She isn’t competing in Wimbledon this year after a wrist injury forced her to step out. But that didn’t stop Emma Raducanu making the most of the London summer. The US open champion, 20, seemed to enjoy some much needed downtime as she headed for a bite to eat in Whole Foods in Kensington on Wednesday.
The tennis superstar was joined by rumoured romantic love interest Carlo Agostinelli, 22, as she tucked into some chicken from the upmarket supermarket’s salad counter. Looking casually cool, the star opted for box-fresh white trainers, linen shorts and a felt jumper. Meanwhile, Carlo – a former Harrow head boy and son of a billionaire banker – opted for classic chic look with off-white chinos, navy loafers and a striped shirt.
The Stanford graduate looked delighted to be out with Emma, as he clutched his phone and bags of groceries from the store. Mr Agostinelli is the jet-setting son of London-based American private equity dollar billionaire Robert Agostinelli, 70, a former Goldman Sachs banker who once tried to buy Liverpool football club. His mother is head of public relations at Dior in Paris.
Ms Raducanu is Dior’s paid ‘global fashion and beauty ambassador’. It is this connection that is believed to have brought the couple together. In May, the both posted images of themselves enjoying each other’s company in Mexico City – and she has also been seen visiting his £2million flat in Kensington.
It is only two years ago that she was a schoolgirl unknown to the wider public completing her A-levels at school in Orpington, south-east London. But just weeks after putting her textbooks away, she enlivened Covid-stricken Britain by reaching the final 16 at Wimbledon, before withdrawing from the tournament after seeking medical attention.
Then, just two months later, she sensationally won the US Open – and £2million – and became a national sporting superstar. Lucrative sponsorships flowed in from firms including Porsche and British Airways, as well as Dior.
Since then, however, she has dropped to 128th in the world, a long fall from the top ten last year. While she recovers from three operations she is not due to play again until September. Despite not playing in Wimbledon, she is the still the highest paid British tennis star, earning an estimated £134,000 in one week from sponsorship deals, meaning at the end of the tournament she will have bagged a cool £402,000.
Emma Raducanu, 20, seemed to enjoy some much needed downtime as she headed for a bite to eat in Whole Foods in Kensington on Wednesday. The tennis superstar was joined by rumoured romantic love interest Carlo Agostinelli, 22, as she tucked into some chicken from the upmarket supermarket’s salad counter.
Looking casually cool, the star opted for box-fresh white trainers, linen shorts and a felt jumper. Meanwhile, Carlo – a former Harrow head boy and son of a billionaire banker – opted for classic chic look with off-white chinos, navy loafers and a striped shirt.
The Stanford graduate looked delighted to be out with Emma, as he clutched his phone and bags of groceries from the store. Mr Agostinelli is the jet-setting son of London-based American private equity dollar billionaire Robert Agostinelli, 70, a former Goldman Sachs banker who once tried to buy Liverpool football club.
