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Sinner withdrawn from US Open mixed doubles draw

World number one Jannik Sinner, who was forced to retire during the final of the Cincinnati Open, and playing partner Katerina Siniakova were removed from the US Open mixed doubles draw on Tuesday.The withdrawal comes a day after illness forced Sinner to concede defeat to great rival Carlos Alcaraz after going 5-0 down in the first set of the Cincinnati final on Monday.

Jannik Sinner withdraws from the new US Open mixed doubles event. He and Siniakova will be replaced

Jannik Sinner pulled out of the U.S. Open mixed doubles tournament shortly before it began on Tuesday, a day after he quit in the first set of the Cincinnati Open final because he was feeling ill. The No. 1-ranked Sinner, the defending champion in singles at Flushing Meadows, was supposed to compete in mixed doubles with Katerina Siniakova. The U.S. Tennis Association announced the withdrawal less than an hour before the first contests were scheduled to be played in the new mixed doubles event.

Carlos Alcaraz was desperate for Emma Raducanu to be his dream partner

Certain tennis fans have spent the summer arguing that Carlos Alcaraz’s mixed-doubles partnership with Emma Raducanu was the US Open’s idea, and came about for commercial reasons, rather than being an organic arrangement between two old friends.

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