Lulu Sun vs Emma Raducanu – Wimbledon 2024: Live scores, order of play and updates as former US Open champion finds herself one set down in her pursuit of reaching second week at SW19 after pulling out of mixed doubles with Andy Murray

The New Zealander holds to love levelling the score 3-3 in the second.

Their is a clear difference between the two players’ service games at the moment with Sun able to roll through hers with relative ease.

It’s another tussle of a service game for Raducanu but she holds keeping her nose in front.

We are starting to see the Brit bringing in a bit more variety to her shots which is proving her effective.

Her use of the slice in particular is forcing Sun to build the points herself.

We are starting to see a spark from the Brit now who just missed out on breaking Sun’s serve.

Raducanu had a couple of break points in that game but Sun hung in on the rallies, just making the Brit play another ball each time.

It is the closeest, Raducanu, has come however to taking her opponent’s serve.

Sun fires a backhand return long giving Raducanu a precious hold in the second set.

The 21-year-old pumped her fist as she returned to her chair for the change of ends.

Raducanu was certainly under pressure in that game but she held on, denying the New Zealander a chance to get ahead in the second set.

Raducanu fires a backhand return wide and Sun levels in the second set.

It’s a comfortable hold for the New Zealander who is looking strong out on Centre Court today.

The 21-year-old Brit has held her serve in the first game of the second set and goes up 1-0.

Raducanu has gone a set down in her fourth round match against Lulu Sun.

It is a disappointing start for the 21-year-old who struggled to make a mark on her opponent and was broken twice.

Raducanu must now find a strong start to the second set if she hopes to stay in the tournament.

Raducanu has been broken again with Sun clinching the game with a punishing forehand drive volley.

The Brit is now certainly in trouble in this opening set.

Sun has held her serve again maintaining that advantage in the opening set.

It was a relatively straight forward game for the New Zealander – who is the first from her nation to reach the fourth round of a slam in the Open Era.

Raducanu has held her service game for the first time in the match so far.

The British ace is now looking more comfortable on court and is looking to build on the positive momentum from the past couple of games.

It is important to remember that this is a big moment for Raducanu with it being her first time in the fourth round of a slam in more than two years.

Raducanu fires back with an impressive game, breaking Sun after the New Zealander shows the first sign of issues giving away a double fault and the game.

Sun continues her dominant set with another game of breaking Raducanu’s serve.

This game was done in quick fashion with Sun winning every point.

The crowd seems to be stunned by what they are seeing.

The second game is more even but also goes Sun’s way after she showcases several great shots.

The left-handed nature of Sun’s shots seems to be causing Raducanu trouble as she struggles to return them.

The game went all the way to deuce but the New Zealander managed to pull through with some impressive play.

The first game starts off terribly for Raducanu as she quickly gives up three break points to the New Zealander.

She manages to pull a point back to 15-40, before going up to 30-40.

But the longest rally of the match ends with Sun winning the first game in an unexpected break game.

Deep breaths for Raducanu fans.

Raducanu serves to start the match.

British summertime is temporarily on hiatus but the earlier rain has held off just now. The sun is firmly behind the clouds and there’s the note of a chill in the air.

Both players are warming up now.

We’ll be underway in a few minutes.

Lulu Sun is on the ride of her life, shining on what is her main draw debut at Wimbledon.

The 23-year-old, who is flying under the radar with less than 5,000 followers on Instagram, is into round four after wins over Miriam Bulgaru, Gabriela Knutson, Alexandra Eala, Qinwen Zheng, Yuliia Starodubtseva and Lin Zhu.

Sun was born in Te Anau, an incredibly small town on New Zealand’s South Island, with a dream of making it as a star in tennis.

‘It’s a very small town (with) practically more sheep and deer than people!’ Sun explained this week.

The trilingual No 123-seed, who has guaranteed herself £226,000 in prize money whatever happens now (her career prize money to date was £245,000), is hoping to upset the favourite Raducanu.

Emma Raducanu knows all too well the potential of qualifiers having the tournament of their lives.

Raducanu famously became the first qualifier to win a grand slam title in New York in 2021, and she will be very wary of Sun’s potential to cause another shock.

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The Wimbledon crowd has given the British hope a warm welcome as she steps out on Centre Court.

The court is still filling up as fans start to take their seats.

Fans have been keeping an eye on Raducanu’s right wrist after she was forced to unexpectedly drop out of her mixed doubles match with Andy Murray yesterday due to ‘stiffness’.

It was due to be Murray’s final match at Wimbledon after he had to withdraw from the gentlemen’s singles due to injury and lost with his brother Jamie in the men’s doubles on Thursday.

Despite her sore wrist, Raducanu was on Wimbledon’s practice courts on Saturday afternoon and was pictured again today warming up.

Some fans have taken to social media to mock Raducanu, with some claiming her wrist has ‘magically healed’.

But how will the injury cope over the course of the match?

Hello and welcome to Centre Court, where we are poised and ready for the British hope Emma Raducanu to step onto the hallowed turf in just a few minutes time for her last-16 match in the women’s singles event against Zealand qualifier Lulu Sun.

Raducanu is the last Briton standing in the singles draw after defeats for Cameron Norrie and Harriet Dart yesterday.

She will be taking to Centre Court following Carlos Alcaraz’s victory over Ugo Humbert.