New York: Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Jamie Murray have successfully defended their U.S. Open mixed doubles title following a 6-2, 6-3 win over top seeds Chan Hao-ching and Michael Venus on Saturday.
Mattek-Sands and Murray are the first teams to defend a U.S. Open mixed doubles title since Kevin Curren and Anne Smith in 1981 and 1982.
"Winning the trophy again was really exciting. A great moment for us. Played a lot of good tennis over the fortnight. Really felt like I got things going with Neal, as well. Yeah, played a lot of good tennis. Unfortunate to not to quite sneak through in the semis...But really happy to come back a couple of days later and win mixed with Beth again," Bethanie Mattek-Sands said.
Murray became the first man in the Open era to win three straight mixed doubles titles in Flushing Meadows after starting the run in 2017 with Martina Hingis.
Murray won his fifth Grand Slam mixed doubles title and Mattek-Sands won her third.
