As Emma Raducanu completes her preparations before returning to competition in her first professional tournament on Romanian soil in Cluj-Napoca, she has stressed the need for patience with her career as she continues to grow into top-level tennis, despite her early success. “I skipped a bunch of buildup levels and buildup stages where you normally work your way in, play your way into the game,”...
I’ve just been looking at photographs of Emma Raducanu again, this time focusing on her upper chest. She usually wears a pendant cross, which suggests that she is a Christian. Yes I know that some people wear crosses for fashion reasons, but I don’t think she’s in that camp. Maybe it’s more a sign of cultural than religious allegiance, maybe a treasured gift from a grandparent? Or maybe a sign of...
Emma Raducanu is the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year for 2021, capping a year of unprecedented sporting success for the tennis star who told the show she was simply “a 19-year-old from Bromley … that’s who she is, nothing else to it.” The US Open champion received the award in quarantine in Abu Dhabi, where she is recovering from Covid-19. She beat Tom Daley and Adam Peaty into second and...
As Emma Raducanu wrapped up her media obligations close to 10pm on Tuesday night, still digesting all of the wondrous moments she had experienced that evening, she faced another one of the learning experiences that have characterised her past year. After the euphoria and adrenaline of snuffing out Serena Williams before her thunderous home crowd, Raducanu was charged with forgetting it all and...
Emma Raducanu is a professional tennis player from the United Kingdom. She debuted as a Wimbledon wildcard in 2021 and has since gone on a tear, becoming the youngest British woman to reach the fourth round. Who Are Ian Raducanu And Renee Raducanu? Emma Raducanu is the daughter of Ian Raducanu and Renee Raducanu. Ian Raducanu and Renee Raducanu are believed to be in their forties or fifties...