Tennis queen trades forehands with duchess at friendly event to celebrate Raducanu’s US Open Victory

Britain’s newest tennis queen, Emma Raducanu, traded forehands and compliments with actual royalty whenshe was welcomed back to the UK by the Duchess of Cambridge at a special homecoming event in Roehampton, London.

Kate, the patron of the Lawn Tennis Association, shared a court with Raducanu as they played a series of friendly doubles matches at the National Tennis Centre to celebrate her shock US Open victory. The event also paid tribute to the US Open wheelchair doubles champions, Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid, and the men’s doubles champion, Joe Salisbury,

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