History does not repeat itself, but it often rhymes. And for Emma Raducanu, this year’s Wimbledon is increasingly carrying echoes of the greatest moment of her young life.
Over the past few days the draw has opened up for the 21-year-old Briton like the Red Sea before Moses – just as it did when she won the US Open as a 1,000-1 outsider in 2021. Incredibly she is not scheduled to meet another seed until next Thursday’s semi-finals. On Friday, Raducanu also found Maria Sakkari barring her path – just as she did in New York. And once again she blasted her out of sight. The Greek was the ninth seed here but had no answer as Raducanu gave a display of counterpunching to make Floyd Mayweather purr before winning 6-2, 6-3 in 91 minutes.
