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.

Carlos Alcaraz and Emma Raducanu were beaten by Jack Draper and Jessica Pegula in the second round of the mixed doubles at the US Open, but the Spaniard's incredible winner was the talk of the evening