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.

World No.2 Carlos Alcaraz – who won the first Major of his career in New York in 2022 – will join forces with Emma Raducanu, who became world famous thanks to her shocking feat at Flushing Meadows in 2021.