Wimbledon 2022 live: Raducanu vs. Garcia score updates

29.06.2022, 19:19 sportingnews.com

It's day three of Wimbledon and Emma Raducanu is in action again on Centre Court hoping to reach the third round with a victory over Carolina Garcia. of France. Raducanu's Centre Court debut on Monday went to plan with a 6-4 6-4 win over Alison Van Uytvanck and she'll take that confidence into today's match with world No.55 Garcia - who she beat in March over three sets at Indian Wells in their only previous meeting. Garcia has already dispatched one Brit - Yuriko Miyazaki - at SW19 this week and is looking for her seventh straight win on grass. But No.10 seed Raducanu is desperate to enjoy a deep run at Wimbledon once again. Her only previous outing saw her reach the fourth round before retiring last year and she'll be hoping her recent injury troubles don't cause problems this time round. The Sporting News will be bringing you live score updates and highlights from Centre Court below with Raducanu vs Garcia expected to start at approximately 3.30 p.m. BST/ 10.30 a.m. ET. All times BST *denotes server Emma Raducanu 3-6 3-3 *Caroline Garcia Raducanu goes aggressive this time, a forehand winner gives her the opener. She repeats the tactic, now a backhand return off the serve. Garcia draws level with an ace following Raducanu's error. A double fault and Raducanu has break point... she has to take it. Garcia hits one wide and Raducanu clenches her fist towards the home crowd. *Emma Raducanu 3-6 2-3 Caroline Garcia A fast return followed by patient play sees Garcia take the first two points. Raducanu gets one back but a volley at the net gives Garcia two break points. Garcia again waits for Raducanu to make the mistake and it pays off... the teenager hits a forehand well wide. Emma Raducanu 3-6 2-2 *Caroline Garcia Still very little to separate the pair in this second set, they're both using the serve to their advantage and in the longer rallies, hoping the other makes the mistake first. Garcia holds. *Emma Raducanu 3-6 2-1 Caroline Garcia Raducanu's serve is getting better and Garcia can't return three in a row. The fourth results in a rally but Garcia hits a forehand wide. Raducanu holds to love. Emma Raducanu 3-6 1-1 *Caroline Garcia Raducanu looks to be taking more time with shot selection at present and it's working, a forehand winner brings the score to 15-30. Garcia responds with an ace. Garcia comes to the net at the next and Raducanu only has one place to go, across court on her backhand and she makes it to get break point. That comes and goes though as Garcia wins three straight points to hold. *Emma Raducanu 3-6 1-0 Caroline Garcia Raducanu plays a shot virtually from the squat position to go 30-15 up, brilliant athleticism. Garcia uses pure power on the forehand to follow up the next point, 30-30. Garcia then challenges an 'out' call but the line judge had it right. Raducanu attempts a lob and Garcia can't quite connect and her volley goes into the net. An early hold for Raducanu. Caroline Garcia with the upper hand, claiming the first set 6-3 against Emma Raducanu #Wimbledon | #CentreCourt100 pic.twitter.com/mWlo1Ff1IF— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) Emma Raducanu 3-6 *Caroline Garcia - GARCIA WINS FIRST SET Garcia plays her opponent at her own game now, Raducanu can't return the opening two serves. Raducanu gets one back but then a lengthy rally, which has the 19-year-old running all over, eventually brings up two set points. Raducanu slightly loses her footing mid-rally and Garcia punishes her with a forehand into empty space. Plenty of improvement to do for Raducanu in the second set. *Emma Raducanu 3-5 Caroline Garcia Garcia fires one into the crowd (the man catches it one handed!) and then hits a forehand long to go 30-15 down. Raducanu double faults, 30-30. More mistakes from the US Open champion give Garcia her first set point but Raducanu's serve down the middle causes Garcia problems. Two more big serves prompt Garcia to hit the returns wide and Raducanu holds. Emma Raducanu 2-5 *Caroline Garcia A couple of big serves cause Raducanu problems to go 30-0 down. Garcia then double faults and hits a forehand long, 30-30. One of the longer rallies of the match goes Garcia's way before Raducanu hits a backhand return long. Raducanu will serve with new balls. *Emma Raducanu 2-4 Caroline Garcia Raducanu gets to 30-0 courtesy of two Garcia errors. A few gasps from the crowd as Raducanu ends up doing the splits at the base line in going for the ball and it's 30-30. Garcia then gets break point with a volley at the net, Raducanu still way back at the base line having made the previous shot. Garcia gets it as Raducanu's backhand hits the net. Emma Raducanu 2-3 *Caroline Garcia Raducanu hits a fast backhand across the court to go to 15-15 but then strikes the same shot long on the next point. Garcia shows her power with her forehand to get to 40-15 and delivers just as much force with her final serve of the game. *Emma Raducanu 2-2 Caroline Garcia Garcia guesses Raducanu's forehand the wrong way twice to fall two points behind and then a miss-hit from the Frenchwoman moves the No.10 seed to 40-0. An unforced error and a double fault allows Garcia back in but a big serve from Raducanu forces her opponent into a mistake of her own. Emma Raducanu 1-2 *Caroline Garcia Plenty of "come on Emma" chants early on as the crowd sense a few nerves, Raducanu hitting into the net to go 30-30. Garcia finds the net herself to offer Raducanu the immediate break back but a strong serve puts it to deuce. Garcia misses a volley at the net to give Raducanu a second break point and this time she gets it. *Emma Raducanu 1-1 Caroline Garcia Raducanu finds herself 15-40 down with a few strong forehands from Garcia and a high volley at the net gives her break point. Raducanu challenges a forehand called in but on review it's a poor use of a challenge. Not the ideal start for the Briton. Emma Raducanu 0-1 *Caroline Garcia Some early nerves as Garcia starts with a double fault. Raducanu takes the second with a lovely backhand winner down the line before Garcia gets her first point on the board. The Frenchwoman soon takes control though, hitting a neat forehand winner and then a backhand across court to take the opening game. Welcome to Centre Court, @EmmaRaducanu and @CaroGarcia 👋#Wimbledon | #CentreCourt100 pic.twitter.com/aDEgyZV9PT— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) 4pm: Both players come out to a warm reception and Raducanu is all smiles as she waves to her fans. It's filling up on Centre Court now and we're almost good to go. 3.45pm: Novak Djokovic has just beaten Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-1 6-4 6-2 to reach the third round so Raducanu and Garcia are due on court any minute now. 3.35pm: Hello, and welcome to The Sporting News' live coverage of Emma Raducanu's second-round match against Caroline Garcia as the British No.1 aims to put on a show for her home crowd on Centre Court. With Andy Murray following after her match, Raducanu will hope she can get spectators in a jubilant mood ahead of the two-time Wimbledon champion's clash with big-serving veteran John Isner this evening.