Stubbs latest to urge Raducanu to take break from sport and not rush return: "Maria Sharapova, Steffi Graf, every player goes through this"

Rennae Stubbs urged Emma Raducanu to take a break if necessary to regain her form.

The young star Raducanu went from being an unknown player to a global tennis sensation after her incredible performance at the 2021 US Open, where she became the first player to win the tournament coming from the qualifying rounds.

However, Raducanu has struggled to replicate her success since then, and despite reaching the top 10, the 20-year-old British player has now dropped out of the top 100. Earlier this year, she withdrew from the Madrid Open and mentioned that she will undergo surgery to address her injuries that have hindered her performance on the WTA tour.

In a recent interview, Raducanu discussed the physical and mental difficulties she has faced.

“I was struggling with the physical pain but the mental side of it was really difficult for me too. I always want to put forward the best version of myself, or strive for that, but I knew I couldn’t,” Raducanu told The Times.

“I very much attach my self-worth to my achievements. If I lost a match I would be really down, I would have a day of mourning, literally staring at the wall. I feel things so passionately and intensely,” she added.

Stubbs comentó las palabras de Raducanu en SportsTalkOnPrime:

“I can tell you, myself when I lose a match, I didn't want to leave my hotel room for a day or so. I know Maria Sharapova, same thing. She wouldn't leave her room for like a couple of days when she lost to a couple of US Opens. She would stay in her hotel room for a couple of days,” she said.

“I mean, Steffi Graf, every player goes through this, every single player attaches their self-worth to winning and losing. And they think it's better to almost do well and ruminate and suffer. It's almost like a self-loathing 24 hours before they feel like ‘why I can't be happy?’,” she added

“Emma, you are good enough. You've proven it, you’ve won a Grand Slam already, you're a great player. You made the fourth round of Wimbledon. These are all the things that you're still capable of doing. Get your health, get yourself healthy. Get the right people around. Don't do anything more than you need to do,” Stubbs said.

“I would wait an entire year. I would get yourself, like Rafael Nadal, get yourself a hundred percent ready to go. Get yourself fit, get yourself strong again and get back out there on the tennis court. And I would wait a year to do that and I would do it next year,” she said.

“Get the right team around you because you're good enough and I hope she is because she's a great kid and I really respect her a lot. I respect her a lot for saying the stuff that she said in this article,” she concluded.