NEW YORK -- Before Tuesday, Jessica Pegula and Jack Draper had spoken approximately four words to one another.

Maybe even fewer, according to Pegula.

"Four tops, max ," she insists.

They had seen each other around at tournaments, but because both prefer their headphones to small talk, they hadn't exchanged more than a "hi" in passing.

It wasn't personal. They just hadn't had a reason to get to know each other and well, in Draper's words, they just don't really like people. "We don't talk to them," he said, only partially joking.

But the two strangers were forced to get to know each other this week at the US Open, where they were paired together in the reinvigorated and newly formatted mixed doubles tournament . Pegula, the world No. 4, had originally been paired with fellow Am

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