There are two realities I have reluctantly come to accept: I will never be as efficient as Labour’s 2005 election vote share, or feel as secure in anything as Emma Raducanu does in her backhand down-the-line.
I was thinking about Raducanu’s backhand (not that I need a reason) when the result came through that she had defeated world number five Jessica Pegula at Eastbourne this week. What was remarkable, almost inconceivable, is that this represented Raducanu’s first top-10 win. *Record scratch* *Freeze frame* How did we get here?
