Serena Williams, Carlos Alcaraz fall in US Open mixed doubles quarterfinal
Star pair lost to Cobolli and Bencic, who will play married partners Elina Svitolina and Gael Monfils in the semifinal.
Top-ranked Philippine tennis player Alex Eala and her husband and partner, Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, were eliminated from the US Open mixed doubles competition in the opening round. Their match against Elina Svitolina and Gael Monfils concluded in a swift 39 minutes, with the Ukrainian-French duo securing a 4-1, 4-1 victory at the Louis Armstrong Stadium in New York.
The first three rounds of the US Open's mixed doubles feature shorter sets of four games each, transitioning to the standard six-game sets in later stages of the competition.
During their singles match, Eala and Auger-Aliassime made eight unforced errors, while their opponents committed only one. The Filipino-Canadian team earned 23 points, while the Ukrainian-French pair amassed 34. Following their loss, Svitolina and Monfils will face off against Katerina Siniakova and Henry Patten, who had previously defeated Aryna Sabalenka and Novak Djokovic 1-4, 4-2, 10-2.
Eala will now focus on her singles campaign at the Grand Slam event. The draw for the remaining matches will be announced on Thursday. At 21 years old, Eala enters the final Grand Slam of the year as the highest-ranked Southeast Asian woman in history, currently ranked 18th in the WTA rankings.
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