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Ian Chadband

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Aussie teen joint gives raducanu battle in italian open | Mind Blowing Facts

Teenager Maya Joint has given a grand slam winner a real test in Rome. (Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS)

Emma Raducanu had visited Rome's Trevi Fountain on the morning before her Italian Open match against Australian teenager Maya Joint, but didn't have time to make a wish.

If she had got round to chuck in her three coins, the resurgent British star might have asked for a rather easier evening than the one then given to her in a late-night arm wrestle on Wednesday with the tough, talented 19-year-old.

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