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It wouldn’t be the early rounds of Wimbledon if there wasn’t a rain delay. The match is delicately poised but the rain has to clear up first. There are a few more umbrella’s coming up as the rain gets slightly heavier. The word coming out of Wimbledon is that there won’t be any play until 12:30pm at the earliest. Closing out the action will be Murray, who faces James Duckworth. Murray made it to the third round last year but was emphatically defeated by Denis Shapovalov and admitted afterwards that he was questioning his future. The US Open champion has shaken off injury concerns but faces a tricky opening match against world No 46 Alison van Uytvanck, who reached the fourth round herself in 2018.
On day one of the championships, both Emma Raducanu and Andy Murray begin their Wimbledon campaigns. All eyes will be on the former US Open champion on ...
We sometimes forget that a year ago, all she had to stress about was her maths A-level result. On day one of the championships, both Emma Raducanu and Andy Murray begin their Wimbledon campaigns. It's hardly surprising it's been a challenging year since.
Your complete guide to Emma Raducanu's next match at Wimbledon 2022, including what time she is playing today.
Wimbledon is once again broadcast across BBC platforms throughout the duration of the tournament. She was an obscure figure garnering a smattering of support by those who spotted the 'GBR' attached to her name. Raducanu has been handed a tricky draw by first-round standards. You can unsubscribe at any time. How to watch Emma Raducanu at Wimbledon For the first time in history, the general public is looking forward to watching Emma Raducanu at Wimbledon.
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He explains that those days are never in the week before a tournament, during a tournament, or in the four days preceding a tournament - allowing her tennis to continue to be the priority. I have heard it suggested that since her sensational US Open win in September last year, that Raducanu has taken her eye off the ball - so to speak. However, it would be wrong to think that her injuries are down to a lack of conditioning or training.
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If that’s as good as it gets it is already a remarkable thing, and one she appears predisposed to enjoy. Though that might not satisfy the John McEnroes of this precinct, who saw in her retirement in the fourth round a year ago a lack of nerve more than fitness, it seems reasonable to more sensitive ears. She is one of only 126 women in the history of tennis to win a grand slam tournament. What she is in fact experiencing is a crash course in how the world works, about power, influence, commerce, value, and how she connects to the rapidly evolving eco system surrounding her. Everyone wants me to do well and is behind me, [those] who are out there on the court and are going to be cheering. Today she is dealing with tens of millions of pounds on her own account. About the starring role Raducanu is learning on the job, like a princeling suddenly empowered by the death of the monarch. I think that everything that I’ve been doing with them has been very positive because I feel like I’ve learnt a lot from them, just seeing the way they go about things. She is the star of Vodafone’s new summer campaign. Ask her what it all means, how it feels to be loved by all, to be the focus of attention, to be the major story on the world’s most celebrated tennis stage having never set foot on Centre Court, and she is groping around the baseline for answers; a little ill at ease, a little nervous, a little unsure. A year ago she arrived as a little known sixth-former straight from the A-level examination hall. To her right an aide directing the questioning, like a Walsingham or Cecil fussing about Elizabeth I.
Emma Raducanu is facing Alison Van Uytvanck on Centre Court on Monday, with the match set to start at around 3.45pm.
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EMMA RADUCANU faces a tough test in her Wimbledon first-round match.
Alison Van Uytvanck steps up to serve and takes a 30-0 need. Van Uytvanck storms back to win the next two rallies and set up a break point, dumping the ball in the net. An aggressive return from the Brit earns her a break point but she finds herself at deuce. Raducanu begins her first service game with an error but gets back to 30-15. But three errors from the world No 46 set up a set point for Raducanu who dumps the ball in the net. A double fault and an error from the Belgian brings up a fifth break point for the Brit but Van Uytvanck saves it with a drop shot. She gets to 15-30 and hits a shot on the baseline that is originally called out but immediately overruled by the chair umpire. She chases down a Van Uytvanck dropshot and the 28-year-old sends her return long. Raducanu 6 - 4 6 - 4 Van Uytvanck "I definitely feel like game-wise I back myself pretty much against anyone. I think she was the top seed at the time. Raducanu 6 - 4 1 - 1 Van Uytvanck*
Emma Raducanu starts her second ever Wimbledon campaign on Centre Court as British no1 against Alison Van Uytvanck. It marks a stunning rise to prominence ...
