Under pressure? You must be joking. (More Tennis News)
Emma Raducanu, who won last year바카라s US Open at the age of 18, hasn바카라t gotten past the second round at a Grand Slam tournament since then. On Wednesday, she lost to Caroline Garcia of France 6-3, 6-3 on Centre Court at Wimbledon.
바카라There바카라s no pressure. Like, why is there any pressure? I바카라m still 19. Like, it바카라s a joke. I literally won a Slam,바카라 the 19-year-old British player said. 바카라Yes, I have had attention. But I바카라m a Slam champion, so no one바카라s going to take that away from me. Yeah, if anything, the pressure is on those who haven바카라t done that.바카라
The 10th-seeded Raducanu has dealt with minor injuries recently, including a side strain that forced her to retire from a match at the Nottingham Open two weeks ago. She said she didn바카라t feel any pain but acknowledged being rusty after playing only 바카라seven hours of tennis in a month.바카라
바카라To even compete with these girls at this level and win a round I think is a pretty good achievement,바카라 she said. Raducanu beat Alison Van Uytvanck 6-4, 6-4 in the first round 바카라 also in the main stadium 바카라 but ran into a player on a roll on Wednesday.
Garcia, who has been ranked as high as No. 4, extended her winning streak to seven matches, which includes the Bad Homburg title in Germany last week for her first tournament win in three years.
바카라I struggled to find a way through her today,바카라 Raducanu said. 바카라But it바카라s OK because coming into this I didn바카라t really have many expectations of myself. Playing on Centre Court again was, again, a really positive experience for me. So, yeah, I can take it going forwards.바카라
Forward is Flushing Meadows, where last September she went from qualifier to major champion by beating Canadian teenager Leylah Fernandez 6-4, 6-3 in the final.
바카라Going back to New York, it바카라s going to be cool because I have got a lot of experiences playing on big courts, playing with people in the stadium, playing with the spotlight on you,바카라 Raducanu said. 바카라I don바카라t mind that. I mean, for me, everything is learning. I바카라m embracing every single moment that is thrown at me.바카라
In her Grand Slam debut at the All England Club last year, Raducanu reached the fourth round as a wild-card entry. She followed up her US Open title with second-round exits at the next two Grand Slam tournaments 바카라 the Australian Open and the French Open.
Raducanu had beaten Garcia in three sets at Indian Wells this year in their only other head-to-head match. 바카라Obviously I learn a little bit some stuff when I played against her in the U.S. and tried to learn from my loss and makes things better,바카라 the 28-year-old Frenchwoman said.
바카라It was different surface today, so it바카라s very different.바카라 It바카라s also easier now to prepare for Raducanu, Garcia said, compared to a year ago when 바카라pretty much no one knew her.바카라
