Serena Williams and Carlos Alcaraz to team up at US Open for mixed doubles

[p]It will ​be [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/williams-serena/ttsu68nH/"]Williams[/a]' first competitive match ​at the US Open since 2022. ⁠The American 23-time Grand Slam singles champion and six-time US Open ‌winner won the mixed doubles title in 1998 with Max Mirnyi.[/p][p]World number one [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sabalenka-aryna/vyhksgUB/"]Aryna Sabalenka[/a] will partner Serbia's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/djokovic-novak/AZg49Et9/"]Novak Djokovic[/a] ‌and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pegula-jessica/KdojxrAR/"]Jessica Pegula[/a] ​will team up ‌with fellow American [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fritz-taylor/UH09iaZ6/"]Taylor Fritz[/a] in the mixed doubles.[/p][embed guid="8d4abbcf-9093-4216-8d2f-ba9bcc0791ae" url="https://x.com/usopen/status/2091163903107453064" social-type="twitter" /][p]Williams returned to doubles action this month alongside her sister [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/williams-venus/M7dojKaa/"]Venus[/a] at the Cincinnati Open, but the pair lost in the opening round in their first tournament together since 2022.[/p][p]The 44-year-old Serena announced her return to competitive tennis in June after a four-year absence.[/p]