Emma Raducanu is primed to ‘raise her level’ as she prepares to make her Centre Court debut at Wimbledon against world No 46 Alison Van Uytvanck. As an 18-year-old straight out of her exams, Raducanu burst onto the scene and reached the fourth round at last year’s Championships before stunning the world by winning the US Open in September. Questions were raised about whether Raducanu would be fit in time for this year’s tournament but the teenager said she is ‘ready to go’, calling Wimbledon ‘the most special place to be playing tennis’.
