Emma Raducanu was inspired by happy memories and Carlos Alcaraz in her thumping win over Elise Mertens to reach the third round of Wimbledon.
Raducanu had not been beyond the second round at a slam since but the result here never looked in doubt, with the Kent star seizing control from the start and racing to a 6-1 6-2 victory.In 2021, the occasion was ultimately too much for the then teenager and she retired with breathing difficulties against Ajla Tomljanovic, but the match she most remembers is her third-round encounter with Sorana Cirstea on the same court.
“I just have such amazing memories from that court. I think that match in particular, it was the first time playing on a court that size. The crowd, the environment, the feeling of adjusting at the start, to just playing on a court that big.” Many of the games were close but, on the key points, it was Raducanu who came up with the moments of magic, be that a precision lob, a knifed drop shot or the sort of searing groundstrokes with which she made her name.
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