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"Let's turn them off at the tap before this gets any worse."

The show “Wicked” doesn’t need a movie adaptation to be relevant — it’s already a cultural phenomenon, even before this first part of a behemoth two-film Hollywood version hits theaters.

Had you ever met him before this point?

"The more I play Billie Jean King Cup, the more I enjoy it, the more I feel like the stakes are so high - but in a really relaxed and exciting way," said Raducanu, who had not played for two months because of a foot injury before this event.

He did not respond to a request to comment before this story was published.