Overview

• Carlos Alcaraz and Emma Raducanu fell to top seeds Jessica Pegula and Jack Draper 4-2, 4-1, while Novak Djokovic and Olga Danilovic lost to Daniil Medvedev and Mirra Andreeva 4-2, 5-3.
• Iga Swiatek and Casper Ruud booked a semifinal against Pegula and Draper, with Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori set to face Christian Harrison and Danielle Collins in the other semifinal.
• The condensed tournament runs over two days in Arthur Ashe and Louis Armstrong stadiums, with octavos and cuartos completed Tuesday and both semifinals and the final on Wednesday.
• The redesigned format features a 16-team draw, sets to four games with no-ad scoring and a 10-point match tiebreak, with the final reverting to six-game sets.
• Doubles stalwarts including Sara Errani decried the selection process and reduced field as exclusionary, while tournament director Stacey Allaster insisted it remains a bona fide Grand Slam championship; Jannik Sinner withdrew from the mixed draw after his Cincinnati illness.