US Open: Czech duo Karolina Muchova and Jakub Mensik win mixed doubles championship and scoop cool $1m

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? </strong><a href="https://www.sky.com/tv/sports?dcmp=Ilc_skysports_nc_articlelink" target="_blank"><strong>Latest Sky Sports deals</strong></a><strong> or </strong><a href="http://www.nowtv.com/membership/watch-sky-sports?DCMP=ilc_skysports_nc_articlelink" target="_blank"><strong>stream with no contract on NOW</strong></a>📱</li></ul><p>"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.</p><p>"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."</p><p>"I think this is a ⁠really good start to the US Open for all of us," she added.</p><h3>How Czech mates Muchova and Mensik won the title...</h3> <widget id="4"></widget><p>Muchova and Mensik got off to a fast start ​on Arthur Ashe Stadium, with the hard-serving Mensik hammering an ace past Bencic on set point to claim the opener ​in less than 30 minutes.</p><p>Bencic drilled a return winner to ‌break serve for a 3-1 lead in the second, and the Swiss star later levelled the ​match when her forehand clipped the net cord and skipped beyond Muchova.</p><p>In the deciding 10-point match tie-break, Mensik's big serve and sharp work at ​the net helped the Czechs seize control.</p><p>The 20-year-old put away ⁠a firm volley to open an 8-4 ⁠lead before Muchova produced her best serve of the match to bring up championship points.</p><p>Mensik sealed the victory ‌with a 131-mph ace, leaping in celebration after clinching the first trophy of the season's final Grand Slam.</p><p>In addition to Andreeva and Rublev, the champions defeated the pairings of Kristina Mladenovic and Marcelo Arevalo in the first round and Emma Navarro and Tommy Paul in the quarter-finals.</p><h3>End of the road for Mr and Mrs Monfils</h3> <widget id="1"></widget><p>Bencic and Cobolli battled back to end the run of husband and wife duo Gael Monfils and Elina Svitolina 4-5 (7-9) 4-1 [10-5] and make the final.</p><p>Swiss star Bencic and Italian Cobolli continued their superb form having knocked Serena Williams and Carlos Alcaraz out of the tournament in the quarter-finals.</p> <widget id="2"></widget><p>They dropped a set for the first time in the tournament, but began to dominate midway through the second set, winning the final 11 points to force a match tie-breaker which they romped away with.</p><p>For former Olympic champion Bencic it was a maiden Grand Slam final at senior level.</p><p>"I think we just tried to play more brave," Bencic said. "We just really tried to enjoy and believe."</p><p>The 16-team star-studded mixed doubles draw began on Tuesday in the ⁠second year of the tournament's revamped format, which ​featured leading singles players and is aimed at drawing bigger crowds ​in the week before the singles main draw.</p><p>Outside of the final, sets were played to only four games. Games were played with no ads and decisive third sets were played as 10-point tie-breakers.</p><p><strong>The US Open is live on Sky Sports from August 30. </strong><a href="http://www.nowtv.com/membership/watch-sky-sports?DCMP=ilc_skysports_nc_articlelink" target="_blank"><strong>Stream tennis with no contract on NOW</strong></a> <strong>and the <a href="https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11677/12572660/download-the-sky-sports-app-premier-league-goals-f1-race-control-and-more-at-your-fingertips">Sky Sports App</a>. You can also watch the Laver Cup at The O2 in London from 25-27 September live on Sky Sports. </strong></p>