Sara Errani
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Sep 2, 2026
Matthew RobertsHOST
Um, I think Cornet's serve herself has got quite a bit of work to do and, and can improve.
Matthew RobertsHOST
But yeah, one for Madison Keys to get through, because she did not get through the first round last year against Sara Errani, and that was a disaster for her in terms of the number of unforced errors in her game, and I think the nerves she was feeling that day as well.
Matthew RobertsHOST
So hopefully she can now just settle into the tournament, but I don't think her game is quite there at the moment.
Catherine WhitakerHOST
Mm.
Candy ReidPANELIST
So there was some qualifying, some doubles players, including, uh, Henry Patten, Lloyd Glasspool, um, Harry Heliovara all had to qualify.
Candy ReidPANELIST
Andrea Vavassori and Sara Errani were the defending champions.
Candy ReidPANELIST
They were in the main draw, but they didn't win it this year.
Candy ReidPANELIST
It was won by the Czechs, by Karolina Muchova and Jakub Menšík on Arthur Ashe Stadium.
Tumaini CarayolGUEST
Yeah.
Tumaini CarayolGUEST
She, she lost in the first round to Sara Errani, um-
Eugene AllenHOST
Okay
Tumaini CarayolGUEST
...
Tumaini CarayolGUEST
No, but just like, it's not, I'm sure it's not incredibly inspiring-
Eugene AllenHOST
Of course, yeah
Tumaini CarayolGUEST
... to, to, to play Manak Gacha- Manak Gacha, Sara Er- Sara Errani in a, um, you know, in the first round of a 125, but clearly she's, she's up for it in, you know, in Cincinnati.
Tumaini CarayolGUEST
Um, big tournament, big players, so, um, yeah, we'll, we'll see.
Ben RothenbergHOST
Um, and they were down a set and a break, uh, and getting, it's down four-one, two-one, and kind of getting rocked in that match as well.
Ben RothenbergHOST
And it was a big reversal from last year when the one doubles team, there's only one doubles team in the draw last year, which was Erani and Vavasori who won the tournament, and it kind of made it seem like the entries was a joke, like they were g- doubles players was much better than singles players at this.
Ben RothenbergHOST
So I think it was good for the credibility and viability of this system of, of basing entries for a doubles tournament on singles rankings, which is what they, the US Open is doing, to show that singles players can hack it and can beat doubles players, um, in this very resounding way.
Ben RothenbergHOST
What I'll say though also, and it was, and there was a lot of fun teams obviously just to be summarizing all this, and we'll talk about Alcaraz more in a bit when he comes up in the men's draw.
Scott ReichelHOST
They won a match.
Scott ReichelHOST
We had a couple of upsets early, mainly with, of course, the defending champion, uh, with, uh, of course, Irani, who ended up losing, uh, with Vavasori, as they lost in the first round that they played.
Scott ReichelHOST
So the point is, I do like the format actually.
Scott ReichelHOST
Do I think that it should be used for every single tournament? No.
JamesHOST
And the difference this year is that none of those top doubles players made it to the semifinals of this event.
JamesHOST
Last year, Erani/Bavasiri were the champions, and it was this kind of cool storyline where you could say, well, they, they hijacked the mixed doubles tournament, and they changed it, and they're m- you know, massaging it to favor big name singles players, but these doubles experts still won.
JamesHOST
That wasn't the case this year.
JonathanHOST
It's still a very short period and format of tennis to get any sort of momentum.
Barry BobrowHOST
They don't want the, well, last year it was the talk of the tournament was, is it going to be the celebrity players that they invited in or the doubles team and the doubles team actually won.
Barry BobrowHOST
It was the Italians that Irani and Babasori had a great run this year.
Barry BobrowHOST
It was, it was the checks, right? It was, Mensik and Mukava.
Barry BobrowHOST
Yeah.
Barry BobrowHOST
Uh, well, before we get to the, the, the picking here, uh, you mentioned the, the mixed doubles, uh, you know, this is the, the, the second year of the, the, the grand experiment with the, with the mixed doubles, uh, they get celebrity, they don't want the, well, last year it was the talk of the tournament was, is it going to be the celebrity players that they invited in or the doubles team and the doubles team actually won.
Barry BobrowHOST
It was the Italians that Irani and Babasori had a great run this year.
Barry BobrowHOST
It was, uh, it was the Czechs, right? It was Mensik and, uh, I showed up in matching outfits and had a great time.
Barry BobrowHOST
What'd you think?
Barry BobrowHOST
They don't want the, well, last year it was the talk of the tournament was, is it going to be the celebrity players that they invited in or the doubles team and the doubles team actually won.
Barry BobrowHOST
It was the Italians that Irani and Babasori had a great run this year.
Barry BobrowHOST
It was, it was the checks, right? It was, Mensik and Mukava.
Barry BobrowHOST
Yeah.
FaizanHOST
And then in Cincinnati, beat Golubic in three sets, then lost to Mirra.
FaizanHOST
And then recently played the Monterrey Open, ended up beating Yastremska in three sets with a loss to Sara Errani in straight sets.
FaizanHOST
In terms of tactically, I think this is going to be a tough one for Janice, and there's a few reasons for it, but I want to discuss the matchup generally as well, and what each player brings to the table for those who don't really know Janice as well, and maybe for those who even don't know Mirra as well.
FaizanHOST
So for Janice Chen, she is what I like to call an Ash Barty style.
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