"I don't think she is going to do major damage at the Australian Open" says Schett on Raducanu

Former Austrian tennis player Barbara Schett predicts US Open champion Emma Raducanu's 2022 not to have a great Australian Open outing.

Ever since her US Open win, Raducanu was projected as the next big thing in women’s tennis but she hasn’t delivered yet as promised. After her US Open triumph, the Brit played 3 tournaments last year and managed to win only a couple of matches.

Recently in an interview, former World No.7 Barbara Schett spoke about Raducanu and predicted her 2022 season. She said:

“We all knew this was going to be a very difficult year for her. Then she plays her first match and she plays against someone who reached the final in Adelaide the week before and someone who hits the ball incredibly hard. Then she gets beaten in less than an hour. It was a surprise to me that it was 6-0, 6-1, but it wasn’t a surprise to me that she lost."

She further said:

“Emma still needs to get used to the whole situation. Her life has changed completely and I have no doubt that she will have success in the future, but this is a year that she has to get used to being a Grand Slam champion and people looking at her, expecting a lot of her. It is all a matter of experience and learning."

On her Australian Open chances, Schett said:

“Emma still needs to get used to the whole situation. Her life has changed completely and I have no doubt that she will have success in the future, but this is a year that she has to get used to being a Grand Slam champion and people looking at her, expecting a lot of her. It is all a matter of experience and learning."