NEW YORK—John Peers had fallen short 31 times in Grand Slam mixed doubles tournaments before finding the perfect partner—right in his own country.
Peers and fellow Australian Storm Sanders won the U.S. Open title Saturday by rallying for a 4–6, 6–4, 10–7 victory over the team of Kirsten Flipkens and Edouard Roger-Vasselin.
Peers said he and Sanders already had been set with other partners the previous times they had discussed playing together, then decided to revisit the topic earlier this year.
“We sort of said a few months back, ‘Look, if we don’t do really well with a different partner, let’s try to do the U.S.,” Peers said. “We sort of held off. I said, ’Let’s hang off and see what happens.’”…