Raducanu will serve for the match. Forehand into the net from the Brit next point, 15-30. Second serve too... Break point for the Brit! 40-0 and three match points. Plus, she only converted four of 12 break-point chances, two of which came courtesy of double faults from her opponent.
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Even from some of the people working on the tournament, they’re like: ‘You got this.’ Just cheering me on. It will also be aired on BBC iPlayer as part of the platform’s live streaming and catch-up. "Just a very inspiring and motivating place to be.
Emma Raducanu is preparing for her Centre Court debut at Wimbledon today - and the teenager has been showing her support for Rafael Nadal in her pre-match ...
Raducanu was signed to Nike soon after her rise to fame at Wimbledon last year. Back in March, Raducanu wore a Nadal cap to her press conference at the Miami Open. Raducanu is making her second appearance at Wimbledon after catapulting herself onto the global stage 12 months ago.
Britain's Emma Raducanu thrilled the home fans on Monday as she secured a comfortable opening victory over Alison van Uytvanck at Wimbledon 2022.
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US Open champion Raducanu defeated the Belgian 6-4, 6-4 to reach the second round at SW19 in her first Centre Court appearance.
Coupled with the huge attention on the US Open champion’s homecoming and a tricky opponent, this was a major test, but Raducanu passed it impressively by claiming a 6-4, 6-4 victory. A couple of fizzing backhands, coupled with a poor volley and double fault from Van Uytvanck, gave Raducanu the first break in the seventh game. But there were no early causes for alarm as Raducanu threw herself into serves and groundstrokes, missing two break points in the opening game but then saving three on her own serve as the first two games lasted a gruelling 17 minutes.
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JOHN MCENROE praised Emma Raducanu after advancing past the first round at Wimbledon.
I'm extremely pleased to have come through that match and looking forward to hopefully playing in front of you guys again." “It looked like she wanted to be out there, that’s what it boils down to. “A tricky opponent and Emma Raducanu competed hard,” McEnroe said during the BBC's coverage of Raducanu's victory.
British sensation Emma Raducanu is through to the second round of Wimbledon after overcoming Alison van Uytvanck in her first ever match on the iconic ...
“But it is all worth it just to go out on Centre Court and get a win like that. I love playing on the big stages, on big occasions. And after a rapturous ovation from her home crowd, Raducanu declared: “I think a lot of it is mental, and I definitely went out with belief today.
Despite an injury-ravaged build-up that left her participation in doubt until a few days ago, Raducanu took the first set against the dangerous Belgian.
📣 Join our Telegram channel ( The Indian Express) for the latest news and updates In a match low on consistent quality but with moments of drama, it was Raducanu who tightened the screw, finding her confidence and range to break for a 5-4 lead before serving out strongly to give the home fans the victory they so desperately craved. Britain’s teenage U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu lived up to her star billing on her first appearance on Wimbledon’s Centre Court by beating in-form Belgian Alison van Uytvanck 6-4 6-4 in the first round on Monday.
Emma Raducanu put aside her sketchy Wimbledon preparations to make a triumphant start to life on Centre Court against Belgium's Alison van Uytvanck.
After the earlier rain, the sun shone on Raducanu at Wimbledon. Blue sky, late afternoon sunshine…this was how Centre Court was supposed to look. Her tournament ended in dramatic circumstances with Raducanu pulling out of her last-16 match against Ajla Tomljanovic with breathing issues, a precursor to a year when her body has frustratingly rarely obeyed orders. To say her life has changed since her last appearance at Wimbledon a year ago is a gross understatement. She closed the set out, from 15-40 down, at the second time of asking in 52 minutes as her aggressive groundstrokes found their range. After surrendering her next service game to love but then dished out the same medicine to the Belgian. Her safe passage into the second round was a huge boost personally and for the championships.
