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  "id": 3479173,
  "title": "Svitolina and Monfils reach US Open mixed doubles semifinals",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/svitolina-and-monfils-reach-us-open-mixed-doubles-semifinals",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-26T09:45:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Voice of Ukraine",
    "slug": "new-voice-of-ukraine",
    "url": "https://english.nv.ua/life/us-open-zmishaniy-rozryad-svitolina-ta-monfis-vihodyat-u-pivfinal-turniru-50635776.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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.",
  "summary": "Elina Svitolina and Gaël Monfils have reached the US Open mixed doubles semifinals in their first official tournament as a team.",
  "key_points": [],
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/alex-eala-and-felix-auger-aliassime-bow-out-of-us-open-mixed-doubles",
        "published": "2026-08-26T04:41:31.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Serena Williams, Carlos Alcaraz fall in US Open mixed doubles quarterfinal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/serena-williams-carlos-alcaraz-fall-in-us-open-mixed-doubles",
        "published": "2026-08-26T06:31:58.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Sports",
        "title": "How to watch US Open mixed doubles semifinals, final: TV channel, schedule",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/how-to-watch-us-open-mixed-doubles-semifinals-final-tv-channel",
        "published": "2026-08-26T10:07:04.000Z"
      }
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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."
}