Emma Raducanu has revealed she “sometimes [wishes she] never won” the US Open when she was solely 18 years previous in 2021.
The stress that accompanied her sudden success was excessive and he or she additionally admitted having to be watchful of these she surrounded herself with.
Speaking to the Sunday Times, the former Grand Slam champion stated: “I had to mature very quickly. When I won I was extremely naive.”
Raducanu was below the radar previous to the US Open however soared to victory with out dropping a single set through the 9 matches she performed earlier than the ultimate.
However, the British primary realised prior to now couple of years that “the tour and everything that comes with it [is] not a very nice, trusting and safe space”.
Raducanu added: “You have to be on guard because there are a lot of sharks out there.”
The 20-year-old hit out at “people in the industry” making the most of her due to her age.
“They see me as a piggy bank,” she stated.
“I have been burnt a few times. I have learnt, keep your circle as small as possible.”
Raducanu stated she would have traded “any struggle in the world” for the second she gained the championship.
Since her win, she admitted to having “a lot of setbacks, one after another”.
After {the teenager} overpowered Leylah Fernandez to clinch the title and obtain $2.5m (£1.8m) two years in the past, her journey since has been removed from simple.
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She missed this yr’s French Open and will not characteristic in Wimbledon as a consequence of procedures on her fingers and ankle.
It additionally meant her pulling out of the Madrid Open simply hours earlier than she was due on courtroom.
She stated: “The pain escalated last summer after Wimbledon.
“I began with a brand new coach and I used to be actually motivated to get going. We have been overtraining… and I carried on even by means of ache as a result of I did not wish to be perceived as weak.”
Raducanu’s tumultuous season was capped after she was dumped out of the Indian Wells match in March by world primary Iga Swiatek, which was adopted by first-round defeats in Miami and Stuttgart.
She is at the moment with out a coach after parting methods with Sebastian Sachs.
Source: information.sky.com”