"Keep her head down and embrace" - Norrie shares advice for Raducanu ahead of Wimbledon

Emma Raducanu will return to the place where she initially broke out in a few weeks and Norrie believes she should embrace the attention she will get at Wimbledon.

Nobody knew who Emma Raducanu was until she reached the 4th round of Wimbledon out of nowhere in her maiden appearance. A couple of months later she would be a grand slam champion and tennis' newest star whose name everybody knows. Now, a year later Raducanu is expected to have tremendous attention on herself when she returns to SW19:

“She has had a lot of attention after the US Open – I don’t think it will be any easier around Wimbledon. Hopefully she will go and embrace it. She knows exactly how much attention she will get. It will be even more."

Speaking about advice he would give her, Norrie added:

“She needs to keep her head down, keep enjoying the tennis, I’m sure she is looking forward to the grass. I think it is one of her best surfaces as well. It will be a lot of fun. At 19, I was doing different stuff than she is now. She is having to deal with a lot more pressurised situation and bigger moments than I was at the same age."

And finally he underlined that she will handle it well:

"I was in college enjoying myself and living a more normal life. She is very mature, very well spoken and hopefully she can let her tennis do the talking at Wimbledon. She played great there last year. Hopefully she can use the home crowd to her advantage – people will be loving her.”