Emma Raducanu has said she often forgets about her US Open victory. The Brit made history when she became the first player to win a grand slam after coming through the qualifying rounds. She stormed to the title in Flushing Meadows without dropping a set and became the first British woman since Virginia Wade to win a major.
It has been tough going for the world number 12 since then, as she has struggled for form and with injuries, and crashed out of the French Open in the second round earlier this week with a 3-6, 6-1, 6-1 defeat to Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich. The Bromley local has had much to contend with after winning in New York, essentially becoming a superstar overnight. In an interview with The Telegraph, Raducanu claimed she would have handled the fallout and newfound fame from winning her first slam differently.
"I didn’t really give myself that space," she admits when asked about how she dealt with the attention after the US Open,” the teen said. "I was just straight into the next thing, and I completely forgot I won. I was just so focused, which is the way it should be, but if you go straight into it too soon, you lose that spark you had.
