NEW YORK -- Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario and Jared Palmer won the first
championship at the U.S. Open on Thursday, capturing the mixed doubles title
with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Anna Kournikova and Max Mirnyi.
Sanchez-Vicario and Palmer, the second-seeded team, played together for the
first time at the Open.
"I think the key to the whole week was Arantxa returned serves so well,"
Palmer said. "Arantxa is such a good returner I was able to do some stuff up
at the net."
"I try to help as much as I can," Sanchez-Vicario said. "Jared gave me a
lot of confidence. I feel comfortable playing with him."
They won the first prize of $126,000, while the fourth seeded team of
Kournikova and Mirnyi won $63,000. Kournikova and Mirnyi upset the top-seeded
team of Rennae Stubbs and Todd Woodbridge in the semifinals.
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