pItalians Sara Errani and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andrea-vavassori/va08/overview'Andrea Vavassori/a capped a dream run to the mixed doubles title Thursday at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview'US Open/a, where the third seeds overcame home hopes Taylor Townsend and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/donald-young/y124/overview'Donald Young/a 7-6(0), 7-5 in the championship match./p
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Errani and Vavassori held their nerve in pressure moments, including a trade of breaks at the tail end of the opening set that forced a tie-break, during which they did not drop a point. When Townsend and Young served to stay in the match at 5-6 in the second set, Errani and Vavassori jumped to 0/40 lead and converted their third match point./p
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The 35-year-old Young, who reached a career-high No. 38 in the PIF ATP Rankings in 2012, was competing in his final professional tournament./p
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Errani and Vavassori survived a difficult path en route to becoming the third Italian duo to win a major title in mixed doubles and first since 1986. They began the tournament by fending off a match point against a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/robert-galloway/g09v/overview'Robert Galloway/a and Shelby Rogers. In the quarter-finals, Errani and Vavassori downed Hsieh Su-Wei and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jan-zielinski/z423/overview'Jan Zielinski/a, who were chasing their third major mixed doubles title of the year (a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/australian-open/580/overview'Australian Open/a, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a)./p
p"It's very special. It's a dream come true for me," Vavassori said. "Being with Sara, an amazing person, an amazing player. I always watch her during her career. It was amazing to play with her at a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a and the Olympics this year... We did it. We won a Grand Slam! It's amazing."/p
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Vavassori, No. 9 in the PIF ATP Doubles Rankings, partnered a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/simone-bolelli/ba98/overview'Simone Bolelli/a to reach the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/australian-open/580/overview'Australian Open/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/roland-garros/520/overview'Roland Garros/a final this season. The Flushing Meadows mixed doubles title marks his first major crown./p
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Errani last month teamed Jasmine Paolini to claim the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/paris/96/2024/results'Paris Olympics/a gold medal in womenrsquo;s doubles. A five-time major champion in womenrsquo;s doubles, Errani was competing in her first mixed doubles major final./p
pldquo;This is so special for me. Irsquo;ve never played mixed and to share this moment with Andrea is so special," Errani said. "I'm so happy. This is incredible for me. This year, it's amazing."/p
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