15 h. ago Emma Raducanu sent fearless message by teenage British opponent ahead of Wimbledon clash

Welsh teenager Mimi Xu will take on Emma Raducanu in the first round of Wimbledon, and the 17-year-old is relishing the prospect of facing one of her role models

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22 h. ago Who is Mimi Xu? All you need to know about Emma Raducanu's 17

British teenager takes on grand slam champion on major debut

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25 h. ago Emma Raducanu will face British teen at Wimbledon while Katie Boulter handed tough test

Raducanu takes on 17-year-old Mingge Xu but could face world No 1 Aryna Sabalenka in round three

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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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64 h. ago Emma Raducanu says she needs to get her ‘head in the game’ after Eastbourne exit

British No 1 knocked out by teenager Maya JointAustralian world No 51 wins 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (4)Emma Raducanu says she needs to get her “head in the game” before Wimbledon starts on Monday after falling just short of a comeback against Australian teenager Maya Joint at Eastbourne.The British No 1 looked dead and buried in her battle with the youngster, trailing 5-2 in the deciding set. But she produced an inspired spell, breaking Joint three times when she was serving for the match, to set up a tie-break. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Emma Raducanu handed tough draw at Eastbourne on return from back injury

The 22-year-old has prioritised rest and recovery to ensure she is fully fit for Wimbledon, which begins on June 30.

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9 d. ago Moment British teenager is punched to the ground by bouncer after smashing a bottle in his face when he was asked to leave Magaluf nightclub

This is the moment a Magaluf doorman leaves a British tourist on the ground with a flurry of punches after reacting to being bottled in a horror attack.

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9 d. ago Family of British teen killed in crash involving US driver receive police apology after review

A British police force has apologized to the family of teenage motorcyclist Harry Dunn who was killed by a U.S. government employee driving on the wrong side of the road

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1 week ago Wimbledon hand £66,000 wild cards to three British teenagers and 35

Dan Evans, Jodie Burrage and Harriet Dart also given entry to main draw

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1 week ago Teenage British trio set for Wimbledon debuts as wildcards revealed

Two-time champion Petra Kvitova has also earned entry after returning to the sport following the birth of her son

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1 week ago Helmut Marko confirms Arvid Lindblad plan with British Red Bull starlet destined for F1

Arvid Lindblad is the next youngster to come through the Red Bull pipeline and big things are expected from the British teenager who is already eligible to race in F1

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2 w. ago British teenager Marcus Fakana jailed in Dubai over sex with girl, 17, pleads for clemency

The 19-year-old has written to the UAE government asking to be released

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2 w. ago Brit teen jailed in Dubai for sex with fellow UK tourist begs ruling Sheikh for pardon after 'most traumatic and life

A British teenager who was jailed in Dubai over a consensual relationship during a family holiday has begged for mercy from the emirate's leader. 

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2 w. ago Ally Wollaston pips British teenager Cat Ferguson to Tour of Britain title

New Zealander claims overall victory at the lastLorena Wiebes takes the stage win for SD Worx-ProtimeThe teenage prodigy Cat Ferguson came within a hair’s breadth of executing a memorable overall win in her debut Tour of Britain, but was outsprinted by her rival Ally Wollaston at the climax of the final stage in Glasgow.The pair came into the final sprint tied on time, after Wollaston had erased the 19-year-old Ferguson’s overall lead. Bonus seconds for third place in the final sprint, behind the stage winner, Lorena Wiebes, was enough for the New Zealander to snatch the overall win. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Emma Raducanu on collision course with Wimbledon champion after Queen's draw

Emma Raducanu has been handed a tough draw at Queen's Club, where she could face reigning Wimbledon champion Barbora Krejcikova in just the second round

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3 w. ago Roldan wins Tour of Britain stage two in Saltburn as Faulkner takes overall lead

Kristen Faulkner takes green jersey from Kim Le CourtCat Ferguson fourth in GC as Canadian rider wins stageMara Roldan pulled off a successful late breakaway on the steep approach to Saltburn-by-the-Sea, winning the second stage of the Tour of Britain Women by 12 seconds.The 21-year-old, who hails from Canada’s Yukon territory, made a push for victory with 14km to go and held on to win ahead of Riejanne Markus (Lidl-Trek). British teenager Cat Ferguson (Movistar) finished fifth for the second stage in a row, just behind third-placed Ally Wollaston (FDJ-Suez) and Roldan’s Picnic-Post NL teammate, Megan Jastrab. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Coronation Street's Tina O'Brien poses with actress daughter at British Soap Awards

Coronation Street star Tina O'Brien was joined by her teenage daughter Scarlett Thomas at the British Soap Awards on Saturday

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4 w. ago British banking exec who 'stabbed teen to death with a broken bottle' in Portugal after he was targeted by thieves faces trial after two

Daniel Dunbar is set to be tried by Portuguese officials over the death of Daniel Galhanas in 2023.

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