Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz has sparked rumours he is dating a tennis player on the WTA Tour after a viral interview at the Australian Open.

Speculation over Alcaraz’s love life emerged after the Spanish world No.2 was interviewed by Jim Courier on the court at Rod Laver Arena following his fourth-round win over Miomir Kecmanovic at Melbourne Park on Monday.

The 20-year-old, tipped to dominate the sport in the coming years, was asked which players he enjoys watching across both the men’s and women’s tours but awkwardly refused to name a female player and laughed nervously about it.

‘I like to watch every match if I can,’ Alcaraz said. ‘But I love watching Daniil Medvedev, Novak [Djokovic] and [Jannik] Sinner as well.