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,

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.