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Belinda Bencic and Alexander Zverev were eliminated in the first round of the spectacular mixed competition at the US Open.
The two Olympic tokyo Olympic champions lost 0: 4, 3: 5 against the American duo Danielle Collins / Christian Harrison.
The mixed doubles in the fourth and last grand slam of the year will not take place during the tournament as usual, but the previous week and only the two days. The matches will be played in abbreviated sets and will take place in the big stadiums. The winning team prize is brought to a million dollars.
As a rule, the best stars do not participate in mixed competition in order to focus on singles. Bencic and Zverev, who have known each other since their first young people, qualified through their positions in the world classification of singles. Eight of the 16 places were allocated by generic characters – to the large scale of double specialists. There are criticisms of the new format.
