Tennis
U.S. Open
The Athletic has live coverage of the U.S. Open tennis tournament’s new mixed doubles format.
Whether it was Emma Raducanu’s open-mouthed, head-in-hands reaction to a Carlos Alcaraz forehand winner around the net, or Novak Djokovic’s jig following a forehand passing shot of his own, there were numerous moments that had the U.S. Open mixed doubles crowd on their feet on Tuesday in New York.
The fairness and sporting merit of the event have come into question since its inception, but the first day of play was defined by something more fundamental to tennis as a sport: the inarguable potency of seeing elite female and male athletes competing against one another on the same court.
