Nick Kyrgios Has Signed up for the US Open’s Controversial New Mixed Doubles Format in a Blockbuster Pairing with the Tournament’s Two-Time Women’s Singles Winner, Naomi Osaka.
Kyrgios Has Been Tor:
But the Prospect of the Short-Form Event, and a Star-Studded Cast, Has Persuaded Him to Enter Along with a series of intriguing pairings.
Only Two of the 20 Current Top-10 MALE and Female Players Have to Date Declined to Put Their Names Forward in a Victory for the Organisers’ Rebrand, The Creation of Which DREW ContentNation from Regular Doubles Players Including Australia’s Ellen Perez.
Men’s number one Jannik Sinner has paired with American Women’s World Number Nine Emma Navarro and Men’s Number Two Carlos Alcaraz with former us open Winner Ema Raducanu.
Women’s Number One Artaalenka Has Linked Up with Men’s Number 19 Grigor Dimitrov.
Men’s Number Nine Holger Rune and Women’s Number Two Coco Gauff Are the Current Top-10 Players Not to Have Ented So Far, Nor Have Australian Number Ones Alex de Minaur and Daria Kasatkina. The Entry Window Closes on JULY 28.
Howver, De Minaur Said on Tuesday He and His British Fiancee Kate Boulter, Currently World Number 39, Were Planning on Doing So.
“We’re Definitely Going to Be Keen to try and play if they allow us to and if they will use to,” He said. “If that’s Anna Option, then we’ll definitely be up for it.”
Sixteen Teams Have Signed up, with the Eight Best Combined Singles Rankings Guaranteed A Place Along with Eight WildCard Entries.
Kyrgios and Osaka Wald Need a WildCard, Being Ranked 633rd and 57th Respectly, but Given The Revamp is Aimed at Attracting More Fans, Viewers and Sponsors, There is Little Doubt Such A High-PROFILE Duo Welf Get One.
“See the Teams that have already put their names on the entry list maxes us all incredibly Excited,” Us Tennis Association CEO LEW SRRR SAID.
“IT shows that the players are their ones.
The Attraction for Many Singles Players is the Shortened Format and the Timing, The Event Being Played in the “Fan Week” before the Main Draw.
Most Matches Will Be Best-FF-Hree Sets Played to Fire Games Instead of Six, With a Deciding Point Played at Deuce. Tiebreakers would be at 4-4, While a First-To-10-POINTS Match Tiebreaker Welf Replace a Third Set.
The Final Welf Be Played to Six Games But Still with no-Edvantage Scoring and A 10-POINT Match Tiebreaker.
This format, The Selection Criteria and the Clash with Singles Qualifying are reasons.
“Tell Us that You Think Doubles Players Are Trash, that Tradition is OverRted and Job Opportunity Is A Thing of the Past With ACTULLY SAYING IT,” Perez, A Players’ Countil Representative, Posted on X at the Time of the Announcement.
Defending Chaamp Doubles Players, Descriptioning the New Event As a “Pseudo-Exhibition Focted Only on Entertainment and Show”.
“Making Decisions Just Following the Logic of Profit is profoundly Wrong in Situations,” They Added.
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