Alcaraz and Raducanu follow each other on Instagram and the Spaniard was “caught” several times liking the WTA star’s posts and even congratulating her on some of her wins.

Emma Raducanu will team up with French Open champion Carlos Alcaraz in the mixed doubles at the US Open, with a prize of $1 million (£741,000) on offer for the winners. The new doubles team – who can expect to be given a portmanteau nickname of either “Alcaranu” or “Raducaraz” – are one of several eye-catching partnerships set to make their debuts in New York in August.

Jack Draper doesn’t wonder at all why Emma Raducanu, instead of him, chose to partner with Carlos Alcaraz for this year’s US Open mixed doubles. Draper, after securing his first-round win at the Queen’s Club Championship,