"I love the feeling of going fast and racing" - Raducanu on love for motorsport

2021 US Open champion Emma Raducanu admitted she loves motorsport but made it clear she is a very safe and pretty decent driver.

The 19-year old admitted her love for the sport was so great that she revealed she might get herself a motorbike license.

‟I think it is a very cool activity and I love the feeling of going fast and racing," Raducanu told the Porsche Tennis tournament website. "The extreme accelerating and the hard braking, but I’m also interested in the mechanics and engineering."

Raducanu came into touch with motorsports for the first time when she was six. ‟I started early as a 6-year-old girl going karting and it made me feel different from other girls and boys in a very special and positive way.

Much cooler. I had so much fun once I started to get good and confident at it. Later motocross was a step up in challenge from go karting. But also lots of fun as let’s be honest, which kid doesn’t like getting dirty in the mud?”

Furthermore, the World No.12 brought up some similarities between motorsport and tennis, explaining that immense amounts of concentration are required for both.

‟Motorsport is about continual improvement. It’s what I love. And it bears similarities to tennis," added Raducanu. "On court, you also have to always be concentrated and have to react instinctively to new situations and find quick solutions. One invests lots of time and effort preparing and practicing for marginal gains.

"But the differences in motorsports are far more minimal than in tennis as we’re talking about milliseconds and seconds. And there’s another difference, the consequences in tennis are not so serious when you make a mistake”.

Raducanu also admitted she enjoys going fast, but only when permitted.

‟I would say I am a very safe and pretty decent driver who enjoys going fast when permitted. When I’m back home, I drive 3 hours a day to train. On my travels I don’t get to drive very often as I’m still too young for car rentals."

The British superstar will make her clay-court debut at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, which runs from April 16-24, 2022.