Emma Raducanu admitted she “has a long way to go” after suffering an early exit at the French Open. The Brit lost to Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-3, 1-6, 1-6 to bring her first campaign at Roland Garros to an end.
As her debut clay-court season has come to an end, the Bromley local is confident that she can be a good player on the surface in the future. “I think that I definitely got stronger as the clay season went on,” Raducanu said post-match.
“It just takes a lot more to win the point on this surface, and you hit a ball flat, [it] doesn’t really do that much. I definitely learnt when to use the shape [top spin]. I still got quite a long way to go on this surface, but overall, I would say I definitely had a good first experience on the clay.”
