Overview
- The USTA’s new mixed event runs Aug. 19–20 with 16 teams, shortened sets to four games, no-ad scoring, a match tiebreak, eight spots via singles ranking and eight wildcards, and $1 million to the champions.
- World No. 1 Jannik Sinner withdrew for health reasons a day after retiring in the Cincinnati final, and alternates Danielle Collins and Christian Harrison replaced Sinner/Katerina Siniakova and beat Alexander Zverev/Belinda Bencic 4:0, 5:3.
- Carlos Alcaraz and Emma Raducanu lost 2:4, 2:4 to Jack Draper and Jessica Pegula in the round of 16 less than 24 hours after Alcaraz’s Cincinnati title.
- Iga Swiatek and Casper Ruud advanced to the semifinals soon after arriving from Cincinnati, underscoring disparate recovery windows for players entering the New York showcase.
- Doubles figures including Laura Siegemund and Martina Navratilova criticized the selection rules as sidelining specialists, while USTA CEO Lew Sherr defended the star-driven concept as a way to spotlight top men and women together before singles begin on Aug. 24.