{"id":30548,"date":"2026-06-07T07:33:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T07:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/mimi-xu-expectation-a-privilege-for-wales-teenage-tennis-star\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T07:33:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T07:33:21","slug":"mimi-xu-expectation-a-privilege-for-wales-teenage-tennis-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/mimi-xu-expectation-a-privilege-for-wales-teenage-tennis-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Mimi Xu: Expectation a privilege for Wales’ teenage tennis star"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Xu is likely to play in qualifiers at Ilkley, Nottingham, Eastbourne and Roehampton, but the postcode she would truly love to return to is SW19.<\/p>\n

“Wimbledon is a very special tournament and one every British player dreams of competing in,” she said.<\/p>\n

“Right now my focus is on preparing well, staying healthy, and taking things one match at a time. If I do that, hopefully the opportunities will come.”<\/p>\n

Last year Xu was awarded a wildcard to play at the All England Club, but this year she may have to work her way through qualifying, something she got a taste of at just 14 years old.<\/a><\/p>\n

“Last year was an unforgettable experience. Making my Wimbledon debut was something I had dreamed about for a very long time,” she said.<\/p>\n

“The atmosphere, the occasion and the support I felt was incredible. To return to SW19 would mean a lot, and hopefully I can use last year’s experience to feel even more comfortable if I get that opportunity again.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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Xu is likely to play in qualifiers at Ilkley, Nottingham, Eastbourne and Roehampton, but the postcode she would truly love to return to is SW19. “Wimbledon is a very special tournament and one every British player dreams of competing in,” she said. “Right now my focus is on preparing well, staying healthy, and taking things […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30549,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30548"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30548\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30550,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30548\/revisions\/30550"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}