{"id":97382,"date":"2025-08-20T18:09:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T18:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/97382\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T18:09:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T18:09:07","slug":"tennis-world-cant-help-itself-as-emma-raducanu-carlos-alcaraz-pair-at-us-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/97382\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennis world can&#8217;t help itself as Emma Raducanu, Carlos Alcaraz pair at US Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The tennis world has gone into a frenzy after Carlos Alcaraz and Emma Raducanu teamed up at the US Open, as rumors continue to swirl that they may be the sport\u2019s newest power couple.<\/p>\n<p>In their first round match at the revamped US Open mixed doubles, Jack Draper and his partner, Jessica Pegula, overcame Raducanu and Alcaraz 4-2, 4-2 \u2013 with sets shortened for the new $1 million event.<\/p>\n<p>Despite losing, Raducanu and Alcaraz kept spirits high, bumping fists, sharing embraces and laughs throughout.<\/p>\n<p>Raducanu and Alcaraz\u2019s pairing \u2013 dubbed Raducaraz by some fans \u2013 also fueled relationship rumors as fans speculated they may be more than just friends.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAm I watching the start of a love story?\u201d one person wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think this could be tennis\u2019 hottest new couple,\u201d another said.<\/p>\n<p>Emma Raducanu and Carlos Alcaraz paired together at the US Open on Aug. 19, 2025. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>While a third wrote: \u201cThat was so much fun to watch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/06\/29\/sports\/emma-raducanu-asked-about-carlos-alcaraz-dating-rumors-again\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rumors of the pair dating<\/a> have swirled since the Brit was pictured cheering on the Spaniard at Wimbledon in June.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, each of the pair\u2019s social media pages continue to be flooded with questions about a potential bubbling romance.<\/p>\n<p>Such is the interest in the pair that worldwide search interest in the pair is up 2.2% in the last three months.<\/p>\n<p>Emma Raducanu and Carlos Alcaraz lost their first match. REUTERS<\/p>\n<p>There have been romance rumors following the two tennis stars. John Angelillo\/UPI\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<p>However, the pair have denied being together and instead insist they are \u201cjust good friends.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI guess I\u2019m like, it comes with the territory, people being so curious,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2025\/aug\/15\/i-am-tough-emma-raducanu-on-legacy-of-her-us-open-win-stalking-ordeal-and-why-therapy-wont-help-her\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Raducanu told The Guardian ahead of her doubles match with Alcaraz.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think they\u2019re more curious about this news than any tennis results and tennis news. But I just keep myself to myself, my private life to one side. It\u2019s always funny when people try to find something out, but I try not to read into it so much.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Emma Raducanu and Carlos Alcaraz during US Open mixed doubles event. REUTERS<\/p>\n<p>The British No. 1 has returned to form in recent months, but she narrowly missed out on being a seed for the US Open singles event, which begins next week in New York.<\/p>\n<p>Alcaraz will enter the US Open draw as the second seed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The tennis world has gone into a frenzy after Carlos Alcaraz and Emma Raducanu teamed up at the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":97383,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[2073,1701,99,1625,428,14687],"class_list":["post-97382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-carlos-alcaraz","tag-emma-raducanu","tag-sports","tag-sports-entertainment","tag-tennis","tag-us-open-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97382\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}