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Emma Raducanu is certainly one of the most anticipated players this season. The British player - who became famous all over the world thanks to her sensational triumph at the US Open in 2021 - has struggled a lot to play her best tennis in recent years and has found her certainties.
That early victory in New York almost four years ago not only changed his career, but also turned his life upside down. At a young age, Emma was forced to face some really huge pressure from fans and insiders by not being able to focus on tennis as she should have.
The situation seems to have improved in recent months. Raducanu is more mature, she has improved her physical shape and has surrounded herself with the right people to prove to the whole world that that feat in NY was not accidental.
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Gigi Salmon speaks aboutRaducanu
The British star reached the third round at the Australian Open the first Grand Slam of the new year but the very clear 6-1 6-0 defeat against former world number 1 Iga Swiatek showed her that there is still a long way to go.
In a long interview with 'Tennis365', well-known Sky Sports presenter Gigi Salmon explained how difficult it is for Raducanu to handle the enormous pressure on her: There is an expectation there and that will never change and everyone seems to have that with Emma, but the main thing for me is the expectations have changed in her mind.
Salmon also added: Its tough. You need to learn what you need to put your body through and deal with the body breaking down, but I feel that having spoken to her, she has reset her mind.
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She knows what she has to do now and the expectations are never going to change. There are people and sections of the media that like to build people up and knock them down and I think he has to ignore that.
