Raducanu: My 1 goal

Posted by Richard Paglaro | @TennisNow | Tuesday, August 6, 2024
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Emma Raducanu achieved a record-setting run by winning the 2021 US Open tournament.

21-year-old Raducanu shared his ultimate tennis goal: Win Wimbledon.

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In a new interview with Marie Claire UKRaducanu said winning Wimbledon one day is his top tennis goal.

“For a long time, I want to win Wimbledon. That’s my first goal,” Raducanu he told Marie Claire UK. “But in the short term, I want to continue living and improving my skills.

“Working on their actual development rather than any immediate results – that’s my priority right now.”

Injuries, multiple surgeries, multiple coaching changes, a lot of pressure and some doubt have taken their toll on Raducanu in recent years since he made history at Flushing Meadows.

At the 2021 US Open, the 18-year-old Raducanu electrified the tennis world by defeating the 19-year-old. Leylah Fernandez to become the first eligible—male or female—to win a Grand Slam singles title. He did it without giving a set.

The youngster became the first British woman to win a Grand Slam singles tournament since then Virginia Wade won the Wimbledon tournament in 1977. Wade attended many of Raducanu’s US Open matches, including the final.

Before the start of Wimbledon in 2024, Raducanu was ranked 135th. Raducanu’s fourth round at SW19 last month, including wins over Elise Mertens and Maria Sakkari, followed by her quarterfinal run in Washington, DC boosted her ranking to no. 69.

Raducanu said that self-confidence and a sense of vision helped him to be able to face difficult times in his work and remain optimistic about his future.

“I think it’s very easy in tennis to panic, and I’m guilty of it. You feel like you only have 10 years of your career ahead of you, and that it will be over before you know it,” Raducanu told Marie Claire UK. mine – even 15 if I really want to.

“And even though it’s very fast, I’ve only been on the tour for three years so far, so there’s a lot of learning and development to do,” said Raducanu. “There’s also a big part of life that happens after tennis. We think that when we hit 35, our life is over, but there’s more to come – a lot of people start their lives at that point.

“So, of course I want to make the most of the years I have on tour, but I also have to keep in mind that there are other things in life besides tennis.”