At the US Open their mixed double lasted just 50 minutes, but so much was enough to turn on the fantasy of fans: between smiles, understandings of understanding and complicity, Carlos Alcaraz and Emma Raducanu are already the most talked about tennis couple
When two talents of world tennis descend together, curiosity is inevitable. But when the protagonists are Carlos Alcaraz and Emma Raducanu, the stakes not only concerns ACE and Volée. Their mixed double debut at the US Open lasted just 50 minutes, which ended with a defeat in the first round. Yet, despite the result, the match was a real show: more than for tennis, for the harmony that the two showed on New York cement.
Complicit looks, mischievous smiles, beaten in half a voice and continuous laughter: The public had no doubts and social media have amplified the feeling. Even the official page of the tournament did not resist, renamed them without hesitation “The Emmalitos”.
While on the sports front the renewed formula has once again crowned Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori, among fans the couple capable of catalyzing the attention was precisely that formed by the 22 -year -old Spanish and the British peer. A partnership awaited for some time, also built thanks to the beautiful words that both had exchanged in the previous months. Raducanu, for example, had told how the Alcaraz matches had motivated her in the difficult moments of Wimbledon. Then, with a smile, he specified: “There is only a beautiful friendship among us”. But it is clear that the audience dreams – and perhaps hopes – in something more.
Alcaraz, back from the triumph of Cincinnati (favored by the withdrawal of Jannik Sinner in the final), arrived in New York with a contagious energy. And next to Emma, his smile seemed even brighter. In the field, the complicity was palpable: mutual applause and incitements, up to that spectacular action in which the Spaniard conquered the point on a ball now given by lost by Raducanu. She ran to meet him radiant, beating the five with enthusiasm.
“They are not playing, they are having fun!” It was read in the enthusiastic comments on Instagram, demonstrating that fans appreciated the chemistry more than the performance.
The final score, a dry 4-2 4-2 inflicted by Jessica Peguula and Jack Draper, did not scratch the enthusiasm of the public. Indeed, now the fans wonder if they will soon see “Emmalitos” (or, as someone already calls them, the “Raducaraz”) in other mixed double double tournaments. If then a story will also be born from the field away from the spotlight, it will be time to say.
