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. What was remarkable, almost inconceivable, is that this represented Raducanu’s first top-10 win. Aged 18, Raducanu became the youngest player to win the US Open title since Serena Williams (1997), the first British woman to win a singles slam since Virginia Wade (1977) and the first qualifier — male or female — to win a major tournament (in the history of the world).
All eyes return to SW19 after Carlos Alcaraz’s stunning victory over Novak Djokovic in an epic men’s final last year
Novak Djokovic and reigning champions Carlos Alcaraz and Marketa Vondrousova await their first opponents