Former Wimbledon champion Conchita Martinez has predicted fireworks on the court when Emma Raducanu partners up with Carlos Alcaraz for the US Open mixed doubles tournament. The tennis world was stunned when it was announced the US Open champions will come together at Flushing Meadows.

Carlos Alcaraz made good on his “Grasscaraz” epithet Sunday, beating Jiří Lehečka 7-5, 6-7(5), 6-2 to win his second Queen’s title. Lehečka threatened to make Alcaraz’s life difficult with a surge toward the end of the second and the start of the third sets,

Carlos Alcaraz will be seeded number two at Wimbledon behind Jannik Sinner as he bids for a hat-trick of titles there, but he will arrive in red-hot form.