Emma Raducanu

Emma Raducanu's Wimbledon return proved to be an anti-climax as the US Open champion exited in the second round with a straight-sets defeat by Caroline ...

She asked me before the tournament if we wanna play doubles and I said yes, I didn't ask her, she asked me! Available to download now on - iPhone & iPad and Android It's fair that they support Emma and of course is a great memory for me." Let me wait here one hour before the match start. Niemeier said she was nervous before the match on a show court. Like, it's a joke.

Emma Raducanu's Wimbledon return ended in disappointing fashion as she was beaten 6-3, 6-3 by Caroline Garcia on Centre Court.

She smiled throughout her press conference, particularly when she tackled a question in Chinese for the first time. Garcia was relentless until the end, and Raducanu was outmatched by a player with a bigger serve and heavier strokes who rose to the occasion facing her. But she neither had the firepower to match Garcia, nor the variety to disrupt her game. Even when Garcia sprayed unforced errors and relinquished her early break, she was unmoved in her urgency to dominate. Inspired by the occasion and her distinguished opponent, Garcia thoroughly outplayed Raducanu to reach thethird round with a 6-3, 6-3 win.third round with a 6-3, 6-3 win. As France’s brightest hope for so long, she would request to be played on the second court at Roland Garros, Court Suzanne Lenglen, such was her discomfort with the big stage.

EMMA RADUCANU crashed out of Wimbledon after losing in the second round.

Raducanu then held bravely and made her serve to win that opening set, but really that never looked to be any more than a formality. But in the swirling wind of a Centre Court that struggled in all senses to ever get really warm, too often wild hooks missed their target and the scoreboard counted up relentlessly against her. The two-time grand slam winner double-faulted on the first point, but from then on barely put a foot wrong as she swept to a 6-3, 6-3 victory.

British sensation Emma Raducanu's Wimbledon journey was short-lived after she was defeated in straight sets to French star Caroline Garcia on Centre Court ...

After securing a vital hold at the start of the second set, the young star was keen to forge ahead but some clutch shots by Garcia enabled her to hold serve and level the set at 1-1. Raducanu faced set point as she tried to force Garcia to serve it out, which she bravely saved with a big first serve and ultimately hung on to to stay in touch at 5-3. The teen didn’t have the greatest start as she was broken in her opening service game, but hit straight back and consolidated serve to make it 2-2.

Emma Raducanu result: The British No.1 crashed out of Wimbledon in the second round after losing in straight sets to Caroline Garcia.

Garcia misses a volley at the net to give Raducanu a second break point and this time she gets it. Garcia finds the net herself to offer Raducanu the immediate break back but a strong serve puts it to deuce. Raducanu gets to 30-0 courtesy of two Garcia errors. Raducanu hits a fast backhand across the court to go to 15-15 but then strikes the same shot long on the next point. Raducanu attempts a lob and Garcia can't quite connect and her volley goes into the net. Raducanu slightly loses her footing mid-rally and Garcia punishes her with a forehand into empty space. Garcia then double faults and hits a forehand long, 30-30. Garcia fires one into the crowd (the man catches it one handed!) and then hits a forehand long to go 30-15 down. Garcia comes to the net at the next and Raducanu only has one place to go, across court on her backhand and she makes it to get break point. The fourth results in a rally but Garcia hits a forehand wide. Raducanu goes aggressive this time, a forehand winner gives her the opener. Raducanu just can't get any consistency with her forehand and she finds the net.

The US Open champion played her first matches on Centre Court at a time when new heroes are needed at SW19.

