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Ian Chadband

Raducanu takes up Murray mantle to thrill Wimbledon

The king may have departed, but Wimbledon has been left saluting its Centre Court queen as Emma Raducanu pulled off surely her best win since her incredible US Open triumph.

The 21-year-old Briton, who's endured so many injury setbacks since her outlandish 2021 victory as a qualifier at Flushing Meadows, looks ready to fill a void left with Andy Murray's farewell by the way she outplayed No.9 seed Maria Sakkari 6-2 6-3 to reach the last-16 on Friday. 

It conjured up some uncanny memories of that fabulous run in New York when Raducanu, then 18, powered past Sakkari in the semi-final for the loss of exactly the same amount of games. 

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