"Especially when you've gone through surgeries": Emma Raducanu laments constant ball changes after being perenially injured
WTAFriday, 15 March 2024 at 01:30
Britain’s tennis star Emma Raducanu believes that the change
of ball has made it difficult for the players to perform at the highest level.
The impact of the change of balls has been highlighted by a
number of current and former players in the recent past. Some of the active players raised objections about the difficulty they faced while playing with the
new balls.
Raducanu has become the latest player to raise concerns about
the change of balls and stated that it has become ‘really bad’ for the players.
“I honestly think it’s really bad for us,” she said. “The
way that we have to switch balls every single week and especially when you’ve
gone through surgeries.
“I know a lot of players who are struggling with wrist
problems, too. I don’t understand why every other sport is pretty much the
same, whereas in tennis it’s different week to week.”
Raducanu has struggled
with injuries over the last few years and only recently made her way back to
the court. The former world number 10 took part in the ongoing Indian Wells
where her journey finally came to an end in the round of 32 where she lost to
the current world number two Belarus’ Aryna Sabalenka in straight sets with a
score of 6-3, 7-5.
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- You seem to have 'lost the plot' ??
- This needs to be done, and I think Jessica Pegula is an excellent choice for chair to look into the situation. However, a very brief look at the other members of the panel would suggest a very USA heavy contingent. The group needs to represent all interests, not just turn it into a way the US can screw more money out of an already biased calendar.
- The tennis world should be kissing her feet for taking-on this long needed position in a much needed council. The WTA and ATP need a good shaking-up. Pegula's business heritage is a proven one. Let's hope she and her colleagues can stop WTA & ATP from shutting their work down and out. GO GET 'EM !!
- So the Sportswasher's largest market is... the Filipino community? That's all well and good but the hundreds and hundreds of empty seats throughout is embarrassing. Talk about bad optics!
- The poor Head Sportswasher has been whining and crying in the media, and basically threatening Saba, Iga, etc. Must be a real Ego Buster when they dangle money and people (especially Women) say, 'No thanks'.
- "Losing-itis" is not uncommon in Emma's small world. Just keeps begging the question, 'What are sponsors paying for? Limited tennis appearances... or Social Selfie Media presence?'
- Dubai can suck it up like everyone else. Just because they think they run the show, they do not. Sportswashing does not give them Power.
- You're losing your mind here.. You use a lot of space, yet inadequate knowledge. Read the WTA Rule Book 2026; it answers all your questions and accusations.
- Why single out Iga and Aryna to punish?, Since when do players get punish because they withdraw from tournaments? Maybe if they both were treated like number one and two players, they would not have this problem. The WTA discriminates against them because of their nationalities, yet they want to make money off them. Every tournament, Iga has harder draws than qualifiers from the beginning to the end. In the Australian Open they stuck Aryna out in the sun the majority of her matches in order to tire her out. She is the number one player in the world and she never got the opportunity to play with the roof closed. If they want these top players to continue playing and making money for them, then they should treat them as such. Otherwise, get the players who they are always giving out cupcake draws to like Pegula to play their tournaments. Lets see how many seats in the audience she will fill. Iga has more fans in the seats than any player in the WTA, yet she is always disrespected and mistreated because of her nationality. The WTA is a corrupt, bias and racist organization. No matter what job someone is on, you cannot tell them that they are not sick or injured.
- LOL. Billie Jean King hates being a woman.
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