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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