Raducanu starred in an awkward moment in Madrid

Emma Raducanu (No. 85 in the WTA ranking) will debut at the WTA 1000 in Madrid knowing that, if she falls in the first round, she will leave the Top 100. A fact that becomes relevant not only because she has not returned since that dream consecration at the US Open 2021 to be comfortable with the tennis that took her to the top but also because of the commercial commitments she has as one of the new faces of the women’s tour.

In the run-up to her opening match in Spain against the Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova, the British aroused attention with her attitude towards the media on the press day that is usually held before the start of the competition. At the moment of presenting himself to the world journalists present in Madrid, the 20-year-old athlete answered the 16 questions she was asked in just 58 words, as reported by the Daily Mail.

“How do you feel?” Was the phrase that opened the conference. “Well you?”Raducanu replied. Then followed the consultations about her health as a result of the physical problems that she has gone through in recent months since she was crowned champion at the United States Open. “Everything is fine. We are controlling it,” he simply answered.

Then it was my turn to ask him about Jelena Ostapenko’s early exit from the WTA 500 in Stuttgart. “She played very well”. In the final stretch of the conference, before the qualifying phase closed, the journalists raised some questions about the possibility that she had to cross paths with her friend and compatriot Jodie Burrage to achieve the classification that she finally did not achieve. Faced with these doubts, Raducanu closed: “I like her. She’s a good player”.

The most uncomfortable moment came when one of the journalists present launched: “You are not facilitating the situation. Is it on purpose?”. At that time the organizers concluded the press conference.

I lived the entire Madrid Masters 1000 on ESPN on Star+.