British No.1 and No.10 seed Emma Raducanu was a straight-sets winner over Alison van Uytvanck on Centre Court in her Wimbledon return.
The win is Bouzkova's second Top 10 win of the season and fifth of her career. Until the end: A third-set tiebreak played to 10 points, new at Wimbledon this year, was needed separate them; in the end, Garcia rallied from a set down and secured a 4-6, 6-1, 7-6[4] win in 2 hours, 17 minutes. "It was my first time playing against her a few months ago, and she's a very new player so you don't know much about her. "I think a lot of it is mental, and I definitely went out with the belief today. "She's doing her way and doing very well. "A month ago, I was really having a hard time. Seeded No.2 at Wimbledon, a career-best, the Estonian didn't suffer the same fate: Tested early by American Bernarda Pera, Kontaveit eventually won the nine of the last 10 games in a 7-5, 6-1 opening win. Kontaveit started the match strongly and led 4-1 in the opener, before Pera won four straight games and was two points away from pocketing the first set. Raducanu, by contrast, had spent little more than 30 minutes of competitive match play on the surface, as she was forced to retire from her opening round match in Nottingham with a rib injury. She didn't have it all her own way against the World No.46, though: Raducanu trailed 3-1 in the second set before finishing off a 6-4, 6-4 win. Twelve months ago, Emma Raducanu captured her country's imagination with a fourth-round run at Wimbledon as a wildcard ranked outside the Top 300. I don't feel like I need massive amount of preparation.
With the tournament at capacity for the first time in three years, the pair electrified an otherwise genteel atmosphere.
He looks good too, loose and limber and comfortable in his movements, with some of that old bounce, the choppy little steps, the slice, the shambling dashes to the net. Victory made it a perfect, if slightly tentative, start for the return of Wimbledon’s full house. The standard dipped for a while. There was a different kind of energy in seeing Raducanu win here, a straight‑sets victory against the experienced Belgian Alison Van Uytvanck that might have been a lot more awkward. For anyone with a sense of scale the story to this point isn’t disappointment, or distracting perfume deals (she really could have had a lot more of those). It is instead one golden run where the cards all fell right, a feat that may well remain a one-off for her and for anyone else. There has been an eagerness to cling to these pegs of the pre‑pandemic summer: Glastonbury, Wimbledon, queueing endlessly for a low-cost airline seat. Wimbledon is a place to luxuriate, to suck the sweetness out of the summer, to feel lush and flush and woozy and sated. There were gasps and coos as she unfurled a lovely coiled backhand, then sighs and murmurs as she netted a forehand. Murray drew the loudest roars later in the evening. The hill was beautifully lush and green in between the rain. In the shop under No 1 Court they are selling novelty oversized tennis rackets for £600. Are we really in that place? We have the plastic strawberry punnet, the cargo short, a stagey politeness.
The 10th seed's participation in the tournament was in doubt until the weekend because of a side strain suffered at the WTA Tour event in Nottingham three ...
It is all worth it just to go out on Centre Court and get a win like that. 'I think a lot of it is mental, and I definitely went out with the belief today. I knew that going in I was going to have to play well. The noise was just amazing to hear from the word go. To play on Centre Court and get a win first time, it's amazing. Now every time I go back, I'm just going to have a great first experience.
WIMBLEDON, England — Emma Raducanu took to Centre Court for the first time and won 6-4, 6-4 over Alison Van Uytvanck. The 19-year-old British player, ...
With the roof closed because of sporadic rain, Kwon was able to pick his spots with his booming forehand. Djokovic has won the last three Wimbledon titles and is going for his seventh overall. The boy was soon helped off court. With it, he became the first man or woman to win that many matches at each of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments. “Other than this year that Wimbledon made a change so you could practice before the tournament starts, it was always coming out on the untouched grass. It’s really a unique and special feeling in our sport.”
