Washington, Aug. 6 -- Four years after singles glory at the Paris Olympics 2020, Belinda Bencic and Alexander Zverev will be joining forces to chase the US Open glory in the mixed doubles competition.

As per the official website of the tournament, it will pair's first outing together. But they have competed against each other in the mixed doubles category during the 2018 Hopman Cup final, where Bencic teamed up with Swiss legend Roger Federer to take on Zverev and Germany's Angelique Kerber in a winning effort.

The US Open mixed doubles tournament will go on with the similar scoring format of best-of-three set matches, played with four games per set, no ad-scoring and a 10-point tiebreak in lieu of a third set. The title clash is set fo...