Rennae Stubbs has ruthlessly shot down Emma Raducanu and Carlos Alcaraz 's hopes of glory in the revamped mixed doubles event at the US Open this year. In an apparent dream partnership, the two former champions at Flushing Meadows will team up for the tournament, forming part of a star-studded field.

It has all the ingredients of a Richard Curtis summer hit: two remarkably good-looking leads in Emma Raducanu and Carlos Alcaraz (she of the magazine covers, he of the bullet-speed aces), a “meet-cute” over the tennis nets,