Offering a $1m prize to the winners, a shorter set format and being played across two days ahead of the start of the main singles draw from Sunday, the new-look event has attracted a host of the world’s top-ranked players with Tuesday’s action seeing the first round and quarter-finals take place.
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Draper and Pegula are the event’s No 1 seeds thanks to their respective fifth and fourth-placed rankings on the ATP and WTA Tours and delivered an impressive display at Arthur Ashe Stadium to beat former US Open champions Raducanu and Alcaraz 4-2 4-2.
The pair immediately broke Alcaraz’s serve in the first game of the match and then broke the Spaniard again in the third game of the second set.
The new short-form format means Draper and Pegula will have a quick turnaround to their quarter-final match later on Tuesday evening, New York-time, with the pair to play the winners from Olga Danilovic and Novak Djokovic’s meeting with Mirra Andreeva and Daniil Medvedev.
Speaking in his on-court interview after the match, Draper said: “I have got a pretty good partner!
“What an experience out here playing with Jessica against Emma and Carlos.
“It doesn’t get any better than this, so it’s just a pleasure to be out here playing against them and with such a great player.”
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