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  "id": 2589272,
  "title": "Serena Williams will played mixed doubles with Carlos Alcaraz in her return to the US Open",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/serena-williams-will-played-mixed-doubles-with-carlos-alcaraz-in-her",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-22T14:16:29.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/serena-williams-played-mixed-doubles-141629314.html"
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  "summary": "Serena Williams will team up with Carlos Alcaraz in the mixed doubles at the US Open. The US Tennis Association has given them a wild card entry into the tournament, which begins on Tuesday. This will be Williams' first time playing at the US Open since 2022.\n\nAccording to Yahoo Sports, Williams is a 23-time Grand Slam singles champion who returned to tennis this summer. Alcaraz, who will also be competing in the singles, has been sidelined since April with a right wrist injury, but has announced that he will defend his US Open title.\n\nAlcaraz has been out for four months due to the injury, which was reported to be tenosynovitis, according to the Japan Times. He has not played since withdrawing from the Barcelona Open in mid-April, missing both the French Open and Wimbledon.",
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        "title": "Serena Williams teams up with Alcaraz in US Open mixed doubles",
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        "title": "Serena Williams will played mixed doubles with Carlos Alcaraz in her return to the US Open",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/serena-williams-will-played-mixed-doubles-with-carlos-alcaraz-in-her-2591690",
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        "outlet": "BBC Sport",
        "title": "Williams and Alcaraz to play US Open mixed doubles",
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        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Serena Williams, Carlos Alcaraz will play mixed doubles at the U.S. Open",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/serena-williams-carlos-alcaraz-will-play-mixed-doubles-at-the-u-s-open",
        "published": "2026-08-22T14:56:36.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Yahoo Sports",
        "title": "Williams and Alcaraz to play US Open mixed doubles",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/williams-and-alcaraz-to-play-us-open-mixed-doubles-2595955",
        "published": "2026-08-22T14:57:08.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Serena Williams will play mixed doubles with Carlos Alcaraz in her return to US Open",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/serena-williams-will-play-mixed-doubles-with-carlos-alcaraz-in-her",
        "published": "2026-08-22T15:01:59.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Serena Williams, Alcaraz unite in US Open mixed doubles",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/serena-williams-alcaraz-unite-in-us-open-mixed-doubles",
        "published": "2026-08-22T15:35:20.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Newsweek",
        "title": "Serena Williams, Carlos Alcaraz Team Up for US Open Mixed Doubles",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/serena-williams-carlos-alcaraz-team-up-for-us-open-mixed-doubles",
        "published": "2026-08-22T17:03:03.000Z"
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