The British tennis star is seeking stability with familiar faces after her world was transformed by US Open success
“I am very independent and I think now I’m actually just listening to myself and my intuition more,” says Emma Raducanu, smiling, from one of the few quiet corners of the vast, handsome Foro Italico complex in Rome. “For so long, I’ve had other opinions, I’ve tried to justify my gut feeling because my brain is very logical [and] I didn’t feel like I could just trust what I felt.”
Raducanu is speaking before her first-round appearance at the Italian Open, where she is still trying to figure out how to adapt her game to clay. Looking at the bigger picture of the 22-year-old’s career and life, she has reached an interesting inflection point.
Written by Tumaini Carayol in Rome
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/may/06/emma-raducanu-italian-open-clay-season under the title “‘I’ve been burnt a few times’: Emma Raducanu on betrayal and A-levels”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