Afterwards Raducanu took questions in the Wimbledon press room with a familiar sense of composure. A pair of hard, flat drives, a leaping overhead, a bravura forehand volley took the second game, and suddenly Raducanu was scrabbling for a handhold. Raducanu will head off now to prepare for the defence of New York . If defeat came quickly here, this is still a story that has barely begun. A gruff male voice yelled “come on champion”. Raducanu produced a stretching flipped backhand lob and a man in grey jacket leapt up into the air wildly, only to be urged back into his seat by a steward in an air force uniform. But Garcia didn’t fold, winding up her forehand to hammer the lines and close out the match. It has felt a little strange in SW19, stripped of ranking points because of a war in Europe, teeming at the edges with Covid. She netted a couple of forehands, slumped a little, and at that point there was a sudden rolling, warm cheer around the seats, with a sense of a wider celebration of this astonishingly impressive 19-year-old, the Beckenham ingenue. Henman fever bled into the Murray years, and a gut of beloved star players. But even in defeat, it felt as thought this could be the start of a beautiful friendship. But Wimbledon embraced Raducanu warmly in her first appearances on Centre Court. It is the key relationship in this place, the one between crowd and favoured player,. For Raducanu because she was simply blown away by a more powerful opponent, a moment of cold, hard sporting reality for a teenager who is still just a year into her own elevation from schoolgirl to sporting A-lister and all-round pop celebrity. Expectations for Raducanu will always be warped by her precocious success at the US Open last year, an unrepeatable miracle of will, of taking the moment.

THE CENTRE COURT crowd were right behind Emma Raducanu trying to inspire her to victory against Caroline Garcia.

Garcia still appeared to control most of the match though and eventually broke again. He regularly stood up to cheer Raducanu on whenever the Brit won a point. The French tennis ace also came into this year's tournament in excellent form and had plenty of practice on the grasscourts.

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“I don't mind that. I literally won a slam. She smiled: “I am 19 years old.

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The 19-year-old was beaten 6-3 6-3 by Caroline Garcia on Centre Court.

I didn’t really have any looks, I felt, many second serves. “I think it was first-strike tennis,” said Raducanu. “She served really well today. I literally won a slam. I struggled to find a way through her today. “I didn’t feel anything out there,” the British number one said of the injury. “But I’ve played seven hours of tennis in a month.

Raducanu was toppled by Caroline Garcia before Murray lost a close contest against John Isner.

He was left to rue what might have been, saying: “I could have had a good run here. “I didn’t feel anything out there,” the British number one said of the injury. “But I’ve played seven hours of tennis in a month.

Andy Murray was defeated in four sets against America's big-server John Isner on Centre Court, straight after Emma Raducanu's exit at the hands of Caroline ...

By then Murray was shaking his head and not even bothering to run for some of Isner's drop shots. And when asked how he stayed strong and won the game, Isner joked: "I served..." And after a scorching 36 aces in this match, he could break Ivo Karlovic's all-time record of 13,728 at this tournament as he is now only four behind.

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After her defeat, 10th seed Raducanu said: "I've played seven hours of tennis in a month. Murray was left to rue what might have been, saying: "I could have had a good run here. I struggled to find a way through her today. British fans had suffered a double disappointment in swift succession after Raducanu was earlier knocked out on the same court in the women's singles. The two biggest stars of British tennis Andy Murray and Emma Raducanu have both been knocked out of Wimbledon in the second round. It was the first time Murray had failed to reach the third round at SW19 as the 6ft 10in-tall US player secured his first career victory over him at the ninth attempt.

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(Henman was No. 5.) Now those numbers are four and seven on the men’s side, two and six on the women’s side (including both No. 11 players of the moment, Raducanu and Cameron Norrie). They have Murray at No. 52 after he ventured to No. 3 before his physiological ordeal of recent years, and he’s saying, “I really want to try and improve my ranking to a level where I’m getting seeded in Slams.” The war in Ukraine: As the tournament gets underway, Wimbledon’s Russia and Belarus ban leaves 16 of the top 100 on the outside. Wimbledon starts: The season’s third Grand Slam returns in full with big crowds, roars and a little rain. Those in the crowd did have enough mustard, though, another case of a tenor different from yore — less desperate, surer they can implore their players to victory. John Feinstein: “Statistics are overused, but a handful of Nadal’s numbers go beyond breathtaking. World No. 1 Iga Swiatek raced to a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Coco Gauff in 68 minutes to claim her second Grand Slam. A well-executed drop shot not only can take a player by surprise, it also can exploit a shaky vulnerability. Now they seem to play with hope above fear all around the grounds, and rather than feeling the brunt of whatever national pressure is left over after soccer hogs most of it, they share that brunt. I need that to be working.” Maybe it would be a later round before an on-court interviewer would ask Isner how he managed to keep his head when the fans around him were losing theirs, to which Isner replied, as follows: Being seeded would help avoid a seeded mainstay in his 54th major tournament as is Isner, even as Isner stood 0-8 against Murray coming in. And when Raducanu lost just before Murray, well, she did win that U.S. Open as an afterthought even amid her own nationality. I literally won a Slam.”

