{"id":58025,"date":"2025-06-24T02:26:55","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T02:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=58025"},"modified":"2025-06-24T02:26:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T02:26:55","slug":"emma-raducanu-didnt-hesitate-to-accept-carlos-alcarazs-invite-to-play-mixed-doubles-at-the-us-open-%f0%9f%a4%9d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=58025","title":{"rendered":"Emma Raducanu didn’t hesitate to accept Carlos Alcaraz’s invite to play Mixed doubles at the US Open \ud83e\udd1d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emma Raducanu says her upcoming mixed doubles partnership with\u00a0Carlos Alcaraz\u00a0is a reflection of the meaningful, friendly connection the pair made as they were rising up the rankings at the start of their careers.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is nice and I think, for all of us, we really value those connections that we had from when we were young,\u201d Raducanu said. \u201cBecause when you become a bit more known or a bit more successful, you just find yourself reverting back to people you knew from a young age and because that\u2019s a real genuine connection, because it becomes very busy and you have a lot more friends \u2013 but the ones that you\u2019ve known for a long time mean a lot more to you.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Raducanu and Alcaraz, both 22, will compete together in the US\u00a0Open mixed doubles tournament in August, which has been revamped controversially this year in order to spotlight the top players. The event will be played in a streamlined two-day format during the week before the US Open. Raducanu says they first got to know each other at Wimbledon in 2021 and forged a friendly connection during their respective breakout runs at the US Open that year.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI remember he beat Stef [Tsitsipas] in the third round and it was like a big win, his breakout win on a big stage and it was really cool to kind of go through that tournament together. We have a good relationship still. He\u2019s obviously overtaken me a lot, but it\u2019s nice we have that from a while ago.\u201d<\/p>\n

A few days after\u00a0their partnership was announced<\/a>, Raducanu opted to catch a glimpse of Alcaraz at Queen\u2019s Club during his semi-final win against Roberto Bautista Agut.<\/p>\n

\u201cI saw some really cool drop volleys and I was like: \u2018Yes, let\u2019s save some of that!\u2019 But he\u2019s got plenty of magic to bring to New York,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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For the time being, Raducanu has more serious challenges to focus on than a glorified exhibition event. Her solid start to the grass court season at Queen\u2019s Club, where she reached the quarter-finals and re-established herself as the British No 1, was soured by further problems with back spasms, which have troubled her on numerous occasions this year. Raducanu\u00a0withdrew from the Berlin Open<\/a>\u00a0last\u00a0week.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s OK,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m still managing it, to be honest. I have good days and bad days with it. I trained a fair bit last week in London and it was good. I was getting a lot of treatment and then woke up pretty stiff at the weekend, took a day off and then trained yesterday and today, but it needs a lot of work and it is up and down. So I\u2019m just trying to manage it as best as I can.\u201d<\/p>\n

Raducanu, the No 7 seed, will face Ann Li in the first round at Eastbourne, her final tournament before Wimbledon begins next week.<\/p>\n

She says she is doing everything she can to ensure that she is in top physical shape and form for her biggest tournament of the year. \u201cNeedles, soft tissue, some \u00admuscle \u00adstimulation stuff, taping, everything,\u201d Raducanu said. \u201cIt\u2019s just ongoing, but it\u2019s OK. It seems to be OK today.\u201d<\/p>\n

Raducanu also thanked Wimbledon for stopping a man who had been stalking her from buying tickets for this year\u2019s tournament. The man attended four events featuring Raducanu in February and she was in tears when she saw him in the stands at the Dubai\u00a0Tennis<\/a>\u00a0Championships. Last week it emerged his attempt to enter the SW19 ballot had been blocked.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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