Emma Raducanu and Carlos Alcaraz’s all-star partnership was brought to a premature end as they were beaten in the first round of the revamped US Open mixed doubles.

Certain tennis fans have spent the summer arguing that Carlos Alcaraz’s mixed-doubles partnership with Emma Raducanu was the US Open’s idea, and came about for commercial reasons, rather than being an organic arrangement between two old friends.

Emma Raducanu and Carlos Alcaraz have been knocked out of the US Open mixed doubles event in the first round, losing to the team of Jessica Pegula and Jack Draper