Raducanu is wary of Marketa forces

EMMA Raducanu can take inspiration from one of her best matches - but knows she has her work cut out in a tricky second-round clash with 2023 Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova.

- BY ELEANOR CROOKS

It will be deja vu for Radu-canu, whose second-round win over Vondrousova at the All England Club in 2021 first made the wider tennis world sit up and take notice.

A few months later Raducanu’s life changed forever with her US Open triumph, while Vondrousova also knows a thing or two about shock grand slam successes having become the first unseeded women’s champion at Wimbledon two years ago.