by In front of four summers, Emma Raducanu was the British teenager who wanted to become the Wimbledon champion. This summer she will try to stop a British teenager at the first hurdle: Mingge Xu.
This year’s Wimbledon Draw Paired Raducanu (22) with XU, 17, in the first round when Raducanu begins its latest offer to add your triumph of 2021 US Open.
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Raducanu ended up tennis fans at Wimbledon in 2021, while she made a good run into the fourth round before exceeding this performance in September of the same year when she won her for the first time – and only so far – Grand Slam, the US Open.
Raducanu has fought for Constance since then, and her deepest run at SW19 remains the fourth round that she reached again last year, while the Wimbledon entered the Wimbledon on the back of an exit of the second round at the last major The French Open.
In any case, she has considerably more large slam experience than XU, which for the first time handed over a wildcard for a major on the pro tour.
Swanseas Xu-the first Welsh players in the main game in Wimbledon had been enriched by the Junior Australian Open final and the US Open semi-final in the Junior Open last year and showed itself on the way. But her meeting with Raducanu is at a total of harder level and in front of a much larger audience.
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Nevertheless, Xus Wimbledon debut follows her encouraging wildcard run at the Birmingham Open in the first round in the first round in June, where she amazed the top seed Alycia Parks, World No. 52 in the first round. XU reached the quarter-finals of the WTA 125 tournament and finally lost to Jessika Ponchet.
Mingge XU in action at the Nottingham Open in June 2025 (Getty)
Then, later in June, Xu achieved another victory against a top 100 player and defeated the world No. 96 Katie Varynen in the first round of the Nottingham Open. However, XU was defeated by the sixth seed Magda Linette in the next round.
Xus Current Ranking on the WTA tour has so far been her greatest: 318. In the world. In the meantime, Raducanu is the British no. 1 on the women’s tour and is currently classified on No. 38 in the world after it was so high in 2022 No. 10.
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Raducanu follows with XU on the back of a quarter-finals in Queen’s collision, where it was beaten by top seeds Qinwen Zheng and an exit in the second round in Eastbourne, where it was removed by Maya Joint.
Before her start in Eastbourne, Raducanu Wimbledon praised that he had banned a man who had followed her from buying tickets for the Grand Slam Grass Court.
Emma Raducanu opened during the Eastbourne this summer (AFP/Getty)
The man in question had followed her at several events last year. He received an injunction from the police in Dubai after he appeared at the Dubai Tennis Championships and appeared at Raducanu’s match, a moment that feared them in tears.
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However, Wimbledon’s security system raised a red flag after the man’s recent attempt to buy tickets for SW19 this year, with the application being rejected. “Wimbledon did a great job,” said Raducanu of the BBC. “I received a notification and the police contacted me and assured me that everything was fine.
“I feel okay, I feel comfortable and safe. I had great protection when I’ve been to these events lately. I feel a difference, and that feels more comfortable.”
