LONDON – When Emma Raducanu was handed a last-minute wildcard into Wimbledon’s main draw she was at the bottom of the pile when it came to the 15 British players who had made it into the singles field being the lowest-ranked entrant at 338.
That field included twice Wimbledon champion Andy Murray, world number 26 Dan Evans, Queen’s Club runner-up Cameron Norrie and 2017 All England Club semifinalist Johanna Konta.
Six days into the championships and A level student Raducanu is the only British player to survive a brutal first-week cull.
Konta was gone even before the All England Club opened its wrought iron gates on day one, the 30-year-old falling foul of the strict COVID-1…
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