Kazakhstan’s Anna Danilina and Finland’s Harri Heliovaara have gained the US Open combined doubles crown, the first-time companions defeating top-seeded Americans Jessica Pegula and Austin Krajicek 6-3 6-4.
The victorious pair got here collectively simply earlier than the event and rapidly clicked, each selecting up their first grand slam titles.
“I didn’t know you two weeks ago. Now I know you very well,” Heliovaara, a local of Finland who ranked within the high 10 of males’s doubles earlier this yr, informed Danilina within the trophy ceremony after Saturday’s ultimate at Flushing Meadows.
Danilina, who gained an NCAA title on the University of Florida in 2017, was in her second grand slam ultimate after she and Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia misplaced within the Australian Open ladies’s doubles ultimate final yr.
With members of the Kazakhstan tennis federation within the stands watching, Danilina and Heliovaara edged forward after they broke Krajicek’s serve for a 5-4 lead within the second set. Heliovaara served it out, leaping in celebration after the ultimate level.
Pegula and Krajicek missed out of their bid to change into the primary all-American crew to win the US Open combined doubles title since Melanie Oudin and Jack Sock in 2011.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
