The Independent<\/a>. \u201cIt was a fairytale, a fluke, whatever you want to say \u2013 a qualifier coming through to win a grand slam, it should be a Hollywood movie.<\/p>\n“And yet everyone thinks that because she\u2019s done that, she\u2019s now going to be top 10. It doesn\u2019t work like that \u2013 she wasn\u2019t a top-10 player [when she won], she\u2019d hardly played the game.<\/p>\n
\u201cI’m thrilled that this year she\u2019s playing really well, the serve\u2019s improved, the forehand\u2019s improved, Petch [Mark Petchey] is in the corner, I think that\u2019s a great signing.<\/p>\n
“I hope she really builds a relationship with a coach, like Jack [Draper], because to have that longevity and trust with someone is important.<\/p>\n
\u201cPhysically, I worry about the injuries. It doesn\u2019t matter how well you play; if your body breaks down, you\u2019re gone. As Jack found out \u2013 Emma has got to do the same, build up her strength.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BBC broadcasting icon Sue Barker has shared her fears surrounding Emma Raducanu’s fitness. The British No. 1 is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":216547,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4105],"tags":[35772,6359,85868,1070,5005,4718,4295,79,1068,5838,31638,16,15,5068,85867,84009],"class_list":{"0":"post-216546","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-aryna-sabalenka","9":"tag-carlos-alcaraz","10":"tag-eastbourne-tennis","11":"tag-emma-raducanu","12":"tag-jack-draper","13":"tag-jannik-sinner","14":"tag-novak-djokovic","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-tennis","17":"tag-tennis-news","18":"tag-tennis-scores","19":"tag-uk","20":"tag-united-kingdom","21":"tag-wimbledon","22":"tag-wimbledon-live","23":"tag-wimbledon-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114751089276859843","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216546\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}