After she ruptured her patella tendon last year at Wimbledon, unmooring her right kneecap, Bethanie Mattek-Sands was hopeful that she would someday be able to flex her knee again, never mind think about winning another Grand Slam title.
“If I thought about holding a U.S. Open trophy last year, I would have been discouraged,” Mattek-Sands said.
Step-by-step, she recovered. And on Saturday, she got that trophy.
Mattek-Sands and Jamie Murray rallied to beat Alicja Rosolska and Nikola Mektic, 2-6, 6-3, 11-9, and win the United States Open mixed doubles title.
Murray won his second consecutive U.