{"id":326812,"date":"2025-08-08T03:02:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T03:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/326812\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T03:02:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T03:02:11","slug":"emma-raducanu-has-surprise-hobby-she-turns-to-when-tennis-stress-reaches-overload-tennis-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/326812\/","title":{"rendered":"Emma Raducanu has surprise hobby she turns to when tennis stress reaches overload | Tennis | Sport"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s been a rocky four years for Emma Raducanu<\/a> following her US Open triumph in 2021. A fresh-faced Raducanu rocked the tennis world by winning the tournament in what was only her second-ever main draw appearance at a Grand Slam.<\/p>\n

Since then though, injuries have taken a toll on the British icon\u2019s body, with Raducanu having undergone several surgeries to try and correct a variety of problems<\/a>. On top of that, Raducanu has spoken openly in the past about the psychological impact of competing in tennis, admitting things can get stressful at times.<\/p>\n

While there\u2019s no quick fix to manage the pressures of professional sport, Raducanu has previously revealed some of her coping mechanisms involve quirky hobbies. One of those is mahjong, a tile-based game that was originally played in 19th-century China, before spreading across the globe.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Porsche<\/a> back in 2023, the former British No.1 explained: \u201cI recently learned mahjong and feel most at home and my true self when I\u2019m around the kitchen table at my grandma or aunt\u2019s place in Shenyang playing with family.”<\/p>\n

While somewhat peculiar, Raducanu admitted it was just one of several pastimes she enjoys in between training and competing at tennis tournaments. She added: “They include mahjong, piano, reading, learning new cultures and languages, motorsport, driving and diving.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn a day off, I like to practice some piano\u2026 I just started to learn and have a long way to go but I really love the melodies once you get it. Also having picked up mahjong and now enjoy playing with whoever I can find. And I just love driving.\u201d<\/p>\n

Raducanu will be hoping her hobbies help put her in the right headspace for the upcoming final Grand Slam of 2025. She has begun working with Francisco Roig, a former coach of Rafael Nadal<\/a>, ahead of the tournament in New York later this month.<\/p>\n

Commenting on the partnership, Raducanu mused: \u201cFirst impressions are it\u2019s going really well. We did a few days after Wimbledon<\/a> together and I was really happy with how it went. I\u2019m just so excited to have him on board, so much experience. I\u2019m really looking forward to continuing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Raducanu started the hard-court season with a strong run to the Citi Open semi-finals, before winning back-to-back matches at the Canadian Open. She\u2019ll compete in her final pre-US Open tournament at the Cincinnati Open later this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s been a rocky four years for Emma Raducanu following her US Open triumph in 2021. A fresh-faced…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":326813,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4105],"tags":[1070,117717,79,1068,5838,16,15,11911],"class_list":{"0":"post-326812","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-emma-raducanu","9":"tag-emma-raducanu-hobbies","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-tennis","12":"tag-tennis-news","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-wta-tour"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114990923479680842","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326812","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=326812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326812\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/326813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}