Emma Raducanu sees Wimbledon dream blown away by Caroline Garcia

Emma Raducanu's Wimbledon dream is over after the home favourite was out-powered by Caroline Garcia in their second-round match on Wednesday.

The British 10th seed, who was short of match practice after three weeks out with a side strain, could not handle the aggression of her French opponent who secured a 6-3, 6-3 victory in 86 minutes.

It was desperately disappointing for US Open champion Raducanu, who blazed on to the scene last year when she reached the fourth round at the All England Club and then went on to complete her remarkable triumph at Flushing Meadows.

“Emma is a huge player and in her home tournament and she proved she can do very well on the bug stage,” said Garcia in her on-court interview, “I really enjoyed playing on Centre Court, it was my first time and very special.

“I am a French player so I know how it is in Roland Garros. It's fair that they support Emma and of course it a great memory for me and as always it is a lot of respect.”

The Frenchwoman is ranked down at 55 but, having been tipped as a future world No 1 by Andy Murray as a teenager, has been as high as No 4.

No 2 seed Anett Kontaveit became the biggest casualty so far in the women's draw when the Estonian lost to world No 97 Jule Niemeier of Germany 6-4, 6-0.

Kontaveit has a miserable record at Wimbledon having never reached the fourth round, in what is now eight appearances, the only Grand Slam in which she has failed to get that far.

Game, set and match - @CaroGarcia! The Frenchwoman proves too strong for Emma Raducanu, winning 6-3, 6-3 #Wimbledon | #CentreCourt100 pic.twitter.com/2fIL3GjSFi

The world No 3 has talked about suffering fatigue this year following a Covid-19 infection and has not played a match since the French Open last