The U.S. Open mixed doubles tournament has been overhauled and will award $1 million to the winning duo. Grand Slam singles champions including Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz, Iga Swiatek and Madison Keys are entering the draw. Only one established doubles pairing — Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori — will defend their title and represent true doubles specialists among competitors. Top seeds by combined singles rankings are Jessica Pegula and Jack Draper, and anticipated pairs include Alcaraz/Raducanu, Sinner/Siniakova, Swiatek/Ruud, Keys/Tiafoe, Venus Williams/Opelka, Fritz/Rybakina, Osaka/Monfils, Djokovic/Danilovic, and Medvedev/Andreeva. Some doubles players have criticized the field as excluding regular doubles specialists.
"It would be like if, at the Olympics, they didn't let the actual high jumpers participate, and instead had basketball players compete in the high jump because it's more 'interesting.' If you want to do that, I guess you can, but you can't award them medals," Errani said. "You can't have a Grand Slam doubles (trophy) and not let doubles players take part. ... You're excluding them from their sport. It's dishonest."
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