Just before the men’s and women’s singles and doubles began, US Open organisers hailed the success of their revamped mixed doubles event – which featured some of the planet's biggest singles stars but had pointedly snubbed specialist doubles teams.

The winners of the men's and women's singles titles at the US Open tennis tournament will each receive $5 million, up from $3.6 million in 2024.

Jack Draper narrowly missed out on an appearance in the new-look US Open mixed doubles final. Draper and American Jessica Pegula went into the event, played for the first time in the week before the main tournament, as the top seeds and eased through to the last four on Tuesday, including beating Emma Raducanu and Carlos Alcaraz in the first round.

The much-talked-about pairing of Emma Raducanu and Carlos Alcaraz fell to an early exit in the US Open’s mixed doubles competition on Tuesday, losing their first-round match and failing to win a set.

Grand Slam singles champions such as Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz, Iga Swiatek and Madison Keys will be playing for extra money — $1 million to the winning duo — and trying to get their hands on a trophy in the U.

Martina Navratilova called for the US Open mixed doubles revamped tournament to be made an exhibition, and she may have a point after the new format debuted at Flushing Meadows. Th

The US Open has completely revamped its mixed doubles event. All the matches ended within two days and saw Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori beat Iga Swiatek and Casper Ruud in the final in three sets.

Jessica Pegula is the older sister that Draper, whose only sibling is brother Ben, never knew he needed. Their banter in a recent press conference showed how they have morphed from mere acquaintances to “siblings.” The pair won two matches gaining the moniker “Dragula.”