Mattek-Sands, Safarova win US Open women's doubles
NEW YORK: Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Safarova won their third Grand Slam women's doubles title on Sunday (Sep 11) with a 2-6, 7-6 (7/5), 6-4 win over French top seeds Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic.
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| Bethanie Mattek-Sands (R) of USA and Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic celebrate with the trophy after defeating Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic of France with a score of 2-6, 7-6, 6-4 in the women's doubles final of the 2016 US Open. (Alex Goodlett/Getty Images/AFP) |
Mattek-Sands of the United States and Czech partner Safarova also won the Australian Open and Roland Garros titles in 2015.
The French team were looking to add the New York trophy to their victory at the French Open in June.
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