Romeo Beckham watches Emma Raducanu hammer Elise Mertens as he follows in dad David’s footsteps
ROMEO BECKHAM continued what appears to be a family tradition as he cheered on Emma Raducanu at Wimbledon last night.
The 21-year-old, who is on the books of Premier League team Brentford’s B team, arrived in a green jacket that was later ditched to see her beat Elise Mertens.
Romeo almost had a permanent smile throughout as Raducanu eased to a 6-1 6-2 victory in just one hour 15 minutes on court one at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club.
The jam-packed crowd, which also included former Real Madrid midfielder Sami Khedira, roared on the 2021 US Open winner to a display that left many dreaming of her going all the way.
It is the first time that Raducanu has gotten through to the third round of a Grand Slam since her heroics three years ago.
Now she will face ninth seed Maria Sakkari in the last-32 tomorrow – the same Greek that she beat to reach that final.
And no doubt there will be at least one of the Beckham family there to watch her.
Ex-England captain and Manchester United legend David Beckham sat alongside his mother Sandra in the Royal Box on Centre Court to witness her opening round win.
But it was Raducanu’s mum Renee Zhaia that got close to Romeo on Wednesday as she had to squeeze past him to get to her seat for the match.
And fans were just as delighted as her to see her daughter win – and the raucous crowd kept interrupting the victorious star with cheers as she spoke on court afterwards.
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Raducanu said: “I think I played some really good tennis today I’m really pleased.
“I’m over the moon to be playing here and just extend my stay.
“With the roof closed it was super loud and I’m so grateful to all the support today. I’m really appreciative to everyone making a lot of noise.”
As well as going for the singles crown, Raducanu also spoke of her excitement at teaming up with Andy Murray in the mixed doubles for the legend’s final Wimbledon appearance.
She added: “It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity. It’s a dream of mine since I was a young girl watching the Olympics.
“Andy’s a hero to us all, so for me it’s a real gift and a real honour that he asked me.”
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