{"id":16480,"date":"2026-06-09T02:29:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T02:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/16480\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T02:29:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T02:29:38","slug":"emma-raducanu-issues-plea-to-british-crowd-after-causing-a-stir-tennis-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/16480\/","title":{"rendered":"Emma Raducanu issues plea to British crowd after causing a stir | Tennis | Sport"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fittingly, that exchange took place on Andy Murray<\/a> Arena at Queen\u2019s Club, where the main stadium is named after the five-time champion. Raducanu had just finished practising with Amanda Anisimova, a runner-up in both west London and Wimbledon<\/a> last year, before attention turned to those who came out to show their support.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s so nice to be back on the grass, I love this tournament had a great experience last year,\u201d Raducanu said after being handed the microphone on court. \u201cI was just pleased to be able to hit on it and play this week.<\/p>\n

\u201cI remember watching the tournament when I was young, I came with my dad, it\u2019s very nostalgic coming back and playing it myself. I remember how many times I watched Andy [Murray] win here so it\u2019s really nice to be able to have a tournament for the girls too.\u201d<\/p>\n

Queen\u2019s, one of the highlights of a short grass and British swing, is clearly a favourite of Raducanu.<\/p>\n

She and compatriot Katie Boulter<\/a> will play doubles again together this week, having been dubbed \u2018Boultercanu\u2019 by those in attendance 12 months ago.<\/p>\n

Conversation soon turned to the British audiences both on this day and for weeks to come, which Raducanu has seen the best and worst of since she catapulted into stardom at Flushing Meadows.<\/p>\n

When asked whether she wants a \u2018noisier\u2019 British crowd or for them to let her \u2018get on with it\u2019, Raducanu replied: \u201cOf course we love the support, it gets us going, it\u2019s an amazing feeling to be part of and to be playing on home soil, it\u2019s nice. I really hope that you can support us in the next few weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n

The host then rallied the crowd: \u201cYou heard her, she wants to hear the noise, give it up for Emma Raducanu<\/a>!\u201d<\/p>\n

Her joy was palpable as the Brits in attendance roared her on, a tune Raducanu will hope to hear many times over the next few weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fittingly, that exchange took place on Andy Murray Arena at Queen\u2019s Club, where the main stadium is named…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16481,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[6561,241,5028,103,3460,6562,6563,28,285],"class_list":["post-16480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-british-tennis-fans","tag-emma-raducanu","tag-queens-club-tournament","tag-queens","tag-queens-tennis","tag-raducanu-crowd","tag-raducanu-tennis","tag-tennis","tag-wimbledon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16480\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}