New York – Re -prepared US Open Mixed Doubles Tournament – which was very criticized for everything from his format (small matches) to his territory (only 16 teams) – was going on on Tuesday and already below its last four, trophy and on Wednesday night with a $ 1 million prize.
Casper Rud And Ega swetecNumber 3 seeds, easily win two matches and will face top seeded pair Jessica pegula And Jack Draper Wednesday in one semi -finals. defending champion Sara Irani And Andrea VevasoriMeet the only traditional mixed doubles team at the fast-pse event Daniel colins And Christian Harrison – Those who were not even a draw till then Pronounced sinner And Caterina Siniakova Told on Tuesday morning Due to sinful disease – in another.
“This is an official mixed couple. If we reach the final tomorrow, I am sure everyone is going to be very firm to try to win this thing,” Rud said.
With most single players, some who rarely play doubles, and an unusual scoring system, it felt like an exhibition that Pegula was scolded partner Draper when he called it at his news conference.
“He is not saying this, but it’s fine,” Pagula said, later saying that “this is not an exhibition.”
Last US Open Singles Champion Carlos Alakraj And Emma Redukanu Were Quickly finished Petgu and draper 4–2, 4–2 with losses. Number 2 seeds, Taylor fritz And Elena RibbikinaAlso 4–2, 4-2 quickly suffered damage to Irani and Vavasori. Novak jokovich And teammate Olga denylvic It was also done.
Those types of Grand Slam singles champions are actually the types of players from the US Tennis Association, when they rebuilt the tournament and cut it down from 32 teams.
Now played in two days, mixed couples start well before the single tournament begins on Sunday, single stars who believe in organizers will be more interested in playing if it did not interfere with their comfort and recovery during that event.
Traditional doubles experts such as Irani and Vavasori were among the biggest critics of changes. The $ 1 million prize for the winning team would be a big boost to couple the players, but most of them did not get a chance to compete for it this year. Irani and Vavasori said they were playing for those teams, but also accepted the possible advantage of the new program.
“I have to say that as everything, always positivity and negative. But the positivity is to ensure that the stadium was packed in the second match,” Vavasori said. “It is a very good thing to be seen by a lot of people for the couple.
Irani and Vavasori did not even know if they would get a chance to defend their title in the new format, which gives automatic spots to eight teams based on the combined single ranking of the players. Other spots are wild cards given by Usta.
When Irani and Vavasori won the title at Flushing Meadows last year, the stadium was late in the second week of the tournament with a lot of vacant seats.
Mixed doubles in the new schedule are now being played when only competitions are being held, there are qualifying events for single tournaments. Admission on this basis during the USTA call “Fan Week” is free, so the Louis Armstrong Stadium Stadium was packed for the initial match, a much larger crowd than the mixed doubles.
Some fans would not have even realized that the match went to each other set when Irani and Vavasori took the opener in just 19 minutes. In traditional tennis scoring, they have to win six games instead of four to win the set.
Instead of the third set, a 10-point match was to be used through the semi-finals of four games with a tiebreaker. Only the final will be similar to a regular match, with six games, tiebreakers on 6-all and 10-point tiebreaks for the third set.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
