Emma Raducanu is 'besotted' with Carlos Alcaraz.
That's according to body language expert Darren Stanton, who thinks the pair are 'very close' and that there 'could be something there' between them as Wimbledon approaches.
For years, the duo have been romantically linked - with nothing ever really to back up speculation that they're together.
Rumours have blown up in recent days, however, ever since it was confirmed the duo would be playing mixed doubles together at the US Open later in the year.
Emma Raducanu is 'besotted' with Carlos Alcaraz, according to a body language expert
PA
Raducanu has done her best to downplay suggestions that they're in a relationship, while Alcaraz has said in the past that he's single.
However, body language expert Stanton has now expressed a belief that Raducanu is 'besotted' with the reigning men's Wimbledon champion.
After analysing a recent BBC interview from Raducanu, he told OLBG: “I think Emma Raducanu is besotted with Carlos Alcaraz.
"In her interview with the BBC, you can see that her face lights up and her pupils dilate.
"You can tell when her emotion shifts from speaking about general tennis to when she gets asked the question about what’s being said on the internet having fun on speculation.
"When she gets asked about the rumours, she shifts emotion because she starts to look down and left.
“Looking up is remembering general things and pictures as you’re trying to think whereas when people look down and left, she’s accessing something called internal auditory dialogue.
“She goes from instantaneously answering to considering what she’s about to say very carefully.
READ MORE: Ryan Reynolds sends emotional message after heartbreaking Wrexham decision
Emma Raducanu and Carlos Alcaraz are friends away from the courtGETTY“I’m not saying there’s a full-blown relationship going on but there’s one of two things.
"Either they’re very close and there could be something there down the line or it’s wishful thinking on her part because there’s something that causes that emotional shift and it happens at the same time that she talks about general tennis to then talking about him and their relationship.
“I don’t think it’s anything yet so it could be a close friendship that could allude to something in the future or she really loves the idea of those two being an item.”
Speaking recently, Raducanu joked that she was initially hesitant to accept Alcaraz's request to play together.
LATEST SPORTS NEWS:
"Gotta keep them on their toes!" she quipped.
Raducanu then added: “I mean, of course, I had to ask my team if they wanted me to play.
"But for me, when he asked me, I was going to say yes, I just had to kind of go through the formality of asking my coach, so I didn't just make the decision.
“I've known him for years and actually in Wimbledon 2021 it was like kind of the first time I started getting to know him, and I had a good run there and then also again in the US Open in 2021.
Emma Raducanu recently spoke of her admiration for Carlos Alcaraz
PA“And I remember he was always playing the day before me and I was playing like the second day of the round. And I would see him win and then I would have motivation to win and get myself into that position too.
“And I remember he beat Stef [Tsitsipas] in the third round and it was like a big win, his breakout kind of win on a big stage and it was really cool to kind of, I guess, go through that tournament together and then I kept going through the US Open, but we were staying in touch for the whole time and yeah, it's nice.”
“We have a good relationship still. He’s obviously overtaken me a lot, but it's nice that we have that from a while ago."
Most Read
