The US Open champion is preparing to face Serena Williams, while fending off familiar questions over her resilience
As Emma Raducanu fielded questions before her debut at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati, a wry smile slowly spread across her face and she jokingly held her head in her hands. It is a familiar sight in her press conferences these days as the same question, phrased differently and often by local journalists, has followed her on every stop of the tour: are you feeling the pressure?
“I just lost count how many times I’ve been asked this question,” she said. “If I lose 2,000 points so be it, I’ll start again from the bottom. I know I can do something that no one else has done. I qualified and won the US Open, so I can start from the beginning, I can start from zero and I’m not afraid of that.”
Written by Tumaini Carayol in Cincinnati
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/aug/14/its-a-gift-to-play-the-best-on-her-way-out-from-the-sport-says-raducanu under the title “‘It’s a great gift to play the best on her way out from the sport,’ says Raducanu”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
