WHEN Wimbledon begins tomorrow, millions will tune in – with many eager to see Emma Raducanu making a welcome return for the first time in two years. But Emma isn’t the only young Brit competing at the All England Club. Forty home-grown stars are playing across 11 events – and it is Katie Boulter and Jack Draper who are our biggest hopes for glory.
Former tournament double-winner Andy Murray , 37, has battled injury, but is also scheduled to play in what is expected to be his final Championships. Here, Emma Pryer looks at the sexiest British stars with world-class abilities set for thrilling showdowns in SW19. British No 5, World No 168 THE starlet, who dazzled in 2021 by winning the US Open as an unseeded 18-year-old qualifier, then rose to world No 10 the next year.
She has since struggled with her form and fitness and dropped down the rankings. But Emma , from Bromley, Kent, has now battled back from wrist and ankle operations, which led to her missing last year’s tournament, and has put together a string of promising results. She already has an MBE to her name as well as 2.
4million Instagram followers, and models for everyone from Christian Dior to Porsche. And she has been a poster girl for Wimbledon sponsor Evian, alongside Dua Lipa . Emma is newly single, having split from American billionaire financier Robert Agostinelli’s son Carlo, 23, after a love match that went on for nearly a year.
British No 1, World No 32 OUR leading lady at Wimbledon is so tennis-ma.