Emma Raducanu was attracted to the teenage wildcard Mimi Xu in Wimbledon’s eye-catching first round of the UK.
If Britain’s No. 1 Raducanu beats 17-year-old XU, she will face 2023 champion Maketa Vondrousova or 32nd seed McCartney Kessler in the second round.
Raducanu ranked 38th in the world, only a short distance from the championship game to sow and got a tough draw.
The 22-year-old may face world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka in the third round.
Hannah Klugman and Mika Stojsavljevic – Two other British teenagers who gave wildcards – were also struggling with the seed player.
Klugman, 16, faces Canadian No. 29 seed Leylah Fernandez-Raducanu incredibly beat the 2021 U.S. Open.
U.S. Open junior champion Stojsavljevic, also 16 years old, started against U.S. No. 31 seed Ashlyn Krueger.
Grass-Court Grand Slam started on Monday at the All England Club.
