With the win, Mattek-Sands and Safarova close in on a career doubles grand slam, having hoisted trophies at the Australian and French Open previous year.
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Image: Sep 11, 2016; New York, NY, USA; Bethanie Mattek-Sands of the United States and Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic with the championship trophy after the win against Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic of France in the championship match on day fourteen of the 2016 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
The No 12 seeds were on court for just over two hours in posting a 2-6 7-6 (7-5) 6-4 victory.
The call for the trainer came with Djokovic down 2 sets to 1 to Stan Wawrinka down 1-3 in the fourth set, and came after he appeared to gripping at his legs and grimacing, as if he had cramps.
Caroline Garcia, of France, lower right, slaps hands with Kristina Mladenovic, of France, after scoring a point against Lucie Safarova, of the Czech Republic, left, and Bethanie Mattek-Sands, of the United States, during the. Wawrinka complained about the 6-minute break, and Djokovic looked over and apologized.
At one point, Djokovic turned to Wawrinka as he as receiving treatment and said, “Sorry man, couldn’t stand”. He’s won the last 10 tournament finals he’s contested.
Stan Wawrinka is one set from winning the U.S. Open against top-ranked Novak Djokovic.
He is 3-0 in Grand Slam finals, beating the No. 1-ranked player each time. The third-seeded Wawrinka broke Djokovic’s serve in the final game for the second straight set.
Consider this: Djokovic had been 51-0 in U.S. Open matches, and 53-2 in all finals, when taking the first set.
The two-time major champ won the second set 6-4 after Djokovic won the first in a tiebreaker. This time, though, the thick-chested Wawrinka eventually began bullying Djokovic from the baseline, not only with his best-in-the-game one-handed backhand, but off both wings.
Novak Djokovic has won the first set of the U.S. Open final against Stan Wawrinka in a tiebreaker.
The experienced Mattek-Sands and Safarova pounced on their sudden opportunity and took the second set in a tie-break, later holding on for dear life themselves when it came time to close out their third major win as a team.
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“But that’s what good friends and partner do”, Mattek-Sands continued.
Mattek-Sands said adding a Wimbledon title was not on her mind right now.
An overjoyed Mattek-Sands said: “To have this result here has been fantastic”.
Caroline Garcia, of France, lower right, slaps hands with Kristina Mladenovic, of France, after scoring a point against Lucie Safarova, of the Czech Republic, left, and Bethanie Mattek-Sands, of the United States, during the.
In the second set, the French duo served for the match at 5-4, only to be broken to love.
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When they resumed, Djokovic earned three break points, but Wawrinka held for 4-1.
