Teens Coco Gauff, Emma Raducanu move into 4th round at Wimbledon

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Youth was served Saturday as teenagers Emma Raducanu and Coco Gauff advanced to the fourth round at Wimbledon.

Home-crowd favorite Raducanu, 18, became the first British teenager to move to the round of 16 since Laura Robson did it in 2013 and just the fourth overall when she beat Sorana Cirstea of Romania 6-3, 7-5.

Gauff, 17, posted a 6-3, 6-3 win over Kaja Juvan of Slovenia in just 65 minutes. The No. 20 seed, Gauff was named to the US Olympic team this week and followed her quarterfinal berth at the French Open last month with her place in the final 16.

For world No. 338 Radacanu, who entered the tournament as the lowest-ranked woman in the main draw, the win was overwhel…

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