US Open mixed doubles: Emma Raducanu and Jack Draper to face each other in New York
The British number Emma Raducanu and Jack Draper will meet each other at the newly -looking US open -mixed couples in New York this week.
22 -year -old Raducanu is partners with Grand Slam Champion Carlos Alcaraz five times, while 23 -year -old Draper will play with his original partners Tommy Paul and Paula Badosa after both withdrawn with the American Jessica Pegula.
The organizers announced that the single couples competition would be an independent event before starting on August 24th on August 19-20 and was heavily criticized in February.
16 couples will compete for $ 1 million (£ 749,077) in Flushing Meadows.
Raducanu and Spanish Alcaraz, who won the US open title in 2021, made an introduction to the two -day tournament.
Before the event, 22 -year -old Alcaraz seizes Jannik Sinner’s number one for the fourth time this season in the final of Cincinnati Open in Ohio on Monday.
The 24 -year -old Italian Sinner, a joker, was also re -matched with Czech Katerina Carinova after the withdrawal of his partner American Emma Navarro.
Meanwhile, Draper and Pegula were directly qualified and the best insemination were given, because both players are in the top five in the single ranking.
The first two rounds will take place on Tuesday and the semi -finals and the final will be played on Wednesday.
Only four games will be requested to win a set in the matches before the final, the score without advantage (you will need four points to win a game) and 10 -point match breaks instead of a third set.
