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Eileen Gu checks out London sights with tour guide Emma Raducanu

  • Teenaged sporting superstars meet up with part-time model Gu in town for Tiffany exhibition, while Raducanu prepares for Wimbledon
  • British tennis No 1 announces new four-year partnership with banking giant HSBC on Thursday

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Eileen Gu and Emma Raducanu pose for a picture at a London restaurant. Photo: Instagram/@eileen_gu_

Emma Raducanu has been playing the role of tour guide in London this week for her fellow sporting superstar Eileen Gu, as the British tennis No 1 announced a new four-year partnership with banking giant HSBC.

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US Open champion Raducanu, 19, is busy preparing for Wimbledon, where she first rose to prominence last summer before her shock triumph in Flushing Meadows.

The 18-year-old double Olympic champion and part-time model Gu, meanwhile, is in town for the Tiffany exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery.

 

And they made sure to meet up when they had some downtime.

Gu shared a photo on her Instagram story of the two of them at a restaurant, before Raducanu posted a picture under some Union Jack bunting.

Raducanu wrote “@eileen_gu_ takes ldddnnn”, with Gu sharing the post and adding the caption “London innit”.

Emma Raducanu posts a picture with Eileen Gu in London. Photo: Instagram/@emmaraducanu
Emma Raducanu posts a picture with Eileen Gu in London. Photo: Instagram/@emmaraducanu

It’s perhaps not surprising to see that the pair have become friends – they both have Chinese mothers, with Raducanu raised in London, England, and Gu growing up in California.

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