"She can't have too much confidence" says Evert on Raducanu ahead of Australian Open debut

Tennis Hall of Famer Chris Evert has suggested it's still premature for Raducanu to be dreaming of more Grand Slam honours given her inexperience, with this being only her third appearance in a major draw. The 19-year-old has been handed the No. 17 seed in the women's bracket as she takes on 2017 US Open champions, Stephens.

Evert said:

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"There’s a lot of pressure and she can’t have that much confidence going into this tournament because she hasn’t won a lot of tournaments. You just hope when somebody is ranked outside of the top 100 and they win a Grand Slam, you kind of wonder, are they an outlier or are they meant to be winning the U.S. Open?"

She further said:

"And I just don’t know, if it happened too early for her, maybe a lot of people would think that, but everybody’s gunning for [her]."

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