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Murray, Mattek-Sands captures 2nd straight US Open mixed doubles title

Britain’s Jamie Murray and Bethanie Mattek-Sands of the United States successfully defended their mixed doubles title after they defeated top seeds Chan Hao-Ching and Michael Venus, 6-2, 6-3.

Murray and Mattek-Sands became the first mixed doubles duo to win back-to-back US Open titles since South African Kevin Curran and American Anne Smith in 1981 and 1982, an Agence France-Press report said.

Murray won the 2017 US Open mixed doubles crown with Martina Hingis, making him the first player to win three US Open mixed doubles titles in a row since Australia’s Neale Fraser from 1958-1960.

“We played amazing the whole two weeks, especially the semi-fianls and finals,” Murray said in the report. “I’ve always had fun on the court. Really happy to win again.”

Murray and Mattek, thus, brought home the $160,000 (Dh587,680) top prize.

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