By Richard Paglaro | @TennisNow | Tuesday, August 6, 2024Photo credit score: Rob Newell/CameraSport
Emma Raducanu achieved a record-setting run profitable the 2021 US Open championship.
The 21-year-old Raducanu has shared her final tennis purpose: Win Wimbledon.
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In a brand new interview with Marie Claire UK, Raducanu mentioned profitable Wimbledon sometime is her prime tennis intention.
“Long run, I wish to win Wimbledon. That’s my primary purpose,” Raducanu informed Marie Claire UK. “However within the brief time period, I simply wish to maintain staying wholesome and bettering my expertise.
“Engaged on the precise improvement of them slightly than any fast outcomes – that’s my precedence proper now.”
Accidents, a number of surgical procedures, a number of teaching adjustments, large stress and a few self-doubts took a toll on Raducanu in recent times since she made historical past in Flushing Meadows.
On the 2021 US Open, the 18-year-old Raducanu electrified the tennis world defeating 19-year-old Leylah Fernandez to grow to be the primary qualifier—male or feminine—to win a Grand Slam singles title. She did it with out surrendering a set.
{The teenager} turned the primary British girl to win a Grand Slam singles championship since Virginia Wade received the 1977 Wimbledon championship. Wade was available for a lot of of Raducanu’s US Open matches, together with the ultimate.
Previous to the beginning of the 2024 Wimbledon, Raducanu was ranked No. 135. Raducanu’s fourth-round run at SW19 final month, together with wins over Elise Mertens and Maria Sakkari, adopted by her Washington, DC quarterfinal run has boosted her rating to No. 69.
Raducanu mentioned self-belief and a way of perspective have helped her navigate the robust occasions in her profession and stay optimistic about her future.
“I believe it’s very straightforward in tennis to panic, and I’m responsible of it. You are feeling such as you solely have 10 years of your profession forward of you, and that it’s going to be over earlier than you recognize it,” Raducanu informed Marie Claire UK. “Typically 21 feels so previous, after which I keep in mind that within the timeline of my profession I nonetheless have 10 years of slams forward of me – even 15 if I actually need.
“And whereas it goes by in a short time, I’ve solely had three years on tour thus far, so there’s much more studying and growing to do,” Raducanu mentioned. “There’s additionally a giant chunk of life that occurs after tennis. We predict once we hit 35, our life is over, however there’s a lot nonetheless to come back – many individuals are simply beginning their life at that time.
“So, after all I wish to take advantage of out of the years that I’ve on tour, however I additionally must maintain in perspective that there are different issues in life than simply tennis.”
