{"id":88681,"date":"2025-08-17T03:37:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T03:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/88681\/"},"modified":"2025-08-17T03:37:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T03:37:09","slug":"katie-boulter-confirms-that-she-and-alex-de-minaur-will-not-compete-at-the-us-open-mixed-doubles-with-latest-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/88681\/","title":{"rendered":"Katie Boulter confirms that she and Alex de Minaur will not compete at the US Open mixed doubles with latest decision"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Katie Boulter and Alex de Minaur have been rather vocal about their desire to play in the US Open\u2019s new mixed doubles tournament this year.<\/p>\n<p>In what is a landmark event, comprised of some of tennis\u2019 biggest stars, they have forged some of the most unlikely partnerships, with the winning team guaranteed a \u00a31m prize pot.<\/p>\n<p>For just two days of competing, it is an additional tournament worth entering.<\/p>\n<p>And whilst the likes of Carlos Alcaraz, Aryna Sabalenka, Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek will all be taking part, some notable names have been omitted.<\/p>\n<p>Coco Gauff, for example, has chosen not to participate. <a href=\"https:\/\/tennishead.net\/tag\/katie-boulter\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Katie Boulter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/tennishead.net\/tag\/alex-de-minaur\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alex de Minaur<\/a>, meanwhile, were not offered a spot.<\/p>\n<p>Katie Boulter\u2019s US Open preparation confirmed<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tennishead.net\/alex-de-minaur-reveals-hes-sent-a-really-good-case-to-the-us-open-to-get-a-mixed-doubles-wildcard-with-katie-boulter\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">De Minaur has openly asked the US Open for a wild card<\/a> spot on a number of occasions, highlighting his desire to play in the event.<\/p>\n<p>His argument is a fair one, stating that his potential partnership with Boulter makes more sense given that they are engaged to be married.<\/p>\n<p>Some teams, like Sinner and Emma Navarro before the latter\u2019s withdrawal, had never spoken before. It was a valid claim.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"712\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2203466270-1024x712.jpg\" alt=\"Katie Boulter and Alex de Minaur chat on court\" class=\"wp-image-312325\" \/>Photo by Clive Brunskill\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>However, it now seems that their calls have fallen on deaf ears, and Boulter in particular has moved on.<\/p>\n<p>After all, during the <a href=\"https:\/\/tennishead.net\/tag\/us-open\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">US Open\u2019s<\/a> fan week, when this mixed doubles event is being held, she has now accepted a wildcard to play at an alternative WTA event in Cleveland.<\/p>\n<p>This marks her final event before the final Grand Slam of the year, rounding off her preparation after an unsettling run of form across the North American hard-court swing of the tour.<\/p>\n<p>Who are the final confirmed partnerships for the US Open mixed doubles?<\/p>\n<p>Naturally, Alcaraz\u2019s union with Raducanu is the most eye-catching of the bunch, given all the intrigue their friendly relationship has brought over the last few weeks.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, Raducanu reacted to questions about her relationship very recently, describing some of the reporting as \u2018terrible\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, there are all-American teams consisting of Reilly Opelka and Venus Williams, Ben Shelton and Taylor Townsend and Madison Keys and Frances Tiafoe.<\/p>\n<p>Jack Draper has finally settled with Jessica Pegula, whilst Iga Swiatek will join forces with Casper Ruud.<\/p>\n<p>These are just the highlights of those who will be taking part, with three more teams still to be announced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Katie Boulter and Alex de Minaur have been rather vocal about their desire to play in the US&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":88682,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[29089,18356,99,428,11883],"class_list":{"0":"post-88681","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-alex-de-minaur","9":"tag-katie-boulter","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-tennis","12":"tag-us-open"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88681","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=88681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}