The 2025 US Open is ready to start out in recent and spectacular vogue with star-studded pairings competing in an all-new blended doubles occasion.
The organisers of the New York event are trying to rework the blended doubles right into a headline begin to the occasion, with a number of the largest names within the sport teaming up.
Former US Open singles champions Emma Raducanu and Carlos Alcaraz are among the many pairings that tennis followers will be capable to watch dwell on Sky Sports activities in the course of the two-day occasion from August 19-20.
Sky Sports activities can even present dwell protection of the 2025 US Open singles tournaments, which comply with from August 24 to September 7.
Right here is all the things it’s essential know in regards to the blended doubles occasion…
When is the US Open blended doubles event?
The blended doubles occasion on the US Open will happen throughout Tuesday 19 and Wednesday 20 August, forward of the beginning of the singles occasions on Sunday 24 August.
The competitors has been scheduled earlier to encourage singles stars to compete, and to present the blended doubles occasion high billing.
Play will start on Tuesday 19 August at 4pm UK time with a day session, earlier than the event concludes on Wednesday 20 August with an evening session at Flushing Meadows.
Day two of the competitors being an evening session implies that, when it comes to UK time, play will begin at 12am on Thursday 21 August.
The primary day can be performed throughout each Arthur Ashe Stadium and Louis Armstrong Stadium, with simply the previous internet hosting the second day.
Who’s taking part in US Open blended doubles?
The occasion will function 16 groups: the highest eight groups with the perfect mixed singles rankings and eight wild playing cards.
For instance, if Participant 1 is ranked world No 21 and Participant 2 is ranked world No 7, they’ve a mixed rating of 28.
British No 1 Jack Draper has re-paired with Jessica Pegula, whereas world No 1 Jannik Sinner performs alongside 10-time grand slam ladies’s doubles champion Katerina Siniakova.
Raducanu and Alcaraz have been confirmed as wild card entries, as have 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic and his accomplice Olga Danilovic, whereas 45-year-old nice Venus Williams will compete with Reilly Opelka.
Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori received the 2024 US Open blended doubles title and can play as a wild card entry.
Full US Open blended doubles draw
Prime Half
(1) Jessica Pegula and (1) Jack Draper vs Emma Raducanu and Carlos Alcaraz
Olga Danilovic and Novak Djokovic vs Mirra Andreeva and Daniil Medvedev
(3) Iga Swiatek and (3) Casper Ruud vs Madison Keys and Frances Tiafoe
Naomi Osaka and Gael Monfils vs Caty McNally and Lorenzo Musetti
Backside Half
Katerina Siniakova and Jannik Sinner vs Belinda Bencic and Alexander Zverev
Taylor Townsend and Ben Shelton vs (4) Amanda Anisimova and (4) Holger Rune
Venus Williams and Reilly Opelka vs Karolína Muchova and Andrey Rublev
Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori vs (2) Elena Rybakina and (2) Taylor Fritz
What’s the format of the blended doubles occasion?
The up to date blended doubles championship will encompass best-of-three-set matches, with quick units of as much as 4 video games. If every group claims 4 video games in a set, they’re going to then play a tiebreak.
There can be no-ad in video games that attain a rating of deuce (40-all), which means that the winner of the subsequent level from that scoreline wins the sport.
If the groups cut up units, a 10-point match tiebreak can be performed as a substitute of a 3rd set. The primary group to earn 10 factors within the tiebreak, with a bonus of two or extra factors, will win the match.
The Last can even be a best-of-three-set match, however with units on this occasion maxing out at six video games. It’s going to even have no-ad scoring although and can substitute a 3rd set for a 10-point match tiebreak if groups cut up units.
Moreover, if groups cut up video games in any given set, they’ll play a tiebreak.
What’s the prize cash?
Winner: $1,000,000
Runner-up: $400,000
Semi-finalist: $200,000
Quarter-finalist: $100,000
Spherical of 16: $20,000
Methods to watch on Sky Sports activities
Watch the US Open, the ultimate Grand Slam of the 12 months, in addition to the brand new reimagined blended doubles event, completely dwell on Sky Sports activities Tennis, with any match accessible by way of Sky Sports activities+.
Sky Sports activities Tennis could be discovered on the linear channel quantity 407, whereas Sky Sports activities+ is quantity 410 for Sky Glass clients, 412 for Sky Q clients and 416 for patrons within the Republic of Eire.
You can too head to the ‘Watch’ part on the Sky Sports activities app to entry all Sky Sports activities+ dwell streams by way of the occasion centres.
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