NY Times · Sep 10, 2018
Doubles Team Fends Off Three Match Points and Earns First U.S. Open Title
CoCo Vandeweghe, left, and Ashleigh Barty won the U.S. Open title by beating the top two teams.Ashleigh Barty and CoCo Vandeweghe dropped a set, finally, but raised a trophy.
Even with a pursuit of United States Open perfection over early, Barty and Vandeweghe rallied to win the women’s doubles final on Sunday, beating Timea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic, 3-6, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (6), at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
“We’ve done everything kind of the way that we’ve wanted to,” Barty said. “Now we get the reward.”