Overview

• Emma Raducanu beat qualifier Ena Shibahara 6-1, 6-2 in 62 minutes, her quickest main‑draw Grand Slam win.
• She dropped only three games, her most one‑sided major victory since Wimbledon 2024 against Elise Mertens.
• French chiropractor Jerome Poupel was in her box, having worked with F1 driver David Coulthard, jockey A. P. McCoy and racing thoroughbreds.
• Raducanu said Poupel has helped her for about a year to manage intermittent back issues and to pursue faster reaction times.
• Her broader rebuild includes fitness trainer Yutaka Nakamura and former Rafael Nadal coach Francis Roig joining her team this season.