The moment everyone’s been waiting for is here! The final slam of the season. And it’s time for the highly anticipated mixed doubles event. What began as a new format met with skepticism turned into pure excitement when a star-studded entry list dropped a month ago. To kick things off, Carlos Alcaraz and Emma Raducanu faced Jack Draper and Jessica Pegula . Two British No. 1s on the same court, a US Open champion and a runner-up across the net. The match had it all. But one thing caught Pegula’s eye!

On Tuesday night, Draper and Pegula took center stage in New York. They toppled Alcaraz and Raducanu’s pairing with a sharp 4-2, 4-2 win. The new shortened format is part of the US Open’s bold “reimagination” of mixed doubles. But for Pegula, it wasn’t just the win. It was the energy.

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