Australian Open 2024: Emma Raducanu said that she needs to put in the hard yards to make sure that she does justice to her ‘level’ of tennis.
Emma Raducanu said that she possesses the level of tennis needed to taste success consistently at the highest level. The youngster recently returned to playing tennis in the ASB Classic where she lost to Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina in a thrilling Round of 16 match.
Raducanu had been out of competitive tennis since April 2023 and underwent surgery due to her constant tussle with injuries. The 21-year-old, who entered the top 10 for the first time in 2022, has dropped to No.299 because of her absence from the court.
“Yeah, I think success to me in the long-term is, for the rest of the year, to play a full season, to be healthy throughout, to be able to train for consistent weeks. I know my level is there, I just need to keep working on it to make it more consistent,” Raducanu said to the Melbourne Press.
Raducanu, who won the US Open 2021, said that the more she trains in the gym and takes part in matches, she will get better.
Emma Raducanu says success for her would be to stay healthy throughout the whole season:
“Yeah, I think success to me in the long-term is, for the rest of the year, to play a full season, to be healthy throughout, to be able to train consistent weeks. I know my level is there, I… pic.twitter.com/8u84izox7J
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“I think that will come with time in the gym, time on court, being able to play the calendar, not thinking about, ‘Will I have to pull out from this one, does that hurt.’ Just being able to go consistently throughout the year. Yeah, I think my level, to be honest, is just too good not to come through if I put consistent work together,” she added.
Raducanu is set to begin her campaign in the Australian Open against USA’s Shelby Rogers in her first-round match on Tuesday, January 16.
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