Overview

• Carlos Alcaraz and Emma Raducanu lost their debut 4-2, 4-1 to top seeds Jessica Pegula and Jack Draper on Arthur Ashe.
• Other marquee pairings fell in the first round, including Novak Djokovic with Olga Danilovic, Venus Williams with Reilly Opelka, and Naomi Osaka with Gael Monfils.
• The semifinals set for Wednesday pit Iga Swiatek and Casper Ruud against Pegula and Draper, and defending champions Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori against Americans Christian Harrison and Danielle Collins, with the final later the same day.
• The two-day event runs during Fan Week on Ashe and Louis Armstrong using shortened scoring—sets to four games, no-ad points, a 10-point match tiebreak—with the final reverting to six-game sets, and offers $1 million to the champions.
• Doubles specialists criticized the restricted field and format as undermining their discipline, while tournament director Stacey Allaster called it a true Grand Slam championship; Jannik Sinner withdrew from the mixed draw following his Cincinnati illness.