NEW YORK – Jessica Pegula and Jack Draper will work together for the US Open Mixed Doubles tournament, after their previous partners withdrew from the renewed event on Friday.
Jannik Sinner, player Jannik Sinner, also needs a new partner if he wants to play in the event that will reward $ 1 million to the winning team, because Emma Navarro has also withdrawn the competition that starts on Tuesday and will play in a tournament in Monterrey, Mexico next week.
Pegula was planned to play with colleague -American Tommy Paul, while Draper was linked to Paula Badosa. Pegula, Draper and Sinner were all allowed to find a new partner against Sunday’s deadline and maintain direct access to the area of 16 teams if their combined singles ranking was high enough.
Pegula, the second place of US Open Women’s last year, and Draper had a combined ranking of 9 from the Deadline entry.
After the recordings and new combinations, Italians Jasmine Paolini and Lorenzo Musetti also went through direct access through their combined rankings.
There are currently 13 places filled, including the defense of mixed doubles champions Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori, who received one of the wildcards through the US Tennis Association. They criticized the new format, a shortened, two -day event that will largely be fulfilled by top players from Singles.
The other teams that have qualified directly include Iga Swiatek and Casper Ruud, Elena Rybakina and Taylor Fritz, Amanda Anisimova and Holger Rune, Belinda Bencic and Alexander Zverev, and Mirra Andreeva and Daniil Medvedev.
The other wildcards that were given have moved to Emma Raducanu and Carlos Alcaraz, Madison Keys and Frances Tiafoe, Olga Danilovic and Novak Djokovic, Taylor Townsend and Ben Shelton, and Venus Williams and Reilly Opelka.
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