The organization of the Grandslam tournament in New York has introduced the mixed double as a show part, prior to the main tournament. In a packed Arthur Ashe Stadium, US Open winners Alcaraz (2022) and Raducanu (2021) were the most striking duo in the singles that are finished in two days.
Fifth Matchpoint is hit for Jack Draper
However, Draper and Pegula had the best start, immediately took a break and won the first set (4-2), which goes to four games won in this setup. Alcaraz lost its storage in the second set. The Spanish-British couple worked three more match points on the Raducanu storage on 3-1, but Draper then finished it on the fifth match point.
The Italian tennis players Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori, who won the mixed double last year in the ‘normal set -up’, reached the semi -finals. The couple first won against Elena Rybakina from Kazakhstan and the American Taylor Fritz and then also from Andrey Rublev from Russia and Karolina Muchova from the Czech Republic.
The Polish Iga Swiatek and her Norwegian partner Casper Ruud also reached the semi-finals after victories over Madison Keys and Frances Tiafoe from the United States and the American-Italian Duo Caty McNally/Lorenzo Musetti.
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Eva Vedder and Anouk Koevermans below us open
Eva Vedder has not succeeded in reaching the second round of the qualifications for the US Open. The American Ayana Akli was too strong in two sets for the 25-year-old player from Kortenhoef: 7-5, 6-2.
Anouk Koevermans also stranded in the first round of the qualifying tournament. The 19th placed Australian Olivia Gadecki defeated the 21-year-old tennis star from Berkel and Rodenrijs in three sets: 3-6, 6-3, 6-1.
On the opening day of the qualifications, Jesper de Jong and Arantxa Rus had succeeded in reaching the second round. For Guy den Ouden, the adventure in New York finished after one match.