Svitolina and Monfils reach US Open mixed doubles semifinals
Elina Svitolina and Gaël Monfils have reached the US Open mixed doubles semifinals in their first official tournament as a team.
Elina Svitolina and Gaël Monfils have advanced to the US Open mixed doubles semifinals for the first time as a team. The Ukrainian and French duo, married since 2021, made their official tournament debut at Flushing Meadows. At the quarterfinals, they defeated Czech Republic's Kateřina Siniaková and Britain's Henry Patten with a score of 5-4 (6), 4-5 (3), 10-8.
Their semifinal opponents will be Swiss player Belinda Bencic and Italian Flavio Cobolli. This US Open competition features a shortened format, with matches played as best-of-three sets. Each regular set is played to four games, and if tied at 3-3, it goes to a tiebreak. No advantage scoring occurs at 40-40; instead, a deciding point is played.
In the event of a split in the first two sets, a match tiebreak to 10 points is used, with a two-point margin required to win. Svitolina also recently participated in illuminating New York's Empire State Building in Ukrainian flag colors to commemorate the country's Independence Day.
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