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Emma Raducanu will today take to Centre Court to battle it out in the first round against Belgian Alison Van Uytvanck. The 19-year-old is up against the well-seasoned 28-year-old European, who has won five singles and two doubles WTA Tour titles and three Challenger Tour singles titles, as well as twelve singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Playing at approximately 3:30pm, the match will be eagerly watched, with fans keen to see how Raducanu – who has been plagued by injury recently – will perform after a disappointing end to a seemingly unstoppable tournament in 2021.
Back then, she was being beaten 4-6 0-3 by Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic when she had to call an early end to the match after experiencing breathing difficulties.
She received widespread criticism for her performance — much of which was itself criticised for being overly harsh — but made a remarkable comeback months later after she won the US Open.
Raducanu is the current British No 1 and is currently ranked 11th in the world.
Having shot to stardom from a place of relative obscurity, many warned of early career fatigue, this fear only emphasised after her US Open win.
Chris Evans, a Labour MP for Islwyn in South Wales and Vice Chair of the tennis All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) spoke to Express.co.uk shortly after the US Open, and voiced his own concerns that Raducanu may “burnout”.
He was speaking at a time when figures like John McEnroe, the tennis legend, and Piers Morgan, were calling into question whether the teenager was ready to play on the world stage.
Mr Evans said: “I think hers is a fantastic achievement winning the US Open at 18, it’s beyond the realms of anyone’s wildest dreams — especially considering that British women’s tennis has been in the doldrums for a number of years.
“My real concern, though, is this: tennis history is littered with people as far back as Tracy Austin, Hana Mandlíková, Jennifer Capriati, even Monice Seles, who were all very bright early on in their career with a lot of hype around them, but they then burnt out through injuries and personal problems and the rest of it.