Gavin Grey: UK Correspondent on Lulu Sun's Wimbledon run coming to an end

The run at Wimbledon of New Zealand qualifier Lulu Sun has come to an end. 

UK correspondent Gavin Grey told Ryan Bridge the 23-year-old has been beaten in three sets by 28-year-old Croatian Donna Vekic. 

After winning the first set, and looking composed throughout much of the second in a classic back-and-forth slugfest, Sun looked on the edge of advancing further at just her second grand slam. However, she didn’t have an answer in the deciding set as the unseeded Croatian took control to book her maiden grand slam semifinal appearance. 

Seven victories at Wimbledon means you’re the champion. Sun had seven under her belt before the quarter-final after coming through three qualifying wins and four more to reach the final eight, but she looked to run out of steam in the last set as rain poured down on the roof at Court 1. 

Vekic will next play either seventh Jasmine Paolini or American Emma Navarro, 19th seed, for a spot in the final. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Now you can. You're a corresponding. Devin Gray is with
us this morning. Devin, good morning. The US is middling
in the UK's justice system.

Speaker 2 (00:10):
Yeah, good, mind you Ryan. This will seem extraordinary to
some listeners, but the US government has blocked a British
court hearing from taking place on a British territory. It
does sound utterly bizarre, but we're talking here about a
British Indian Ocean territory, an island called Diego Garcia. Now
it's got a long complicated history, but it is British.

(00:33):
It took control of the Chagos Islands that was part
of Mauritius back in nineteen sixty five and then went
on to evict the population of more than a thousand
people to make way from military base. And it's the
military base, which yes, you guessed, is now American and
which the Americans object to this court hearing. The court
hearing is all about some migrants trying to make it

(00:56):
to Canada and they're on the island at the moment.
It was due to be a court in a British court,
but the Americans said, oh no, you darn't. We don't
actually think it's a good idea to have members of
the press here. We don't think it's a good idea
for all these lawyers to fly in. And because America
runs all the accommodation, the food and the transport, they
are quite simply able to say you're not coming on

(01:18):
the island. As I said, it's complicated, but it seems
an extraordinary state of play.

Speaker 1 (01:22):
It certainly does. What about this investigation into the French
fire right, the National Rally over allegations of inappropriate financing.

Speaker 2 (01:33):
Yes, so this is all aimed at Marine Lapenn She
is the leader of the National Rally party, of the
far right party in France that did so well in
the National Assembly elections just finished though did not get
a majority. But prosecutors in Paris and out saying they're
looking to allegations of embezzlement, forgery and fraud. And this

(01:54):
was all over her attempt to become president back in
twenty twenty two. Now for some they're thinking, hey, on
a minute, is this because they're trying to scuffer her
popularity because she did very well in these elections. But
the authorities say no, this is all about the fact
she's received loans in the past from Russia. And Hungarian banks.
The Russian loan was worth some eighteen million New Zealand dollars,

(02:16):
but that was all paid back last year. So the
investigations will go on and this particular court will judge
her and twenty four other party members in September. And
just briefly round before you go. Sad news for New
Zealand's Lulu Sun Running. I'm afraid a good campaign in
winwood and tennis but knocked out by the crow at
Donna Vikisch this morning. Our time court number one with

(02:39):
the roof on, we've had terrible weather. Having knocked out
Britain's Emma Redi Khana in the fourth round, she was
hoping to become the first qualifier to reach the women's
semi finals since nineteen ninety nine. I'm afraid it wasn't
to be. She got beaten five seven sixty fourth six ' one.

Speaker 1 (02:54):
Devin Gray are UK your correspondent. She'll be back, don't
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