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A performance plan, rather than a series of ad-hoc arrangements, has to be put in place. Coaching requirements are an individual thing, and Raducanu clearly believes she has to work things out for herself. Sitting elsewhere in the stands was her physio from New York, Will Herbert, who is back to his more general role with the governing body’s performance team. Her game had more variety, too, winning 16 points out of 20 when she approached the net. It’s pretty tricky to find videos of good-quality matches where you can watch what they are doing. And then obviously everyone knows you.’

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I literally won a Slam," Raducanu said. "This is why I still play," Isner said. I guess I didn't give him many opportunities to spin his web and get me tangled up in it. Murray, who entered the day 8-0 against Isner, only managed to obtain two break points. He lost that early twice, in his 2005 debut and in 2021. "That's really all it came down to.

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CAROLINE GARCIA beat Emma Raducanu in the second round at Wimbledon.

Raducanu added: "Yeah, I mean, obviously it's tough to lose any match, but I think that Caroline played a great match. It's just a reminder you got to do this, this, and that. I struggled to find a way through her today. Emma Raducanu crashed out of Wimbledon after a straight-sets defeat to Caroline Garcia - only to be warned that her secrets are out. “Then obviously everyone gets knows you, especially when you are doing great, which is her case. But obviously it's pretty tricky most of the time to find video or good quality matches where you can watch how they are doing.

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"Emma is a huge player and in her home tournament and she proved she can do very well on the big stage. A Garcia double-fault on the opening point was greeted by a few claps from the crowd, but from then on she appeared to have the outcome on her racket. Raducanu gave her fans hope of a comeback when she broke Garcia to level the set at 3-3, but she dropped serve immediately to hand the advantage back.

Emma Raducanu hit back at a suggestion there was pressure on her at Wimbledon after her second-round exit, calling it a “joke”.

It's just a reminder you got to do this, this, and that. “Then when you do it on a big court like that, it's definitely magnified. Reflecting on the match, Raducanu added: “I think it was first-strike tennis. But I just didn't have enough ball speed today.” “I declared myself fully fit when I walked out onto the court on the first day. “I don't mind that.

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She will do that and she will be going much deeper into this tournament in the future.” She suffered a side strain at the Nottingham Open and Henman stated that while Raducanu has plenty to learn, he anticipates that she will do just that and go further at Wimbledon in the future. She will go and lick her wounds and understand where she has to improve.

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When Ash Barty crashed out in the third round at Wimbledon in 2018, she was distraught and immediately sought out Aussie sports life coach Ben Crowe to ensure it never happened again. The motto is 'faster, higher, stronger', not 'fastest, highest, strongest'. Sometimes it's the trying that matters, so everyone that got out there and pursued their dreams is a little bit of a victor tonight.' Asked what he was thinking as he rounded the last turn he answered, 'Bugger the silver. Or in Raducanu's case, why does she think they hand out millions of dollars and Tiffany jewellery? When I explained the concept of first place, second place, third place, she told me, 'They don't have places. The result? Summoning all his strength, he kicked and passed Ngugi on the line. I went down to the mixed zone to commiserate with him, but he didn't need comforting. Like the ones who had paid big money for tickets in the hope of watching her play later in the tournament. Or the TV broadcasters who paid even bigger money for the rights to show her in action late into the second week. I wrote a large magazine feature about him, interviewed his family, including his grandmother. I literally won a Slam.'

EMMA RADUCANU will become a top-10 player next month despite being dumped out of Wimbledon.But Britain's Golden Girl has been told to “raise her l.

She seems to be handling it OK.” The attention will be there. There are all of these questions.

Emma Raducanu's Wimbledon return proved to be an anti-climax as the US Open champion exited in the second round with a straight-sets defeat by Caroline ...

She asked me before the tournament if we wanna play doubles and I said yes, I didn't ask her, she asked me! Available to download now on - iPhone & iPad and Android Let me wait here one hour before the match start. It's fair that they support Emma and of course is a great memory for me." Niemeier said she was nervous before the match on a show court. "It's amazing," she told an appreciative lunchtime crowd.