Jack Draper addressed questions about why he and Raducanu, Britain’s top-ranked players, didn’t join forces for the US Open.

Emma Raducanu will team up with French Open champion Carlos Alcaraz in the mixed doubles at the US Open, with a prize of $1 million (£741,000) on offer for the winners. The new doubles team – who can expect to be given a portmanteau nickname of either “Alcaranu” or “Raducaraz” – are one of several eye-catching partnerships set to make their debuts in New York in August.

British rising star Jack Draper was asked about compatriot Emma Raducanu’s choice to partner with Carlos Alcaraz in the upcoming US Open mixed doubles tournament, but there’s no bad blood between them.