Charismatic pairing of Williams and Alcaraz falls short in US Open mixed doubles

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Serena Williams and Carlos Alcaraz drew a big Arthur Ashe crowd for their US Open mixed doubles run before losing in the quarterfinals to Flavio Cobolli and Belinda Bencic.

The pairing was billed for star power rather than doubles pedigree, and the result followed the expected script: charisma carried the first round, execution decided the rest.

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