“I guess it comes with the territory, people being so curious,” Raducanu told The Guardian, adding that it was “terrible” watching Cam Norrie get asked at Wimbledon if he was involved with her romantically.
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She says they are just “good friends” who became famous around the same time, an assertion confident enough for most people to accept.
They will play as celebrity headliners in the rebadged, renamed, reimagined US Open Mixed Doubles Championship that has put so many noses out of joint – and hints at a grim future for tennis.
Instead, deuce is just a sudden-death point. The third set is gone too, replaced by a 10-point tie-break if the first two sets are split.
Of the eight in “on merit”, it was the highest-ranked pairs who got in – but based on their singles ranking rather than doubles pedigree.
Pairs had clearly been dreamed up by organisers and management agents long before the players themselves knew anything about it.
Raducanu will face another friend, Jack Draper, in the first round of the mixed doubles (Photo: Getty)
Amanda Anisimova and Holger Rune have the same agent. Before his latest injury, Nick Kyrgios entered with Naomi Osaka, whose company hosts his podcast.
And to make sure these singles players do turn up for their glorified practice session, the US Open organisers have put down $2.36m (£1.74m) of prize money.
Who can forget Andy Murray and Serena Williams playing together at Wimbledon?
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They added: “We see it as a profound injustice that disrespects an entire category of players… and we hope this remains an isolated case.”
At least Raducanu and Alcaraz will drive some views on TikTok. And doubtless they will.
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Mixed doubles fills the entertainment for those who can only pay £20 or £30 for a ticket, and most are happy to watch that, even if they had probably never heard of Sem Verbeek or Katerina Siniakova before they lifted the Wimbledon mixed doubles trophy last month.
That sends a clear message from the US Open to the rest of tennis about what they value: celebrity over tennis.
And this, you suspect, is just the start.
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