Emma Raducanu’s journey: ‘young British prospect’ to grand slam finalist

How the Guardian has reported the early sightings and stunning rise of a British tennis sensation

9 July 2017
Emma Raducanu’s first mention in the Guardian: results and a photograph as the 14-year-old wins her first round match in the girls’ singles at Wimbledon. She loses in the next round.

9 July 2018
On her way to a quarter-final in the girls’ singles at Wimbledon, the Guardian’s Gerard Meagher reports on a first-round win for “the highly rated” Emma Raducanu over the USA’s Gabriella Price. “‘I got off to a strong start,’ said Raducanu, who was born in Toronto to a Romanian father and Chinese mother but came to the UK aged two. “In the second set, she had five break points to go 5-0 up. We had a very long game and it was a pretty good battle, but I fought well.’”

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