How to Use mixed doubles in a Sentence

mixed doubles

plural noun
  • On another very cute note, the pair also played mixed doubles during the US Open in 2021.
    Sabrina Talbert, Women's Health, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Matches consist of four boys and girls singles, three boys and girls doubles and three mixed doubles.
    Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2023
  • Last year, Dopson won state in mixed doubles with Sanjheev Rao, who reached the semifinals at state this year in boys singles.
    Greg Riddle, Dallas News, 26 Apr. 2023
  • The duo were scheduled to play as a team in a mixed doubles match at Wimbledon in July 2023, but Badosa had to withdraw at the last minute due to a spinal injury.
    Kaitlin Stevens, Peoplemag, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Each event combines men’s, women’s and mixed doubles matches.
    Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2024
  • One of them was awarded to mixed doubles tennis player Richard Norris Williams, who had survived the sinking of the Titanic in 1912.
    Keir Simmons, NBC News, 5 July 2024
  • That same year, the two were semifinalists in mixed doubles at Wimbledon.
    Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The second and final matches will be mixed doubles format: Rally scoring (every point counts), best two out of three games to 21, win by 2.
    Safid Deen, USA TODAY, 5 Feb. 2024
  • A number of sports hold mixed-gender competitions, like mixed doubles in tennis and relay races in swimming and track and field.
    Jeré Longman, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2023
  • On the last day, all the remaining rivalries that had played out over the past two weeks would come to an end, including the women’s singles final and the doubles and mixed doubles finals.
    Sally H. Jacobs, Town & Country, 15 Aug. 2023
  • In addition to the team title, the Hawks crowned state champions in boys singles and doubles, as well as mixed doubles, with a runner-up finish in girls doubles.
    Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 31 May 2023
  • Murray also won a mixed doubles silver medal with Laura Robson in 2012.
    Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Gauff is entered into three events: women’s singles, women’s doubles, and mixed doubles.
    Sean Gregory / Paris, TIME, 24 July 2024
  • Keys and Fratangelo have played mixed doubles together.
    Town & Country, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The couple, who announced their breakup earlier this month, have officially rekindled their romance just in time to compete together at the French Open playing mixed doubles.
    Danielle Jennings, Peoplemag, 29 May 2024
  • Ukrainian tennis player Lyudmyla Kichenok wants her mixed doubles win at Wimbledon to serve as inspiration to her fellow countrymen.
    Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 14 July 2023

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