British No.1 and No.10 seed Emma Raducanu was a straight-sets winner over Alison van Uytvanck on Centre Court in her Wimbledon return.
The win was Kontaveit's first match since Paris, and since she split with her previous coach, Dmitry Tursunov, after less than a year of working together. It was her first straight-sets win at a major since her US Open championship triumph in September. Raducanu, by contrast, had spent little more than 30 minutes of competitive match play on the surface, as she was forced to retire from her opening round match in Nottingham with a rib injury.
Reigning US Open champion Emma Raducanu made an impressive Centre Court debut by defeating Belgian Alison Van Uytvanck on opening Monday at Wimbledon.
By contrast, this was Van Uytvanck's 15th match on grass this summer after lifting titles in Surbiton and Italy. Available to download now on - iPhone & iPad and Android 4/12 2/7 3 3
US Open champion victorious on Centre Court debut and says it is a 'special feeling' to be back at SW19.
As much as we can, we’re trying not to pass that on to the consumer,” Bolton said. In most of the cases it’s nothing personal,” she said. “I think when the war started, I start to feel this tension inside of me every time the area where I live gets bombed. A glass of Pimm’s cost £9.75, up from £8.50, while a Sipsmith gin and tonic was £9, up from £7. I feel really worried, especially because I know that they are trying to get the one object, which is 100 metres away from my home, from the building where I live,” she told reporters. I feel like I’ve learned a lot in the last year.
Emma Raducanu overcame Belgian Alison Van Uytvanck in her Centre Court debut on Monday, winning 6-4 6-4. The 19-year-old said she "cherished every moment" ...
The 19-year-old said she "cherished every moment" of the match, adding that she "felt like today I made that court my own and really took it in". The newcomer, who burst onto the scene in 2021 with a run to the Wimbledon fourth round, delighted fans with the win, particularly after concerns around her fitness with recent injuries. It’s one of the brands that I’ve always loved from a young age.' "He is grounded, but they all start off grounded. I think that is unfair.” "When we start putting pressure on her and making out that she's like one of the Williams sisters, I think we need to be very careful when we think of drawing those examples with other examples in history where it hasn't gone too well." Emma Raducanu overcame Belgian Alison Van Uytvanck in her Centre Court debut on Monday, winning 6-4 6-4.
Raducanu comes through a side strain and a nervous Centre Court debut to show she is made of sterner stuff.
I know that I can compete with anyone on the other side of the court when I really go for it.” A former professional player herself, she spent 10 years working for the LTA as a national coach and first met Raducanu when she was just 10. She’s helped me a little bit with the tennis,” Raducanu said after beating Van Uytvanck. Eventually, she got ahead and the crowd went with her, producing their loudest cheer after a fine passing shot to edge 0-15 ahead of 4-4. When Raducanu lost key points, there was a deathly silence that took longer to break out into cries of “come on, Emma!” than it usually would. Her serve, such a weapon on her best days, was broken twice and the forehand’s pace paled compared to Van Uytvanck’s flat, aggressive stroke.
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She’s going to have to serve well, in that last match against Alison van Uytvanck it was a little slow, she can be more accurate too. I think that the more matches she plays at Wimbledon the more relaxed she’s going to feel.” I was very impressed with the win of Emma Raducanu, a very tricky first-round opponent in Alison Van Uytvanck who has already won a title on grass.
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Game face on, hair flung back into a haphazard bun, not a stitch of makeup in sight, glamour abounded. In under two hours, Raducanu delivered a 6-4, 6-4 victory against Belgian Alison Van Uytvanck, her face the picture of genuine surprise as her backhand volley clinched the win. Glinting in the sunlight was an approximate £30,000 worth of Tiffany & Co diamond-and-pearl jewellery: a large pair of pearl, diamond and platinum teardrop earrings and matching necklace from the Victoria collection, and a classic diamond bangle from the same brand.