Nevertheless, the home crowd cheered for Raducanu as her Wimbledon campaign and grass court season ended. During her post-match press conference, Raducanu was still visibly upset about how she failed to execute, but still saw the silver lining in her performance.

Emma Raducanu has been knocked out of Wimbledon as she was beaten in straight sets by Aryna Sabalenka. The British No.1 fought hard against the World No.1, but in the end, she fell to a 7-6, 6-4

Playing against 15,000 opponents is no easy task, but that is what Aryna Sabalenka must have felt she was up against as she faced Britain's big hope, Emma Raducanu, in a rollicking third round Wimbledon showdown on Friday.