Raducanu & Alcaraz Out As Polarising Us Open Event Starts

Emma Raducanu and Carlos Alcaraz mightiness person mislaid successful nan revamped US Open mixed doubles - but they surely won nan hearts of nan New York crowd.

In a party-like ambiance astatine Arthur Ashe Stadium, Britain's Raducanu and Spain's Alcaraz saw their chances of claiming a $1m winning prize ended by chap Briton Jack Draper and Jessica Pegula.

Despite nan beingness of location subordinate Pegula, it was nan losing brace who were heavy backed by a sizeable crowd astatine Flushing Meadows.

Pegula and Draper won 4-2 4-2 successful nan caller shortened format, which is portion of nan US Open's "reimagination" of nan mixed doubles.

As good arsenic nan immense financial incentives, nan arena has besides been moved guardant to nan week earlier nan singles main draws to pull nan stars.

Raducanu and Alcaraz teaming up for nan glamorous arena - which has controversially deviated from its accepted format and polarised sentiment - and created galore of nan pre-tournament headlines.

There was a fearfulness they mightiness not move retired astatine all, fixed Alcaraz played successful nan last of an ATP arena successful Cincinnati connected Monday.

But nan brace walked retired together connected nan US Open's main show tribunal small complete 24 hours later to a euphoric reception of screams and shouts.

Pegula, who has been classed world number 1 successful nan women's doubles, and Draper were besides a scratch pairing but had excessively overmuch value against a brace who are little knowledgeable successful tour-level doubles.

For Draper, it was 3rd clip fortunate - having seen erstwhile planned partners Zheng Qinwen and Paula Badosa retreat done injury.

Pegula and Draper will play either Serbia's Olga Danilovic and Novak Djokovic aliases Russia's Mirra Andreeva and Daniil Medvedev successful nan past eight.