"I actually think she’s pretty good on clay anyway": Robson believes fellow Brit Raducanu could have good clay court run

Former player and Eurosport analyst Laura Robson believes Raducanu to be pretty good on clay as she can hit the ball with some of the best of them on Tour.

Clay tennis is quite specific as there is a good emphasis on actually hitting the ball consistently building your way towards the finishing blows. Rallies don't often finish quickly unlike other services and you need to be pretty good in your hitting and tactics to be successful on it. Raducanu showed promise on the surface despite not playing a lot of tennis on the surface.

Robson said:

“Emma’s level is there for sure. She hits the ball just as well as any of the top players on tour. But it’s just finding the right balance on the training side of things, on the match court and tournament schedule side of things to make it work for the body because everyone is different, everyone requires different amount of matches as well."

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She continued:

“I think if she’s just able to get another couple of consistent weeks under her belt, then the belief will come and you start to trust your body a bit more and you start to then not worry about some small injuries because it’s just part of being a tennis player. I can’t think of anyone on tour who ever feels 100% healthy all the time, so Emma’s just seeming to find that balance at the moment. She’s been on a practice court in the UK at Wimbledon and looks good, she looks really good.”

On clay tennis specifically, Robson said:

“I actually think she’s pretty good on clay anyway. Last year she went into the season thinking ‘it’s just going to be a bit of a learning experience for me’.You could tell that she was trying new things on the clay court, trying to add a little bit more spin to her forehand side. But she played well in Madrid, she won a couple of matches there, she had some good result and you feel like maybe that’s the kind of court that’s going to suit her game the most. Something that’s a little bit faster and takes on the pace slightly more than the heavy conditions that you can get in Rome and in some of the lead up tournaments to Paris.

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