Nine of the world’s top-10 men and nine of the top-10 women have officially entered into the U.S. Open’s revamped mixed doubles event, tournament organizers said on Tuesday, with former singles champions Carlos Alcaraz and Emma Raducanu teaming up.

Men’s world No1 and defending singles champion Jannik Sinner will play alongside women’s No9 Emma Navarro, while women’s No1 Aryna Sabalenka is paired with Grigor Dimitrov. Novak Djokovic will partner compatriot Olga Danilovic and Iga Swiatek is poised to team up with Casper Ruud.

On the sidelines of HSBC Championships, an interesting development took place as Alcaraz approached Raducanu with a special request. , Tennis News - Times Now