech duo Karolina Muchova and Jakub Mensik win mixed doubles championship and scoop cool $1m
Czech tennis players Karolina Muchova and Jakub Mensik won the US Open mixed doubles championship after a comeback victory against Belinda Bencic and Flavio Cobolli. The pair secured a $1 million prize following a tense match tie-break.
Why it matters
This victory highlights the rising profile of mixed doubles in professional tennis and the success of emerging talent on the global stage.
Czech duo Karolina Muchova and Jakub Mensik defeated Belinda Bencic and Flavio Cobolli 6-3 1-6 [10-6] to win the US Open mixed doubles championship and scoop the $1m grand prize on Wednesday night. <p>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.</p><p>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.</p><widget id="3"></widget><ul><li><a href="https://www.skysports.com/tennis/scores-schedule"><strong>Latest US Open scores and results</strong></a> 🎾</li><li><a href="https://qrcode.skysports.com/skysports/ContentPromo" target="_blank"><strong>Download Sky Sports app for analysis, news and video</strong></a> 📺</li><li><strong>Not got Sky?
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