Spouses Svitolina and Monfils reach US Open mixed doubles semifinals
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Key Points:
- Elina Svitolina and Gael Monfils became the first team to reach the mixed doubles semifinals at the U.S. Open, winning a tight match against Katerina Siniakova and Henry Patten.
- Serena Williams and Carlos Alcaraz won their first-round mixed doubles match but were eliminated in the second round by Belinda Bencic and Flavio Cobolli.
- Svitolina and Monfils will face Bencic and Cobolli in the semifinals, with the winners earning $1 million; this could be Monfils' last Grand Slam before retirement.
- The U.S. Open mixed doubles format was changed this year to encourage more singles players to participate, featuring shorter sets and tiebreakers to reduce match length.
- Other semifinalists include Mirra Andreeva and Andrey Rublev, who overcame match points earlier in the tournament, and Karolina Muchova and Jakub Mensik, who coordinated outfits as part of their team strategy.
