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New York – The US Open Tournament has removed its mixed doubles championships a week before the start of the tournament, hoping that a rebuild format and million 1 million prizes will persuade to chase the Grand Slam Doubles title of top single players.
In this year’s event 16 teams will compete for more than two days in short matches. The organizers of the tournament believe that the largest sport can attract the largest stars, many of whom have long gone to doubles to keep themselves refreshed.
“The reason behind what I will say is to apply to more fans and increase the fan base around the world,” said Liu Shera, executive director and chief executive officer of the US Tennis Association. “But the way to do this is to put the biggest name in the sports in the doubles and to show them in groupization and to play in a separate format, we think we are exciting. In fact, we know it’s exciting. “
The plan called for the mixed doubles to compete on 19 and 20, when the selection for men and women was held during the week. The original draw in Singles begins on August 24.
The initial round matches will play the top three sets in just four games with a decision-making point in Duce. Tiebreakers lived in 4-ally instead of-6-6 in regular matches-and teams would play a 10-point match tiebreaker if the sets were divided instead of the third set.
Only the final will be similar to the Grand Slam match, playing three best sets in six games with non-ad-scoring, tiebreaker 6-al-A and 10-point match tiebreaker.
Sheera said that the USTA discussed a format change in the previous years but this idea was truly lifted steam, while a “mixed insanity” event during the week draws a single superstar like Coco Ghaf, Naomi Osaka, Nick Kyrgyos and Ben Shelton, And Stefanos won the Citsipus and Paula Badosa.
Sher said, “We know and have been in our conversations for years, as why they do not participate and we understand the schedule challenges,” said Sher. “I think the work with this mixed madness event last year was really thought to us that if that week could unlock and to take part in the top single players, because it did not compromise on their fitness or their health unit, their attraction was their attraction. A huge opportunity to do and that’s what we saw ””
There was a $ 500,000 prize for that event, with only four teams. By doubled the meaning of the award and extending the field, Shera believes that instead of keeping it as an exhibition it will create a competition worth a Grand Slam title.
“The athletes played rigid,” said Shera. “It was not an exhibition, it was not a hit-jiggle, no baby was brought to court. It was a competition and I had a test. What athletes would compete and the answer was yes. Now we have a valid World Championship, a Grand Slam Championship, and we think that these parts only go upstairs by creating the real event. “
Eight teams will enter directly to their united single rankings, and the other eight teams have given wild cards on the field. Sher refused to name any player who was committed to any player, but said enough that some teams could be announced in the weeks before the field was determined in the summer.
The tournament will be played in Arthur and Louis Armstrong, the two largest stadiums and will be television on the primitime, exposure which is rarely given to double.
But it will remove the doubles experts who count on the Grand Slam Pachecs and can now lose access to one of them. To compensate this, Shera said that the award allotted to the 32-Tim mixed doubles tournament in the US Open last year means that men and women will be redirected to doubles.
“Yes, there’s something that would be disappointed that they would not have the opportunity to compete in this event,” said Sher. “On the other hand, we know that Doubles have a huge opportunity to create more interest in Doubles and here can have a cascading effect, when we enter this part, the mixture is made of men and women’s doubles in the double spotlights.
“We need to see how it is effective, but we know that our mixed competition is histor tihassically competing with men and women’s single, and therefore the fields have enjoyed and enjoyed. It is an opportunity to give it a huge spotlight for two nights ””
