Hingis-Murray win mixed doubles title
Top seeds Jamie Murray of Britain and Swiss Miss Martina Hingis won their second successive Grand Slam mixed doubles tennis title with a 6-1, 4-6, 10-8 victory over Michael Venus of New Zealand and Chinese Taipei\'s Chan Hao-Ching in the final.
New York: Top seeds Jamie Murray of Britain and Swiss Miss Martina Hingis won their second successive Grand Slam mixed doubles tennis title with a 6-1, 4-6, 10-8 victory over Michael Venus of New Zealand and Chinese Taipei's Chan Hao-Ching in the final.
Murray and Hingis had already won Wimbledon in July while Saturday's triumph took their record as a team to a perfect 10-0.
"With the super tie-breaker, we know how to play the opponents," said Hingis, who was celebrating the 20th anniversary of her singles win in New York as a 16-year-old.
"We had a great first set, second, we let go a little bit, but in the super tie-breaker, I know we can still lift it up and play great tennis," she added.
Hingis and Murray said they are ready to play the Australian Open together next year."It's a great opportunity for me to compete with Martina. She's such a great player, a huge champion of the game," he said.
Hingis, a former world number one singles player who won the U.S. Open title 20 years ago, praised her partner, who is the brother of world number two Andy Murray.
"He`s a great partner to have. His wings pan as you saw at the end," she said, referring to Murray`s reaching overhead smash that ended the tight tie breaker to cap off the hour-long contest.
