The thought of the top men’s and women’s singles players teaming up is one that has often intrigued tennis fans around the world.

Comment: For all the star-studded pairs and $1m winning purse, the new-look mixed doubles in New York lacks Grand Slam prestige and has largely disregarded doubles specialists, as Kieran Jackson expla

The U.S. Tennis Association (USTA) is hiring private jets at will; ESPN is doing interviews between sets and, until the final, the sets are first to four games, not six. Stars of doubles say it devalues a Grand Slam trophy and their chosen discipline;