The wheelchair events were initially not scheduled to be held, due to a change that would have removed them from the event every four years due to a conflict with the , but the events were reinstated following the postponement of the to 2021 and criticism from several wheelchair players, notably | Prior to the broadcast of the women's singles final, premiered the video for her song "", which was filmed in front of on the grounds of the and which features clips of past US Open champions and , , and |
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Each is searching for a third major title when they meet for the US Open championship Saturday | Due to the smaller draws and the pandemic, all men's and women's doubles players that made it past the first round received half the points of their singles counterparts, a change from previous years where singles and doubles players received the same number of points in all but the first two rounds |
A portion of the pool was also designated as being to "make up for" the cancellation of qualification tournaments and the reduced size of the competition.
28Open Men's Singles Draw © Provided by NBC Sports U | With these scheduling changes, the French Open is set to begin just two weeks after the conclusion of the US Open |
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The fourth round saw three more top-ten seeds fall, notably 2-seed , who lost to , and 6-seed , who was upset by | Former US Open champions Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams are the |
This set up a final between the two top seeds, which was won in two sets by the top-ranked duo of Hewett and Reid.
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