When you become a Grand Slam champion at 18, it's pretty hard to stop others getting a bit carried away.
Mertens didn't help herself with a succession of unforced errors in the 6-1 6-2 defeat but Raducanu's power game looked on point in a match that lasted barely an hour on a partisan No.1 A measure of Raducanu's ambition not to take things too seriously this week was her decision to play mixed doubles with Andy Murray, in his last appearance at the All England Club.
"When I look back at my career I'll be able to have a memory of playing here with Andy Murray, that's incredibly special." "It's easy to get caught up with things that have happened in the past and see all these parallels but no situation is the same." Kartal has several visible – and ‘pretty random’ – tattoos, including one on her wrist that marks a symbol of bravery.