"He's been such a good role model for me" says Emma Raducanu on Lewis Hamilton

Emma Raducanu has become a superstar in her own right yet the Brit looked up to a fellow British superstar for many years. That superstar is no other than Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton whom Raducanu admired for a long time. Raducanu is a self-described Formula One fan since childhood rarely missing a race.

The Brit is closely following this season as it has been one of the more exciting ones in recent memory with Hamilton and Verstappen battling it out in a very tight race for the Championship. Asked about it Raducanu confirmed she is backing Hamilton in it:

"I'm rooting for Lewis… he's been such a good role model for me in terms of helping me through these next stages. He’s a really cool person."

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The comments came after her match at the Champions Tennis event in London where she defeated Ruse today. Raducanu met Hamilton at the Met Gala this year and he gave her a couple of tips to handle her newfound stardom.

Asked about her next moves Raducanu said:

"My expectations for myself are just to keep improving. I want to look back at the end of the year and see that I made gains in any sort of area. I know that for me, it's going to take a lot of patience to get to where I want to be, and smooth out that consistency. So I think that's probably the biggest goal – it's just building my robustness physically."

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