The much-talked-about pairing of Emma Raducanu and Carlos Alcaraz fell to an early exit in the US Open’s mixed doubles competition on Tuesday, losing their first-round match and failing to win a set.

Iga Swiatek called out Casper Ruud after they booked their spot in Wednesday night’s US Open mixed doubles semi-final. The world No. 2 was in doubt to compete in the revamped tournament, winning her Cincinnati Open final the night before she was due to take to the court in Flushing Meadows.

La polaca Iga Swiatek se alzó el lunes por la noche con el título del Abierto de Cincinnati al derrotar 7-5, 6-4 a la italiana Jasmine Paolini.

Following her 7-5, 6-4 final win over Jasmine Paolini to earn her first Cincinnati Open title on Monday night, the world No. 2 took a private jet along with Carlos Alcaraz to New York to arrive in time for the U.S. Open mixed doubles tournament Tuesday.

Swiatek and Ruud thriving as a duo in New York, reaching the US Open mixed doubles semifinal in their team debut.

Iga Swiatek is enjoying nothing but good form in the past few days. She lifted the Cincinnati Masters title on Monday by beating Jasmine Paolini, and show great resilience by winning two more matches with Casper Ruud in the US Open mixed doubles the following day.

After a rough start to the year, Świątek (+310) is now basically neck and neck odds-wise with Sabalenka (+290), who is, again, the defending US Open champion. If anyone can unseat Sabalenka, it sure feels like Świątek is the most likely to do it.

Swiatek then explained: "That's not possible because when your agent asked my agent, I think, or you asked me, I had no idea what I'm signing up for. I was like, 'Yeah okay, I want to play with Casper.' But I didn't know what the tournament is going to look like so it must've been you."

Coco Gauff's former coach Brad Gilbert has been facing heat since raising questions about Iga Swiatek's match schedule at the 2025 Cincinnati Open. Gilbert's interaction with the World No.

Iga Swiatek says she isn’t thinking about claiming the no.1 spot in women’s tennis. The Pole slipped down to eight in the world not long ago, but after claiming glory at Wimbledon, she