NEW YORK – When Leander Paes and Martina Hingis, currently the most formidable mixed-doubles pair in the world, took Court 11 at the U.S. Open on Wednesday, they faced two players who were born after both Paes and Hingis began their careers.
The Paes-Hingis pairing has won four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles over the past two years. Their 2016 U.S. Open first-round opponents, Americans Frances Tiafoe and Sachia Vickery, were playing in just their third mixed doubles match together.
Paes and Hingis are 43 and 35, respectively. They turned professional in 1991 and 1994. Tiafoe is 18 and Vickery is 21.