Emma Raducanu suffered a defeat at the hands of China’s Wang Yefan in her Australian Open 2024 second-round match. Raducanu explained in an interview after the match how she finished the game even after her body was starting to give up.
“Yeah, now I feel a little bit better. I had some time. During the match, I’d say, like, third set I was 30-Love up serving. Then all of a sudden just felt so sick, just really like weak and nauseous.Throughout the third set I think everyone could see it was a bit of a battle. Like physically, body-wise, I felt fine. It was more I was throwing up in my mouth. Then after the match, it came out. Now I’m okay. Yeah, I’ll get over it. It just sucks with the timing,” Raducanu said.
Raducanu explained how she did everything possible to prevent herself from throwing up on the court. Raducanu went through with a quick check-up by the on-site doctor. Her blood pressure and other readings were recorded.
Fans blame Emma Raducanu for lack of fitness
The Brit lost 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 against Wang Yefan in the 1573 Arena at Melbourne Park on 18th January. Emma Raducanu is currently ranked 296th in the world but she showed potential when she defeated the 161st-ranked Shelby Rogers in the first round of the 2024 Australian Open.
Many fans are blaming Raducanu’s lack of fitness as the reason behind her pulling out of games. She Almost missed the entire 2023 season after suffering from ankle and wrist injuries that required surgery.
'I just kept throwing up' Madam @EmmaRaducanu Aussie Open-suprise suprise #anotherexcuse What a weak weak individual-will never achieve what her undoubted talent deserves! Question-How long for a change in coach? Who the hell is advising her?? pic.twitter.com/sKNmyvPQ31
— Robared (@robared9) January 19, 2024
Emma Raducanu “Tougher” than before
Even after harsh criticisms aimed at her and failures in the second round of the Australian Open, she is working on her fitness and trying to be ‘tougher’ than she was before.
“Honestly I’ve been in that situation before in matches, whether it was with illness or injury, and retired a few times. To be honest, with what I went through last year, you feel awful right now, at some point I couldn’t really see the ball very well, but I think with everything I went through last year, it’s made me so much tougher,” Emma Raducanu said.
“There was no way I was going to pull out. She was going to have to beat me, and she did. She served it out. I think the last year off and also just with the amount of niggles and everything that I had, the setbacks, it did make me a lot tougher,” She added
though Emma Raducanu is getting mentally stronger through the years, she will be looking forward to working on her fitness and performing better in the coming tournaments.
