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Emma Raducanu has said she fears NO-ONE at Wimbledon as she got her bid for a sensational second Grand Slam title off to a flying start.

The 19-year-old Brit disposed of Alison van Uytvanck in straight sets in her first-ever match on Centre Court - despite a troubled build-up to the Championships.

And after a rapturous ovation from her home crowd, Raducanu declared: “I think a lot of it is mental, and I definitely went out with belief today. I know that I can compete with anyone on the other side of the court when I really go for it.”

The US Open champion had to pull out of her last tournament with an injury earlier this month and there were concerns the Kent teenager might not even make it to the Wimbledon start-line. And since that remarkable triumph in New York last year, her form has been mixed.

But Raducanu believes she thrives on the sport’s grandest stages, explaining: “I'd say big matches and big occasions are the ones that I really get the most fired-up for. It's definitely a different feeling. I love playing on the big stages, on big occasions.

“I think that instead of, like, shying away from it, I really thrive on that.”