Event: Serena Williams

Serena Williams (left) and Carlos Alcaraz confer during their mixed doubles match against Belinda Bencic and Flavio Cobolli at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on Tuesday. | AFP-JIJI NEW YORK – The dream team of Serena Williams and Carlos Alcaraz made a winning start but could not progress to the final stages of the U.S. Open’s mixed doubles tournament.Williams, often considered the best women’s tennis player in history, and Spain’s seven-time Grand Slam singles champion Alcaraz fell to Belinda Bencic of Switzerland and Flavio Cobolli of Italy 5-4, 4-1.The result means Bencic and Cobolli will advance to Wednesday’s finale of the unorthodox competition, when the semifinals and finals will be played back-to-back. In a time of both misinformation and too much information, quality journalism is more crucial than ever.By subscribing, you can help us get the story right. SUBSCRIBE NOW