It has all the ingredients of a Richard Curtis summer hit: two remarkably good-looking leads in Emma Raducanu and Carlos Alcaraz (she of the magazine covers, he of the bullet-speed aces), a “meet-cute” over the tennis nets,

James claimed that Raducanu appeared to “stall for time” by repeating the interviewer’s question about Alcaraz, but “the way the coy smile spread across her face as she rattled off their history together” and how she touched her hair, was similar to a “fan-girl” reaction.

British tennis star Emma Raducanu was all smiles when asked about fans who are shipping a romance between her and top seed Carlos Alcaraz on social media.