Overview

• The 16-team draw opens at 11 a.m. ET today on Arthur Ashe and Louis Armstrong, with semifinals and the final set for Wednesday at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN2, and day-one coverage across ESPN2, ESPNews and ESPN+.
• Top seeds Jessica Pegula and Jack Draper face Emma Raducanu and Carlos Alcaraz in round one, with other marquee pairings including Novak Djokovic/Olga Danilovic, Iga Swiatek/Casper Ruud, Jannik Sinner/Katerina Siniakova, Elena Rybakina/Taylor Fritz and defending champions Sara Errani/Andrea Vavassori as wildcards.
• Matches through the semifinals use short sets to four games with no-ad scoring and a 10-point match tiebreak at one set apiece, while the final uses six-game sets with the same tiebreak rule.
• Fan demand is strong, with a sellout expected in Arthur Ashe and secondary-market listings topping $500 for Wednesday night’s session, according to Reuters.
• The overhaul has drawn criticism from doubles specialists as unfair, while organizers point to fan engagement, a field built via eight direct entries and eight wildcards, re-pairings after late withdrawals (including Sinner/Siniakova and Musetti/McNally) and note Sinner is scheduled to play a day after illness forced him out of the Cincinnati final.