Before playing US Open mixed doubles together, Jess Pegula and Jack Draper had hardly spoken. Yet they pulled off two victories on Tuesday.

Jack Draper narrowly missed out on an appearance in the new-look US Open mixed doubles final. Draper and American Jessica Pegula went into the event, played for the first time in the week before the main tournament, as the top seeds and eased through to the last four on Tuesday, including beating Emma Raducanu and Carlos Alcaraz in the first round.

Jack Draper and Jessica Pegula have gone through quite a journey in the past two days, featuring together at the US Open Mixed Doubles Championship. Originally, the Brit was paired with Qinwen Zheng and even Paula Badosa before both had to withdraw due to injury,