5 key talking points ahead of this summer’s Wimbledon Championships

The pinnacle of the British summer is upon us again with the 2022 edition of Wimbledon.

Here, the PA news agency picks out five talking points ahead of this year’s tournament.

Things will be a little bit different for Emma Raducanu at Wimbledon this year. It was 12 months ago that Raducanu stole the hearts of the nation with her historic run to the second week in what was her debut grand slam.

The teenager, fresh from completing her A-Levels, became the youngest British player to make it to the fourth round at SW19 and things only got better from there as two months later she produced an incredible sporting feat by winning the US Open.

She achieved all that success without having established herself on the regular tour and it has been tough since as injuries, defeats and a raft of coaching changes have made it a difficult introduction to life as a professional.

She will surely take heart from her first return to the All England Club, though surely cannot have too many expectations of producing another unbelievable story.

The 19-year-old has played just 33 minutes of action on the grass after sustaining a side strain in her first warm-up match at Nottingham and there are still doubts about her entry into the tournament.

Murray skipped all-but one tournament in the clay-court season in order to prepare for Wimbledon and it looked like a wise decision as he made the final of an ATP Tour event in Stuttgart.

But he suffered an injury in that defeat to 2021 SW19 runner-up Matteo Berrettini, which hit his preparation.

If he overcomes that then he will have eyes on his best run at a grand slam since his hip injury derailed his career in 2016.

The two-time champion has only been past the second round once in eight attempts as