"I accept it's going to be bumpy" - Raducanu realistic on recent struggles

Emma Raducanu accepts that life on the WTA Tour is not always going to be the “smoothest ride”, but she is prepared to take the bad with the good.

Emma Raducanus 2021 was filled with good fortune allowing her to emerge as a bring young star in the game of tennis. It's something she is well aware of and she knows it's going to be difficult moving forward as she is still trying to figure things out. Reflecting on the start of the year, she said:

“I was hoping for a really good pre-season in December which didn’t happen because I got Covid. And then I took three weeks off, and then in Australia, I kind of felt the effect of that because I got blisters because my hands got soft and then I got a leg injury, but it’s all part of it. A spanner in the works. I feel like I can take all the bad luck that is thrown at me after all the good fortune I had last year. But, yeah, it’s frustrating because I was hoping to kind of build on it.”

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Speaking about moving forwad, Raducanu said:

“Still trying to figure everything out and everything is still very new and it’s going to take a while to really settle into it. And I accept that it’s not going to be the smoothest ride and it’s going to be bumpy, but what can I do about it? I’ve kind of been put in a scenario that’s not really been done before and I’m trying to figure it out as I go along.”