Emma Raducanu is gaining more fans with every
US Open win and as of recently Martina Navratilova counts herself among them.
Navratilova was in attendance for Raducanu's match with Shelby Rogers and she witnessed another sensational display from the young British phenom who trashed Rogers fairly easily. Navratilova was not the only tennis legend in attedance as she was seated next to Virginia Wade and Billie Jean King. Speaking to Amazon Prime after the match she said:
“What a way of coming out in New York City, right? Getting this far in this tournament and then beating an American on Arthur Ashe court in this fashion. Keeping her head about her as well as she did. She might have got an A in her A-Levels, but she’s also got an A in tennis psychology because she really knows what she’s doing out there in every aspect of the game."
That is extremely high praise coming from one of the best to ever do it and it just shows that this run or the Wimbledon run are not by chance or accident. There is realy substance in Raducanu. She continued saying:
“Her technique is impeccable. Her tennis IQ is
extremely high. And the emotional level-headedness that she has, that’s
really hard to come by. So she’s really the whole package. But as
Tim (Henman) said, you don’t want to think about winning right now.
It’s Belinda Bencic next, that’s all that matters.”