18 h. ago Rising star Mimi Xu relishing clash with ‘really good role model’ Emma Raducanu

Raducanu will take on 17-year-old British wild card Mimi Xu in the first round at Wimbledon.

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25 h. ago Wimbledon 2025 ladies singles' draw: Emma Raducanu handed tough route as Brits dealt tricky ties

British no1 could face a former champion in round two

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25 h. ago Emma Raducanu to face British teenager Mimi Xu in first round at Wimbledon

British No 1 meets teenage debutant in tough half of drawJack Draper faces world No 38 Sebastián BáezEmma Raducanu will take on the young British wildcard Mimi Xu in the opening round of Wimbledon. Xu, 17, is one of three home teenage debutants in the women’s draw, and she will get a first shot at the British No 1.The former US Open champion reached the fourth round last year but Raducanu faces an uphill battle to do so again, with the top seed, Aryna Sabalenka, and the former Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova both in her section. Continue reading...

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25 h. ago Wimbledon hands Emma Raducanu tough draw after British teenager Xu

Vondrousova likely second-round opponent, then SabalenkaJack Draper faces world No 38 Sebastián BáezIf Emma Raducanu is going to make it through to the second week of Wimbledon for the second time in her career then she’s going to have do it the hard way, with the former champion Marketa Vondrousova and the world No 1, Aryna Sabalenka, blocking her path to a place in week two.With 23 British players in the two singles draws – the most since 1984 – an all-British first-round match was always a high probability and Raducanu finds herself up against the Welsh teenager Mimi Xu in round one. Providing the 22-year-old British No 1, who has been nursing a back problem in recent weeks, gets past the world No 318, Vondrousova, the winner in 2022, is likely to be waiting in round two. A match with Sabalenka, probably the toughest task in women’s tennis right now on any surface, would be a third-round encounter. Continue reading...

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25 h. ago Wimbledon 2025: Emma Raducanu to face Mimi Xu in first round as British women handed nightmare draws

Katie Boulter and Sonay Kartal to face seeded opponents in first round

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26 h. ago Emma Raducanu to face young British wild card Mimi Xu in Wimbledon opener

A tough draw for the British women included Katie Boulter facing ninth seed Paula Badosa.

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30 h. ago Wimbledon 2025: 22 British hopefuls including Emma Raducanu and Jack Draper

Jack Draper goes into Wimbledon as a legitimate title challenger for the first time while the remainder range from teenage debutants to veterans potentially taking their final shot at SW19

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1 week ago Emma Raducanu’s stalker blocked by Wimbledon after name found in ballot

Man given restraining order in Dubai on ticket waiting listAll England Club employ fixated threat specialistsEmma Raducanu’s stalker has been blocked from buying tickets for this month’s Wimbledon Championships in the public ballot, it has emerged.Security staff at the All England Club discovered that the man, who has never been named, was on the waiting list when they did a re-sweep of the ballot, after he was given a restraining order in Dubai in February. Continue reading...

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