“It’s a learning curve”: Emma Raducanu backed to put struggles right by Laura Robson with regular game time

Thursday, 24 October 2024 at 13:39

Emma Raducanu has been backed to put her struggles right bet in the view of hindsight by playing more often going into 2025 by fellow Brit, Laura Robson.

Raducanu has struggled in 2024 with injury woes seeing a tentative approach to her return which has led to criticism and sudden injuries. But Robson believes that playing more regular is the way to go and that in reality, she has done more than predicted for a player of her junior record.

"The break came after Toronto, and with hindsight wishes she should've kept playing through and then had a bit more momentum going into the US Open," Robson told Sky Sports.

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“It's still such a learning experience and the fact that she's still figuring out what works for her, figuring out where she wants to play, and how many tournaments.

"The game style has been a bit more aggressive over the last couple of months, which is great, but I think it's also a learning curve.

"When you look at her results when she has played well and consistently - she can beat almost anyone. She's a great player with such an attacking game style but you just need to be able to do that day in, day out."

"When you think about the months that she's missed, to climb to the ranking she is now, it's actually impressive. In that respect, she's done really well," said Robson, a former junior Wimbledon champion. "I think everyone, including her, would like to see it happen more often.

"It's all about figuring out what works for you and maybe she just got unlucky over the last few weeks because that would have been a run of four or five events in a row, which would have been great, but then you pick up one little injury or niggle and you have got to start again all the time.

"When you have the opportunity to play, she's now realised that that's the way forward and if you can play back-to-back weeks then go for it."

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