Wimbledon 2022- LIVE!
Emma Raducanu’s hopes of a Wimbledon run to echo her breakthrough tournament a year ago were dashed in a 6-3, 6-3 loss to Caroline Garcia on Wednesday.
There were the occasional moments of brilliance from the British No1 but she struggled for any level of consistency against a far more experienced opponent.
She struggled with her serve – winning less than half of the points available – while Garcia was the greater aggressor throughout.
Garcia’s serve-volley game rushed and rattled her 19-year-old opponent, and she won 16 of 20 points at the net as the Frenchwoman, undeterred by not being the home favourite, booked her place in the third round to silence the SW19 crowd.
