By Richard Pagliaro | @TennisNow | Wednesday, March 5, 2025
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Elena Rybakina and Taylor Fritz joined forces to win the Eisenhower Cup.
Palm Springs success is a prelude to the pair reuniting for the US Open mixed doubles, Fritz said.
Meeting the media at the BNP Paribas Open today, Fritz said Rybakina is an ideal partner—and hopes they can run it back again at the US Open.
“I thought she played great last night. She did everything that I would, I guess, everything I could ask of a mixed doubles partner,” Fritz told the media in Indian Wells. “I think it’s a good fit. Yeah, I asked her to play because I was looking for a US Open mixed partner, and she said that she wants to.
“She just has to check, I guess, with her team and everything. Hopefully it gets cleared.”
If it happens, former Wimbledon winner Rybakina and US Open finalist Fritz would be the second high-profile pairing already publicly committing to US Open mixed doubles.
Stefanos Tsitsipas confirmed he plans to play mixed doubles with long-time girlfriend Paula Badosa at the 2025 US Open.
Last August, Tsitsipas and Badosa celebrated what the Greek called “one of the coolest date nights I could have asked for” when they won the inaugural US Open Mixed Madness exhibition.
Tsitsidosa overcame a talented field that featured Naomi Osaka and Nick Kyrgios, Amanda Anisimova and Taylor Fritz and Coco Gauff and Ben Shelton with $250,000 in prize money on the line.
The Italian duo of Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori defeated Taylor Townsend and Donald Young to win the 2024 US Open Mixed Doubles championship.
The USTA announced major changes to the 2025 US Open Mixed Doubles format, including playing the entire competition during qualifying week, the week before the US Open main draw.
Tsitsipas said he and Badosa plan to play the 2025 US Open Mixed Doubles.
“We are planning to play. She’s the mixed doubles partner I would always play with,” Tsitsipas told the media in Dubai last month. “I don’t have any other options out there or any other female player that I would want to play mixed doubles with.
“She’s always under my consideration and always someone I would want to share the court with.”
