Emma Raducanu has one 'huge mental advantage' admits Andrea Petkovic despite recent struggles

Former world number nine Andrea Petkovic has backed Britain’s tennis star Emma Raducanu to regain her lost touch.

The 21-year-old’s return to professional tennis after spending a lengthy period of time on the sidelines because of fitness concerns did not go down too well. Despite that, Petkovic was recently quoted in a report where she stated that Raducanu can still return to becoming the very best, largely because she is still young and has the talent to compete with the world’s best.

“First and foremost: her youth,” she said while talking to Eurosport. “If I was as young as she is, I would still believe I could do anything. She has the advantage that she won’t be afraid of winning a tournament if she gets to the second week of a Grand Slam event or goes far in a competition again. Simply because she has already done it once at the US Open.

“That’s a huge mental advantage that can never be taken away from her again. This title just came a little too quickly. She won more matches in New York than she had previously played on the WTA Tour. That was a crazy situation that doesn’t happen very often. I’m sure she’ll find her feet again. Once Emma wins one or two Grand Slam matches, she’ll be really dangerous.”