The US Open will crown its first champions of the 2025 tennis tournament on Wednesday night as mixed doubles takes center stage in New York.

Follow live as the new-look mixed doubles tournament at the U.S. Open concludes today

Venus Williams and Reilly Opelka take on Karolina Muchova and Andrey Rublev at 12:30 p.m. ET today, Aug. 19. The first day of the US Open Mixed Doubles tournament is airing on the ESPN+ streaming service. Right now, ESPN+ costs $11.99/month for new subscribers.

But in an effort to expand the reach of one of the biggest annual sporting events in the world, the United States Tennis Association opted to shift the event a full five days before main draw singles action gets underway.

The much-talked-about pairing of Emma Raducanu and Carlos Alcaraz fell to an early exit in the US Open’s mixed doubles competition on Tuesday, losing their first-round match and failing to win a set.

The new event wanted to use singles stars to put mixed doubles on a pedestal. Two masters of the discipline have stolen the show.

The winning duo will take home a $1 million prize, which is higher than most prize purses for mixed doubles major tournaments. The 16 teams will play over two days. The first round and quarterfinals take place on Tuesday inside the main show courts at the USTA National Tennis Center. The semifinals and championship match will be on Wednesday night.

The tennis world has gone into a frenzy after Carlos Alcaraz and Emma Raducanu teamed up at the US Open, as rumors continue to swirl that they may be the sport’s newest power couple.

World No. 1 Jannik Sinner has withdrawn from the US Open 2025 mixed doubles event. The decision came just hours