{
  "id": 2699101,
  "title": "Serena Williams to team up with Carlos Alcaraz in US Open mixed doubles",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/serena-williams-to-team-up-with-carlos-alcaraz-in-us-open-mixed",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-23T02:00:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Malay Mail",
    "slug": "malay-mail-malaymail",
    "url": "https://www.malaymail.com/news/sports/2026/08/23/serena-williams-to-team-up-with-carlos-alcaraz-in-us-open-mixed-doubles/232358"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Serena Williams, a 23-time Grand Slam singles champion, and Spanish tennis sensation Carlos Alcaraz, a seven-time Slam singles winner, will pair up for the US Open mixed doubles competition, according to the US Tennis Association. The announcement came as Williams made her long-awaited return to the US Open after last competing in 2022. However, Williams will not be participating in singles at the tournament.\n\nWilliams, a six-time US Open singles champion, previously won the 1998 US Open mixed doubles title with Max Mirnyi. The mixed doubles pairings for the US Open were finalized, with Williams and Alcaraz securing one of the last three wildcard entries. Other teams included Czechs Karolina Muchova and Jakub Mensik, and Americans Emma Navarro and Tommy Paul.\n\nWilliams had previously played doubles with her sister Venus at the Cincinnati event, but they lost in the first round. The tournament will commence on Tuesday and conclude on Wednesday at the National Tennis Center, where the main US Open commences on August 30. Following the withdrawals of Britain's Jack Draper and Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina from the US Open mixed doubles, their former partners - American Jessica Pegula and American Tommy Paul - were assigned to compete together and received direct entry into the main draw.\n\nDiana Shnaider, who was left without a partner when Russia's Daniil Medvedev withdrew, now has the opportunity to find a new partner and participate in the tournament before the draw is finalized ahead of the start of qualifying tomorrow.",
  "summary": "NEW YORK, Aug 23 — Serena Williams, a 23-time Grand Slam singles champion, and second-ranked Spaniard Carlos Alcar...",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}