After his first-round win on the US Open Jakub Mensik stated joked that he hadn’t performed blended doubles since he was round 9 years previous. A day later, he fired an ace previous Flavio Cobolli to clinch the 2026 US Open blended doubles championship title.
Mensik and Karolina Muchova defeated Belinda Bencic and Flavio Cobolli 6-3, 1-6, 10-6 for the title simply earlier than midnight on Wednesday, capping the three-day match with their fourth win, and their third in a match tiebreak.
“I believe on the finish the matching outfits made the distinction for us,” Muchova stated, referring to the pair’s burgundy-colored matching Adidas kits. “We got here out simply having enjoyable at blended doubles, now we’re standing right here with the trophy.”
“It was such nice enjoyable,” Mensik stated. “It was wonderful to play and begin the US Open like this. It’s actually nice preparation for all of us.”
The Czechs saved two match factors within the semifinal in opposition to Andrey Rublev and Mirra Andreeva, rallying from 9-7 within the match tiebreak.
Towards Bencic and Cobolli the Czechs pulled away within the match tiebreak after shedding a lopsided center set.
“Belinda, you’re a present,” Cobolli stated. “I like to play with you. I want you good luck for the match, you should win a Grand Slam sometime.”
“It was a completely mesmerizing ambiance,” Bencic stated. “The format actually works.”
