Alex Corretja believes Emma Raducanu is paying a heavy price for her fame. (Provided by Tennis World FR)
Former two-time French Open finalist Alex Corretja believes Emma Raducanu is ‘paying now’ to go from ordinary girl to global superstar overnight. In 2021, Raducanu, then 18, made tennis history by becoming the first player to win a Grand Slam tournament from qualifying.
Raducanu, who was ranked 150th at the time, instantly became one of the most popular female tennis players and her face graced magazine covers.”I think what happened to him is very difficult to digest, to manage.
Suddenly we’re a regular girl going in as a skilled [US Open en 2021], then she proves capable of winning the tournament. You have to talk to the press, people recognize you on the street and know where you are in the world.
We go from zero to a thousand in a few weeks. And this process that she did not manage to cross, she is in the process of paying for it. It is extremely difficult to accept that everyone is watching you and expecting you to win every game or tournament you play.
When she was playing qualifying at 19, she was still developing,” Corretja told Express-Sport.
Corretja advises Raducanu on a long-term coach
After undergoing several surgeries in May, Raducanu has also parted ways with her coach Sebastian Sachs.
Raducanu changed coach for the fifth time in the last two years. When Raducanu returns to competition, Corretja thinks she should look for someone with whom she can develop a relationship of trust: “I don’t know exactly what she needs to do next, but she needs to commit to a team and trust the people she works with.
‘Cause if she keeps changing [d’entraîneur], the latter do not have time to create a relationship of trust and the results will not be there. She has to say to herself, “Here are my goals and what I want to do. Find a coach and say let’s work together to achieve them,” Corretja said.
2023-07-02 21:00:25
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