"That process she didn't get through, she's paying now": Corretja believes Raducanu encountered price of sudden fame after US Open win
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Former world number two Alex Corretja believes that the weight of expectations has made things tough for Britain’s Emma Raducanu.
The 20-year-old, who broke onto the scene in 2021 when she clinched the US Open despite entering the contest through a qualifier, has found it hard to keep the momentum going ever since.
She is currently facing a lengthy injury layoff after undergoing surgery for a wrist injury sustained during last year which cut her season short.
This year, she has only taken part in the Australian Open where she suffered a second-round exit after losing to America’s Coco Gauff.
Corretja, while talking to Express exclusively, sympathises with the Toronto-born and advised her to avoid changing coaches for quick success.
"I think what happened to her is super difficult to digest, to deal with," said the 49-year-old. "All of a sudden, you are a regular girl and she goes there as a qualifier [US Open in 2021] and then she is capable to win the tournament. You have to speak to the press, people recognise you in the street and know where you are in the world.
“It goes from zero to a thousand in a few weeks. And that process she didn't get through, she's paying now. The understanding of everyone looking at you, expecting you to win every match or tournament you play, it's super difficult. When she was playing the qualifiers at 19, she was still developing."
"I don't know exactly what [she needs] to do next, but she needs to be committed to a team and get confidence in the people you work with. Because if you keep on changing [coaches], they didn't get to know you and you don't trust what they are saying because the one from five weeks ago was better. You need to say 'these are my goals and this is what I want to do. Let's work together for them'."
She needed proper guidance. Plain & simple. Don't understand the difficulty in realizing what went wrong (not including actual injury issues). The not-simple part is apparently no one close to her stepped-up? No doubt she had experienced, able, knowledgeable coaches who attempted to pull back the reigns -- but Mommy and Daddy were in the way. If the locker room talk is incorrect, and her parents did not interfere, then she herself made some poor decisions re: coaching. Good discerning coaches do not only focus on the physical training, they also manage "issues" for any given talent. Especially young, relatively inexperienced talent. Bottom Line: Emma should have been prevented from accepting too many commercial ventures and magazine shoots after her Miracle Matches in Wimbledon. Avoiding reading anti-Social networks and press is a must. There is no quick track to the Top. Extensive/exhausting hard work, various training routines (mental + physical), focus, diet... these things and more, taken in daily doses at a reasonable pace can only be positive steps. Too much time spent in the Spotlight has harmed, even ruined, many a professional career.
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