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Jacquie Beltrao explains what went wrong for Emma Raducanu after Caroline Garcia ended her Wimbledon hopes.
Jacquie Beltrao explains what went wrong for Emma Raducanu after Caroline Garcia ended her Wimbledon hopes.
Emma Raducanu’s return to Wimbledon turned out to be a counter-climax, as the U.S. Open champion came out in the second round with a set loss followed by Caroline Garcia.
So far, the 19-year-old has been unable to live up to the exaggeration and, a year after reaching stardom with a race in the fourth round and after achieving the unthinkable in New York, he fell to a meek 6-3 6. -3 defeat to the central court.
In the absence of matches after three weeks off with a side tension, Raducanu simply could not find the level necessary to equal the French Garcia during the 86 minutes of the match.
The next Raducanu will take to the stage of the US Open Grand Slam, but Raducanu insists there will be no pressure before his title defense.
“There’s no pressure. Like, why is there any pressure? I’m still 19 years old. Like, it’s a joke. I’ve literally won a Slam.
“Going back to New York, it will be great because I have a lot of experience playing on big courts, playing with people in the stadium, playing with the focus on you.
“I don’t care about that. For me, it’s all about learning. I’m embracing every moment they throw at me.”
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The expectations of a Grand Slam champion are inescapable and hopes for her second-round match were raised as Raducanu won her only previous bout against Garcia at Indian Wells in March.
Garcia, who arrived late from Germany, where he won a turf tournament over the weekend, had promised to be aggressive and kept his word, entering the track mostly with Raducanu’s second serve and looking to take control with her. reverse.
With stormy conditions causing problems for both players, Raducanu struggled to lose the first two games, but Garcia was overtaken because the 28-year-old got three games in a row.
A second smart serve from Raducanu saved a seven-point lead in the 2-5, but Garcia, who is in the 55th position and can get close, has not made a mistake in his own delivery.
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Raducanu held the service twice to start the second set, but had problems as soon as Garcia entered a rally, the Frenchwoman’s shot weight simply superior to that of her much younger rival.
The crowd tried to inspire Raducanu and applauded heartily when he immediately regained a break to tie the 3-3 just for a double foul and the reverse went into the tram tracks to put Garcia ahead again, from where he he walked away to get the victory.
Disappointment should be tempered by the knowledge that Raducanu is much more likely to challenge for the final stages at Wimbledon in the future, and his thoughts will now focus on playing on the American hard courts.
“I was preparing really well for this game,” Garcia said of his first appearance on the center court.
“Emma is a great player and in her home tournament and she showed that she can do very well on the big stage. It’s fair that they support Emma and of course it’s a great memory for me “.
Garcia vs Raducanu: match statistics
Garcia Match statistics Raducanu 3 Ace 0 3 Double fouls 3 74% First service victory percentage 45% 41% Second service victory percentage 56% 5/8 Break points earned 2/4 25 Total winners 12 20 Errors no forced 8 65 Total Points Earned 50 Twitter Due to your consent preferences, you cannot view these Privacy Options.
Harriet Dart became the 10th British player to advance to the second round with a landslide victory over Rebeka Masarova.
Dart, ranked 94th in the world, put on an impressive display to win 6-1 6-4, becoming the best home performance at Wimbledon since 1984.
The 25-year-old will face eighth seed Jessica Pegula in the second round.
German Jule Niemeier surprised second seed Anett Kontaveit
The second seed, Anett Kontaveit, came out of Wimbledon, beaten 6-4, 6-0 by great player Jule Niemeier, who is marking her first appearance in the championships.
Niemeier, 22 and ranked 97th in the world after injury problems disrupted his early progress on the tour, jumped and hit the air at the match point.
“It’s amazing,” he told a grateful crowd at lunchtime. “It’s one of the big wins of my career so far.”
Niemeier said she was nervous before the match on a show track. “But I love playing on grass … it fits my game.”
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Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko showed her support for her war-ravaged country by wearing a yellow and blue bow during her second-round victory over compatriot Anhelina Kalinina.
The Ukrainian duo had good support on court 12 and after a slight delay due to rain, produced two hours and 30 minutes of high quality tennis.
It was Tsurenko who progressed by 3-6, 6-4 and 6-3 and, in the process, eliminated world number 34 Kalinina in a mini-clash in the second round.
Double the Disharmony
Harmony Tan surprised Serena Williams on the center court in a nightly thriller on Tuesday
Tamara Korpatsch has criticized doubles teammate Harmony Tan for withdrawing her first-round women’s doubles match.
Tan surprised the center court by defeating Serena Williams on Tuesday night in a first-round singles match of more than three hours and on Thursday she will face Sara Sorribes Tormo in the second round.
So later he retired from the doubles on Tuesday afternoon before a scheduled clash against Nadiia Kichenok and Raluca Olaru due to a thigh injury, which did not go well with his partner Korpatsch.
The German, who was defeated by Heather Watson in the first round of the singles, wrote on Instagram: “Unfortunately, my doubles teammate H. Tan has retired from our doubles today.
“I just got a message this morning. Let me wait here an hour before the match starts. I’m very sad, disappointed and also very angry because I can’t play my first doubles Grand Slam.
“And it’s really not fair to me, I didn’t deserve that. She asked me before the tournament if we want to play doubles and I said yes, I didn’t ask her, she asked me! If you’re broken after 3 hours from the day before, you can’t play professionally. That’s my opinion. “
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Korpatsch and Tan were replaced in the draw by Valentini Grammatikopoulou and Peangtarn Plipuech.
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