Orpington’s Emma Raducanu has spent four years countering the unfair but persistent suggestion that she was a lucky winner. In Friday’s third-round Wimbledon defeat to No.1 seed Aryna Sabalenka, however,

Emma Raducanu was left in tears after her Wimbledon exit, despite producing her best performance at SW19 to date, as she was narrowly beaten by world number one Aryna Sabalenka

Top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka staved off an upset bid by resurgent Emma Raducanu at Wimbledon by beating the home favorite 7-6 (6), 6-4 in the third-round at a raucous Centre Court.