Top-seed draper and Pegula Off All-Star Raducanu-Alcaraz pairing on the first day Open Mischmind

Despite the chemistry between Emma Raducanu and Carlos Alcaraz, the couple could not hold the top seeds on an entertaining first day of the event Mixed Double Doubles from US Open Mixed Double.

The couple of former US Open Champions received a huge jubilation from the busy Arthur Ashe Stadium when they went out, and smiled and joked through their first round with the revised and splitting mixed event.

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But Draper and Pegula proved to be too strong and won 4: 2, 4: 2 after they were broken early in both sets in the cut format. In the second set, Raducanu was a pressure of the pressure to 3: 2 and fell 15: 40 down before checking in two fine services before taking the game at the decisive point.

The match improved in quality when the brand new pairings settled, but they were draper and Pegula who formed a smoother partnership. The Brit in particular was endangered and moved perfectly around the place and sealed the game with a forehand winner of the Down-The-Line forego.

The top seeds continued to move smoothly through the draw and defeated Mirra Andreeva and Daniil Medwedev 4-1 on Tuesday after the latter two sent Olga Danilovic and Novak Djokovic 4: 2, 5: 3 in the last round of 16 game.

The new look has been controversial since it was founded. Double players, including the defense of Champions Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori das only established mixed double couple in the draw, who spoke out a feeling of injustice about how the specialists were excluded in favor of singles stars.

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But the opening round of the games seemed to be well received by the New York crowd. The spectators flocked to the two exhibition courts Arthur Ashe and Louis Armstrong in their droves and drove home loudly, including Venus Williams and Reilly Opelka.

And some pairings – despite the lack of preparation time – managed to get to court quickly. Lorenzo Musetti and Caty McNally, the latter a later replacement for the Cincinnati finalist Jasmine Paolini, Naomi Osaka and Gael Monfils overcame 5: 3, 4: 2. The two-time Grand Slam double finalist McNally only got the call to play on Sunday evening, but the couple looked a real strength together.

Karolina Muchova’s skill and court vehicle combined brilliantly to Andrey Rublev’s firepower when they equip Williams and Opelka and won 4: 2, 5: 4 in their opener, and the third seed IGA Swiatek-Weniger than 24 hours after their triumphs in Cincinnati-and Casper, 4-1. The third seeds then beat McNally and Musetti as the first team in the last four.

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But the specialists showed everyone how it was done: the defense of Champions Errani and Vavassori took 40 minutes to send the second seeds Elena Rybakina and Taylor Fritz with 4: 2 and 4: 2. “We played for the double teams who couldn’t be here,” said Vavassori afterwards.

They then overwhelmed a spirited challenge from the improved team from Muchova and Rublev to book their place in the semi-finals and 4: 1, 5-4 (7-4) with calls from “Forza!” To secure profits. how important this was for the couple.

Later double women No. 1 Taylor Townsend and Ben Shelton The fourth seeds Amanda Anisimova and Holger Rune with 4: 2, 5: 4 (7: 2) and booked a quarter -finals against the alternative couple by Danielle Collins and Christian Harrison, who replace Jannik Sinner and Katerina Siniakova. In the last quarter-finals, Collins and Harrison defeated Townsend and Shelton 4: 1, 5: 4 (7-2).

The semi -finals and the final will follow on Wednesday evening. The fast -moving and extremely condensed format gave the players little time to recover between the games, with Andreeva and Medvedev only have to cool down between their first round and the quarter -finals.