Former US Open champion Emma Raducanu stated she generally needs she had not gained the Grand Slam as a result of strain that got here with the success and immediate fame.
The then 18-year-old surged out of nowhere to win the 2021 event in type, with out dropping a single set in the course of the 9 matches she performed earlier than the ultimate, however couldn’t comply with up on that success as a result of recurrent accidents.
“That moment on the court, when I was celebrating, I was like, I would literally trade any struggle in the world for this moment,” Raducanu advised the Sunday Times.
“Since then I’ve had a lot of setbacks, one after the other. I am resilient, my tolerance is high, but it’s not easy. And sometimes I think to myself I wish I’d never won the US Open.”
The win got here with reward but additionally uncovered Raducanu to a beforehand unknown world, usually ruthless and paved with expectations.
“I had to mature very quickly. When I won I was extremely naive,” Raducanu stated.
“What I have realised in the past two years, the tour and everything that comes with it, it’s not a very nice, trusting and safe space. You have to be on guard because there are a lot of sharks out there.
“I think people in the industry, especially with me because I was 19, now 20, they see me as a piggy bank. It has been difficult to navigate. I have been burnt a few times. I have learnt, keep your circle as small as possible.”
Raducanu missed this yr’s French Open and shall be absent from Wimbledon too whereas she recovers from surgical procedure on her wrists and ankle.
“The pain escalated last summer after Wimbledon,” she stated.
“I started with a new coach and I was really motivated to get going. We were overtraining… and I carried on even through pain because I didn’t want to be perceived as weak.”
Raducanu is at present and not using a coach after splitting with Sebastian Sachs.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com