Emma Raducanu has silenced sceptics but is missing one final ingredient
Just how good is she?
Within the space of three days – and without the reward of that silver she lifted so gloriously at Flushing Meadow – she has reasserted her reputation as the real deal.
It will feel like scant consolation in the aftermath of defeat by Aryna Sabalenka, but this was Raducanu proving herself worthy of Centre Court billing as a great player, not merely a home favourite.
The records show a third-round, straight-sets defeat that followed the form guide. Sabalenka asserted her class when it mattered.
But the outcome disguises the fine margins that denied Raducanu what would have been her greatest Wimbledon scalp, the Briton going toe-to-toe with the world's best for two hours before she could no longer withstand the pounding ground strokes.
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