Emma Raducanu is ‘totally invested’ in tennis, Mark Petchey has said, as her former coach implored people to appreciate how much effort she puts into the sport.

Fans think they know why Emma Raducanu did not embrace Jack Draper after the pair played in the first round of the new US Open mixed doubles event.

Chrissie Evert, the 18-time Grand Slam singles champion, knows something about being involved with a fellow tennis player. She and Jimmy Connors were engaged in 1974 and when both players won Wimbledon singles titles that year, they were dubbed the “Love Double.”

The much-talked-about pairing of Emma Raducanu and Carlos Alcaraz fell to an early exit in the US Open’s mixed doubles competition on Tuesday, losing their first-round match and failing to win a set.

Mark Petchey says he is “super happy” for Emma Raducanu after she hired Francisco Roig as her new coach. Petchey started working with the British No. 1 on an ad-hoc basis when they bumped into each other at the Miami Open earlier this year, but he says he was never supposed to be a full-time member of Raducanu’s team.

Jack Draper and Jessica Pegula beat Emma Raducanu and Carlos Alcaraz in the first round of the US Open's revamped mixed doubles event before the Brit landed himself in hot water

Former World No.1 Mats Wilander has predicted that Emma Raducanu will not win a Grand Slam soon, despite being in her best form since 2021. The 22-year-old has shown a lot of significant improvement in her game in recent months,

The tennis player couldn't focus on her match with a baby that had been crying in the audience for nearly 10 minutes.

Emma Raducanu and Carlos Alcaraz will face Jessica Pegula and Jack Draper at the US Open in New York after the mixed doubles event was completely revamped for 2025