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.

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.

The revamped mixed doubles event at the US Open saw Jack Draper and Jessica Pegula taking on Emma Raducanu and Carlos Alcaraz in the first round. Draper and Pegula proved why they were seeded first, delivering a clinical 4-2,