{"id":104059,"date":"2025-08-23T10:47:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T10:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/104059\/"},"modified":"2025-08-23T10:47:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T10:47:08","slug":"us-open-2025-emma-raducanu-wants-wimbledon-and-other-grand-slams-to-try-new-mixed-doubles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/104059\/","title":{"rendered":"US Open 2025: Emma Raducanu wants Wimbledon and other Grand Slams to try new mixed doubles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before the two-day US Open mixed doubles, sources told BBC Sport it was unlikely the rest would deviate from the traditional format.<\/p>\n

Tennis Australia is equally as bold as its American counterpart and tries to attract new audiences with radical ideas.<\/p>\n

It is acknowledged the Melbourne event – which was the first major to bring in 10-point match tie-breaks – is the most likely to attempt something similar.<\/p>\n

However, it does not have the same financial clout as the United States Tennis Association, which was able to offer the mountain of prize money and appearance fees upwards of $50,000.<\/p>\n

Neither does the French Open, nor Wimbledon.<\/p>\n

Also, the two oldest Grand Slam tournaments are generally more reluctant to break from time-honoured traditions.<\/p>\n

However, the success of the US Open event – which organisers say attracted 78,000 fans to Flushing Meadows – has led to increased discussion about the future of mixed doubles.<\/p>\n

Even though Raducanu and Alcaraz lost in the first round<\/a> of the 16-team event, it did not dampen the Englishwoman’s enthusiasm about the experience.<\/p>\n

“I think it was a huge success,” said Raducanu. “I think so many fans got involved, so many people watching and tuned in. It got a lot of attention.<\/p>\n

“It was a great idea and I had a lot of fun on the court playing with Carlos.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Before the two-day US Open mixed doubles, sources told BBC Sport it was unlikely the rest would deviate…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104060,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[99,428],"class_list":{"0":"post-104059","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-sports","9":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104059\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}