Christine Truman: ‘Watching Emma Raducanu brought back recollections’

A Wimbledon semifinalist in 1957 at age 16, the 1959 French Open champion recalls her tennis life in a new book

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Several aspiring tennis players need a backup plan. Emma Raducanu was focused on her A-levels one year ago.

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A talented junior, Raducanu was not being touted as the next big thing even by those within tennis. And then came Wimbledon,

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Her stellar run to the US Open title was preceded by breakthrough wins and an abrupt exit in the fourth round.

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In some ways Raducanu's story differs wildly from earlier eras, but Christine Truman finds echoes.

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Emma Raducanu made her Wimbledon debut as a teenager in 2021, and it brought back memories

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Christine Truman to Serve Truman was - and is - the youngest British semi-finalist ever in her new memoir,

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Like Emma, I was unseeded and had no expectations, but two weeks later everyone knew my name.

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Truman rose to world no. 2 two years later and became a French Open singles champion at the age of just 16.

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