Talks about the duet of the Spanish tennis prodigy and the American tennis legend in New York had appeared a few months ago, but everything was disrupted by “Carlitos'” severe wrist injury.
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However, these days C. Alcaraz confirmed his participation in the US Open, and soon gave the green light to play with Serena.
Combined, the Spanish and American tennis stars have won 30 Grand Slam singles titles – Serena with 23, Carlos with 7.
The organizers gave these tennis players a named invitation to the main tournament, where direct tickets were also received by Tommy Paul with Emma Navarro, Taylor Fritz with Jessica Pegula, as well as Jakub Menšík with Karolína Muchová.
Earlier, places in the tournament were secured by Novak Djokovic with Aryna Sabalenka, Iga Swiatek with Casper Ruud, Belinda Bencic with Flavio Cobolli, Amanda Anisimova with Learner Tien, Sara Errani with Andrea Vavassori, Alexandra Eala with Felix Auger-Aliassime, Alexander Zverev with Taylor Townsend, and Elina Svitolina with Gael Monfils.
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The mixed doubles competition in New York will take place from August 24-26.
