{"id":834891,"date":"2026-07-30T01:33:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T01:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/834891\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T01:33:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T01:33:10","slug":"jessica-pegula-explains-the-success-behind-us-open-mixed-doubles-experiment-its-unlike-anything-else-in-tennis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/834891\/","title":{"rendered":"Jessica Pegula explains the success behind US Open mixed doubles experiment: &#8216;It\u2019s unlike anything else in tennis&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"http:\/\/tennisuptodate.com\/jessica-pegula\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jessica Pegula<\/a> believes the revamped <a href=\"http:\/\/tennisuptodate.com\/us-open\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">US Open<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/tennisuptodate.com\/tennis-news\/sabalenka-djokovic-osaka-nishikori-and-more-the-star-team-ups-taking-over-us-open-mixed-doubles\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">mixed doubles<\/a> event has created something rarely seen in tennis, bringing together the biggest names from the men\u2019s and women\u2019s game on the same stage. After enjoying a memorable run in the inaugural edition last year, the American has decided to return alongside <a href=\"http:\/\/tennisuptodate.com\/jack-draper\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jack Draper<\/a>, hoping to recreate the chemistry that developed during their unexpected partnership.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            The pair reached the semifinals in 2025 after entering the tournament as the top seeds, defeating Emma Raducanu and Carlos Alcaraz before also overcoming Daniil Medvedev and Mirra Andreeva. Their run ended in a dramatic match tiebreak against Iga Swiatek and Casper Ruud, but the experience left a strong impression on Pegula.    <\/p>\n<p>\n            For the American No. 1, the appeal of the competition goes beyond the results. Pegula believes the format offers fans a unique opportunity to see different personalities, playing styles and generations of tennis come together in a way that traditional events cannot replicate.    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cI thought the event honestly surprised me. I think it was a really great turnout last year,\u201d Pegula said. \u201cWe have such an interesting sport where you can see men and women competing on the same stage, on the same playing field, and I don\u2019t think you can really do that in many other sports.\u201d    <\/p>\n<p>Pegula explains why mixed doubles connected with US Open fans<\/p>\n<p>\n            The success of the event was one of the biggest talking points from last year\u2019s US Open, with several top singles players embracing the challenge of doubles competition. Pegula believes that combination helped create new storylines and allowed fans to see a different side of the sport\u2019s biggest stars.    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cI think you saw a lot of different storylines that fans really loved to embrace,\u201d the world No. 3 explained. \u201cThe US Open has grown so much where people just want to see tennis.\u201d    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jessica Pegula believes the revamped US Open mixed doubles event has created something rarely seen in tennis, bringing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":834892,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":["post-834891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/834891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=834891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/834891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/834892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=834891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=834891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=834891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}