This time, it felt like a little bit more than “a bit of an exhibition” for Jack Draper. Draper described the first two rounds of the revamped mixed doubles tournament at the U.S. Open in that manner — earning a playful ribbing from partner Jessica Pegula — On Tuesday night,

Jack Draper and Jessica Pegula cruised to a straight-sets win against Carlos Alcaraz and Emma Raducanu in the first round of the revamped US Open mixed doubles.

Carlos Alcaraz and Emma Raducanu face off against Jessica Pegula and Jack Draper in the Mixed Doubles first round today, Aug. 19, at approximately 2:40 p.m. ET.

The U.S. Open's largest court was packed for the final three matches of the reimagined mixed doubles tournament Wednesday night, which was made up of mainly top singles players for the first time.

A star-studded and revamped U.S. Open mixed doubles has reached the semifinals, with the final also tonight in New York.

"We're also playing for all the doubles players that could not be here, so we tried to do our best," said Vavassori, after downing Fritz and Rybakina.