11 h. ago Emma Raducanu beats Mimi Xu in Wimbledon first round as Welsh teen praised on debut

The Swansea-born player, 17, knocked out in straight sets by the British No.1

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3 d. ago Welsh teen Mimi Xu to face Emma Raducanu in Wimbledon first round

Wales has its first representative in the main draw of a single's tournament at Wimbledon for two decades

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4 d. ago Sue Barker on Jack Draper’s transformation, her kinship with Emma Raducanu and returning to Wimbledon

As hype builds once more ahead of SW19, Wimbledon icon Sue Barker tells Flo Clifford what Jack Draper needs to do to beat the best, how Emma Raducanu can fulfil her potential, and what it’s like walking out on Centre Court

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5 d. ago Emma Raducanu beaten in Eastbourne thriller despite final set fightback

The British No.1 trailed 5-2 in the third and final set before winning four of the next five games to force a tie break

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5 d. ago Wimbledon to have first Welsh player in the main draw in 20 years

Mingge (Mimi) Xu will be the first Welsh player in the Wimbledon Championships singles main draw for 20 years

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1 week ago Teenage Welsh tennis star Mimi Xu gets Wimbledon wildcard spot

The Welsh star, 17, will head to SW19 alongside fellow British rising stars Hannah Klugman and Mika Stojsavljevic

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2 w. ago Emma Raducanu gives worrying Wimbledon injury update after Queen's Club scare

Emma Raducanu was beaten 6-2 6-4 by Chinese star Qinwen Zheng in the quarter-final at Queen's Club with the British No.1 receiving treatment on her back during the match.

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2 w. ago Emma Raducanu leapfrogs Katie Boulter to British No 1 after beating Sramkova at Queen’s

Raducanu wins 6-4, 6-1 to reach the quarter-finalsBoulter falls to fifth seed Diana Shnaider 2-6, 6-3, 6-2Emma Raducanu will regain her status as the best female tennis player in Britain for the first time in two years as she continued her solid start to the grass-court season by defeating Rebecca Sramkova of Slovakia 6-4, 6-1 to reach the quarter-finals at Queen’s.Raducanu, who currently sits at world No 35 in the live rankings, will return to British No 1 next week after Katie Boulter fell to the fifth seed Diana Shnaider 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 on Thursday. Raducanu has not been the highest-ranked player in the country since June 2023 when she was recovering from surgeries to her wrists and ankle. She missed a total of eight months in 2023 and consequently fell out of the top 300. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Emma Raducanu and Katie Boulter beaten in the doubles at Queen’s

The British pair lost 6-2 7-5 to top seeds Lyudmyla Kichenok and Erin Routliffe.

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