Carlos Alcaraz on revamped U.S. Open mixed doubles event
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There's a $1 million prize and big names for 2025 US Open mixed doubles. Why are some people upset?
Grand Slam singles champions such as Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz, Iga Swiatek and Madison Keys will be playing for extra money — $1 million to the winning duo — and trying to get their hands on a trophy in the U.
The US Open Mixed Doubles Championship finally introduced the revamp of the mixed doubles category on Tuesday. Thereby, stars collided and a new format was exhibited. However, can the tournament be declared a hit?
The new event wanted to use singles stars to put mixed doubles on a pedestal. Two masters of the discipline have stolen the show.
The No. 1-ranked Sinner, the defending champion in singles at Flushing Meadows, was supposed to compete in mixed doubles with Katerina Siniakova.
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'Genius idea' or 'farce': New US Open mixed doubles format polarizes
Carlos Alcaraz, Novak Djokovic and Alexander Zverev are set to play along with Iga Swiatek and 45-year-old veteran Venus Williams when the US Open mixed doubles takes centre stage like never before. Instead of being crammed in amid the singles and doubles matches at the main draw event,
In the U.S. Open, the format is being redesigned as a popularity contest engineered to generate buzz.
Williams is a longtime resident of Palm Beach Gardens while Opelka has lived in the Delray Beach/Boca Raton area since he was a teenager.
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