Emma Raducanu and Carlos Alcaraz's relationship as Wimbledon icon drops four-word comment

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Emma Raducanu and Carlos Alcaraz's relationship as Wimbledon icon drops four-word comment
Conchita Martinez has high hopes for the relationship between Emma Raducanu and Carlos Alcaraz who are set to team up for the US Open Mixed Doubles tournament later this summer
Carlos Alcaraz will team up with Emma Raducanu at the US Open mixed doubles event
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The partnership of Emma Raducanu and Carlos Alcaraz will be an exciting one as the pair are set to team up for the US Open Mixed Doubles tournament.
That's according to former Wimbledon champion Conchita Martinez who sounded off on the on-court pairing of two of tennis' biggest stars. In what is a new initiative by the major, nine of the world's top-10 women and nine of the world's top-10 men will break off into pairs in the event prior to the US Open singles tournament.
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The Spaniard - who is fresh off winning the HSBC Championships on Sunday - is in red-hot form and has won 17 matches in a row, including his historic French Open triumph over world No. 1 Jannik Sinner earlier this month.
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Raducanu, 22, has been a more active player on the WTA Tour this year after a period of significant injury issues and will compete on Tuesday in the Lexus Eastbourne Open in her final preparation for Wimbledon later this month.
Given the pair have always maintained a friendship, it hasn't been much of a surprise that they've decided to team up at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center which Martinez believes will result in exciting tennis to be produced.
Emma Raducanu was in attendance to watch Carlos Alcaraz reach the final of the HSBC Championships
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Speaking to BoyleSports, the tennis legend said: "It's certainly a very exciting couple. They admire each other a lot. They're going to be fun to watch and to see the great energy that Carlos has to bring to the table. They get along great and they're going to be very exciting for sure."
Alcaraz revealed that their partnership was his doing as he said he approached Raducanu with the idea to which she accepted. "I'm super excited about it," the five-time major champion said. "I think it's going to be great. It was an amazing idea for the tournament. I was thinking that I couldn't play better if it wasn't with Emma.
"I just asked Emma if she wants to play doubles with me. Yeah, I made that special request. She took a while to respond. Not that much, not that much! But obviously she had to ask, and she had to think a little bit. But it wasn't a minute!
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"I have known Emma for a really long time. I have a really good relationship with her. We are gonna enjoy it for sure. We will try to win. But obviously it's going to be really, really fun."
The Spaniard captured a fifth title of the season on Sunday when he defeated Jiri Lehecka to win the HSBC Championship
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The chemistry between the tennis stars already was on show recently after Raducanu attended Alcaraz's semi-final victory over Roberto Bautista Agut at the HSBC Championships.
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Following the victory over his compatriot, a smiling Alcaraz spoke of his delight in seeing his partner support him. "I saw on social media she came up to watch my match," he said.
"I'm just glad. I mean, I was focused on the match. I didn't see her afterwards. I am just glad that she came to support me, to watch my match. Yeah, I think it was great having her in the stands."
They'll certainly have their work cut out for them with teams such as Jannik Sinner and Emma Navarro, Olga Danilovic and Novak Djokovic, Zheng Qinwen and Jack Draper and more all in contention.