Arizona Tribune - Raducanu beats Van Uytvanck in Wimbledon opener

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Raducanu beats Van Uytvanck in Wimbledon opener / Photo: Adrian DENNIS - AFP

Raducanu beats Van Uytvanck in Wimbledon opener

SPORTS 27.06.2022

US Open champion Emma Raducanu beat Alison van Uytvanck 6-4, 6-4 on Monday to the delight of a partisan crowd on Wimbledon's Centre Court.

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The 19-year-old British player, who was an injury doubt for the Grand Slam, struggled to impose herself early in the first-round match but broke serve in the seventh game.

Van Uytvanck broke back but Raducanu again seized the initiative by breaking again and survived a tough test on her serve to take the first set 6-4.

The pair swapped breaks in the second set and Raducanu broke again in the ninth game, comfortably holding serve and sealing victory with a backhand volley to the delight of the crowd.

Raducanu has struggled with a string of minor injuries since her sensational win at Flushing Meadows last year, including a recent side strain earlier this month.

The teenager did not drop a set in New York, becoming the first British female player to win a Grand Slam singles crown since Virginia Wade at Wimbledon in 1977.

But she has not won more than two matches at a tournament since.

A.Ruiz--AT

Arizona Tribune - Raducanu beats Van Uytvanck in Wimbledon opener

Raducanu beats Van Uytvanck in Wimbledon opener

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