Tennis-A very different Wimbledon experience ahead for home hope Raducanu

FILE PHOTO: Tennis - Wimbledon Preview - All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain - June 22, 2022 Britain's Emma Raducanu plays 'Spikeball' ahead of Wimbledon REUTERS/Paul Childs

LONDON (Reuters) - Can it really be only 12 months ago that Emma Raducanu introduced herself to Wimbledon as a beaming, joyous 18-year-old happy to even be invited to the tournament on the back of a WTA career consisting of one match and one straight-sets defeat.

Raducanu's unexpected charge to the fourth round made her front page news but the teenager then retired mid-match with "breathing difficulties" in something of an anti-climax.