"It's something Mimi is never going to forget" - LTA's O'Brien on Raducanu hitting with British juniors

Former British No.1 Katie O’Brien believes British juniors can take inspiration from the country’s best tennis players, as she revealed Emma Raducanu had a hitting session with one of the rising stars of British tennis.

O’Brien is the LTA Women’s National Coach and spends time at the National Tennis Centre working with promising British juniors and she believes this can provide perfect inspiration for juniors speaking to Tennis365.

She said:

"They’re getting to see our best players in action so they come down and get to see Cam Norrie practising, they will see Katie Boulter and Emma Raducanu, they can see Andy Murray and it’s just inspiring being in that environment. And I think success breeds success in the same professional habits that we see the pros have and the youngsters can see that. I think our British pros realise just how influential they are, how much they can inspire the next generation."

She added:

"Just at the beginning of the grass court season, Emma Raducanu wanted to play last minute at the NTC on the grass and she bumped into one of our juniors off the court, Mimi Xu, and she actually offered to play with her for 45 minutes – that’s something that Mimi is never going to forget.”