Carlos Alcaraz has declared that Emma Raducanu will be "the boss" when they team up for the revamped U.S. Open mixed doubles event later this summer. The five-time Grand Slam winner confessed that it took a bit for the Brit to respond to his "special request" to partner up.

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.

The star-studded US Open mixed doubles line-up also includes the world No. 1s Jannik Sinner, Aryna Sabalenka, and former champions Djokovic and Iga Swiatek.