US Open live: Raducanu-Alcaraz take on Draper-Pegula in mixed doubles – UK Times

Huge cheers greet the arrivals of a smiling Carlos Alcaraz and Emma Raducanu onto Arthur Ashe, before a more businesslike-looking Jack Draper and Jessica Pegula walk out.

Jessica Pegula/Jack Draper (1) vs Emma Raducanu/Carlos Alcaraz

Olga Danilovic/Novak Djokovic vs Mirra Andreeva/Daniil Medvedev

And over on Arthur Ashe, Swiatek and Ruud have made light work of McNally and Musetti, winning 4-1 4-2.

With these two quarter-finals over, it’s almost time for the Battle of the Brits: Jack Draper and partner Jessica Pegula will play Carlos Alcaraz and Emma Raducanu next.

Vavassori’s reflexes are just stunning as he recovers from a Rublev body serve, firing away at the net to retrieve one point of the deficit. The pair share a nice hug at the net.

Now the Italian pair roar as they nullify the mini-break entirely, Errani’s deft touch coaxing an error from Rublev, who fires long for 4-4.

“Forza” shouts Errani as she lobs to lead 5-4. Vavassori has two serves… their opponents send it long to hand the Italians match point.

Rublev goes long again and the Italians are into the semi-finals! The pair bump heads and scream with delight. It means an enormous amount to these two. 4-1, 5-4.

Errani holds to send this one to a tie-break. Over on Arthur Ashe, Swiatek/Ruud lead 3-2 in another close second set.

And it’s Muchova and Rublev who get an early mini-break, the Czech lobbing the ball over the head of Vavassori.

An error from the Italian sees them fall 3-1 behind, and Muchova blasts a cross-court forehand which skims past Rublev, stunning her partner! He grins and gestures as if to say it nearly took his ear off.

They lead 4-2 at the change of ends.

The crowd goes wild! Muchova and Rublev dig very, very deep in the Czech’s service game over on Louis Armstrong, withstanding a barrage at the net to dink the ball over the net and seal the deciding point for 4-3. The pair look very relieved and celebrate passionately.

A spirited Muchova volley lands splat in the middle of the court and we remain on serve in this one, with the Czech and Rublev leading 3-2.

Swiatek/Ruud and McNally/Musetti are locked at 1-1 in the second as both matches prove more competitive.

Errani and Vavassori duly take the first set 4-1, as do Swiatek and Ruud by the same scoreline. Both teams are speeding through this one; Vavassori holds to 15 with a quick service game for 1-1 in the second set.

After going down an early break Errani and Vavassori are well in control of this one, leading 3-1 as they break the Muchova serve.

Over in the other quarter-final, Swiatek and Ruud lead McNally and Musetti 2-1.

Errani and Vavassori respond by immediately breaking back, breaking the Rublev serve. They clearly mean business.

The Czech/Russian pair trouble them a little on Errani’s serve, but a Rublev error puts the fired-up Italians in front, 2-1 up.