The mixed doubles tournament at the 2026 US Open got off to a sensational start, with top seeds Novak Djokovic and Aryna Sabalenka suffering a first-round defeat, according to infohub.kz.
Their opponents, Czech Katerina Siniakova and Briton Henry Patten, won 1:4, 4:2, 10-2 in a champion's tie-break, having turned the match around. The pair spent 53 minutes on court.
For Djokovic and Sabalenka, their mixed doubles campaign is over, but they will continue their US Open campaigns in singles. Siniakova and Patten advanced to the quarterfinals, where they will face Ukraine's Elina Svitolina and France's Gael Monfils, who convincingly beat Filipina Alexandra Eala and Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime 4:1, 4:1 in their opener.
The winners of the US Open mixed doubles title will receive a prize of one million dollars to split. Main draw singles matches begin on August 31.