Jodie Burrage and fellow Brits 'inspiring' each other for Wimbledon after Raducanu success

Jodie Burrage is feeling "inspired" by the success of her "good friends" and fellow Brits ahead of Wimbledon. The world No 169 is one of a pack of home players who have enjoyed good results on the grass this season, already reaching a final in Ilkley and upsetting world No 4 Paula Badosa in Eastbourne. And she opened up on how the Brits are all pushing each other to achieve more.

Burrage earned the biggest win of her career in the second round of the Eastbourne International as she upset top seed Badosa 6-4 6-3, adding to her already-successful grass swing that saw the 23-year-old make the semi-final in Surbiton and final in Ilkley. The London local is one of many Brits who has enjoyed a breakout grass swing in the leadup to Wimbledon and she shared how a close bond with her compatriots was behind their success.

"The Brits at the moment are doing so well, it will be interesting to see the last time we all did this well in consecutive weeks as well," she said, speaking exclusively to Express Sport. "It's not like it's just been one week, it's been a lot of weeks. But it's definitely inspiring watching everyone do well, we're all good friends as well so it's really nice that we can all share this."

Burrage wasn't the only woman flying the flag in Eastbourne, as Katie Boulter downed last year's Wimbledon runner-up Karolina Pliskova while Harriet Dart reached her second quarter-final. And there have been strong results for the men as Ryan Peniston made his ATP Tour debut in Queen's last week, upsetting world No 5 Casper Ruud en route to the quarters before backing it up with his second-successive last-eight showing in Eastbourne.

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