Emma Raducanu sometimes wishes she never won US Open, warns ‘there are a lot of sharks’ on ‘brutal’ WTA Tour
- Injury-hit tennis star admits she has struggled to meet physical and mental demands placed upon her after shock triumph.
- Raducanu, 20, says she has had to grow up quickly on the WTA Tour to avoid being ‘burned’ and used as a ‘piggy bank’
Injury-hit tennis star Emma Raducanu has said she sometimes wishes her shock 2021 US Open victory never happened as she struggled to meet the physical and mental demands placed upon her.
The Canadian-born British player was only 18 when she stormed to an incredible grand slam title in New York without dropping a set as a qualifier.
However, Raducanu has failed to hit those heights again as injuries and a series of coaching changes have taken their toll over the past two years.
The world No 128 will miss Wimbledon next month as she recovers from ankle and wrist surgeries.
“That moment on the court, when I was celebrating [the US Open win], I was like, I would literally trade any struggle in the world for this moment,” Raducanu told The Times.
“Anything can come my way, I will take it for what I have right now because this is the best thing in the world. I promised myself that, on the court that day.
