This time, it felt like a little bit more than “a bit of an exhibition” for Jack Draper. Draper described the first two rounds of the revamped mixed doubles tournament at the U.S. Open in that manner — earning a playful ribbing from partner Jessica Pegula — On Tuesday night,

Jack Draper narrowly missed out on an appearance in the new-look US Open mixed doubles final.Draper and American Jessica Pegula went into the event, played for the first time in the week before the main tournament,

Emma Raducanu and Carlos Alcaraz’s all-star partnership was brought to a premature end as they were beaten in the first round of the revamped US Open mixed doubles.