Fans — and players — embracing U.S. Open's revamped mixed doubles tournament
Fans packed the lower bowl of Louis Armstrong Stadium, which is free to enter for the newly formatted two-day tournament, to see Venus Williams play in her first mixed doubles match since the 1998 U.S. Open and debut in a Grand Slam event after a two-year hiatus.
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They chanted, 'Here we go Venus, here we go' as she and fellow American Reilly Opelka tried to make a comeback over Karolina Muchova and Andrey Rublev but fell short 4-2, 5-4 (4).
Arthur Ashe Stadium, which fans have to pay to enter, was mostly half full when the stadium kicked off the day with a matchup between Naomi Osaka-Gael Monfils and victors Caty McNally-Lorenzo Musetti.
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