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US Open: Serena Williams, Carlos Alcaraz Knocked Out Of Mixed Doubles Quarterfinals; Djokovic-Sabakenka Advance
Arthur Ashe Stadium: Serena Williams' highly anticipated return to Arthur Ashe Stadium ended in the US Open mixed doubles quarterfinals as she and Carlos Alcaraz were beaten 5-4(4), 4-1 by Flavio Cobolli and Belinda Bencic on Tuesday.
The star pairing got off to a flying start to their comeback campaign earlier in the day, defeating Erin Routliffe and Lloyd Glasspool 5-3, 4-1 in the opening round. But their run ended against the confident Cobolli and Bencic, who lifted their level at the key moments to set up a semifinal clash against married couple Elina Svitolina and Gael Monfils.
Williams and Alcaraz made a series of early errors in the quarterfinal, giving Cobolli and Bencic the advantage. Cobolli kept his nerve in the tie-break and wrapped up the opening set with an ace. The Swiss-Italian duo were even more clinical in the second set, not making any unforced errors as they romped to victory and ended the much-anticipated run of the American-Spanish combination.
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