This August, the 2025 US Open Mixed Doubles championship stole the spotlight. The United States Tennis Association (USTA) made some big changes. They condensed the mixed doubles tournament into a two-day spectacle during qualifying week and trimmed the field down to 16 teams—eight based on combined singles rankings and eight via wild cards. Plus, they introduced shortened sets to four games with no-ad scoring, and the winner’s purse has skyrocketed to an impressive $1 million. But this newly revamped format was met with a range of opinions from the rest of the tennis world: excitement, intrigue, skepticism, and even outright rejection at the exclusion of doubles players in favor of singles stars.

Nonetheless, the bold change quickly drew in some of the best talent in tennis, with pairings

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