Soares, Makarova take US Open mixed doubles title

Brazil's Bruno Soares and Russia's Ekaterina Makarova captured the US Open mixed doubles title on Thursday by beating Czech Kveta Peschke and Poland's Marcin Matkowski 6-7 (8/10), 6-1, 12-10.

Soares became the first South American player to capture the title after runner-up efforts last year by Argentina's Gisela Dulko and Eduardo Schwank and by Argentina's Mercedes Paz and Pablo Albano in 1997.

Peschke settled for a runner-up spot for the second time in three years, having lost in the 2010 final alongside Pakistan's Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi.

Makarova ended the decisive tie-breaker with a baseline backhand that Peschke could only tap into the net after 89 minutes.