Raducanu under pressure to deliver at Wimbledon

Emma Raducanu is poised for a return to the grass of Wimbledon next week as a Grand Slam winner—under pressure to end Britain’s 45-year-wait for a women’s singles champion.

The teenager caught the eye during her run to the last 16 at the All-England Club 12 months ago before withdrawing from her match against Australian Ajla Tomljanovic because of breathing difficulties.

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But her Wimbledon debut merely proved the prelude to an astonishing triumph at the US Open in early September, where she beat Leylah Fernandez in the final.

Raducanu, a qualifier, did not drop a set at Flushing Meadows, becoming the first British female player to win a Grand Slam singles crown since Virginia Wade at Wimbledon in 1977.