Emma Raducanu makes nod to Rafael Nadal whereas sharing summer time plans
Emma Raducanu wore a Rafael Nadal T-shirt and performed the piano in a video on social media as she gave followers an perception into her summer time plans away from the tennis court docket. The 20-year-old has been out of motion since showing on the Stuttgart Open in April after present process surgical procedure and missed the French Open and Wimbledon earlier this summer time.
Raducanu turned an in a single day sensation two years in the past when she defied the percentages to carry the US Open trophy on the age of 18. The Bromley star had solely ever performed at one Grand Slam earlier than that event and have become the primary qualifier in historical past to win a Major as she received each match with out dropping a set.
But the tennis sensation has been hit by a string of damage issues since her well-known triumph and has struggled to copy the identical normal of tennis. In May, she went underneath the knife to have surgical procedure on each her wrists and one ankle and has missed an entire host of tournaments in consequence.
And she confirmed her followers precisely what her plans have been this summer time in a video on Instagram as she exhibited her unbelievable piano expertise earlier than smiling and placing her thumbs as much as the digital camera. The star was additionally blissful to share a blooper as she posted one other video which was minimize brief when somebody began speaking within the background.
In the movies, Raducanu is sporting a T-shirt emblazoned with Nadal’s signature Raging Bull emblem. And she has already spoken about how a lot respect she has for the 22-time Grand Slam champion after being noticed in one other Nadal T-shirt throughout final yr’s Wimbledon.
“Rafa just embodies fight,” she stated on the time. “That sort of energy, that’s what I’m bringing in terms of energy. I think I’ve had a tough year, like it’s no secret. It is all worth it just to go out on Centre Court and get a win.”
Raducanu hasn’t made it past the second spherical of a Grand Slam since her success at Flushing Meadows and exited the US Open on the first-round stage final yr. The Brit might be absent from this yr’s event, which will get underway on Monday, as she recovers from her operations.
Raducanu has made it again to the follow courts following some work within the gymnasium as she steps up her return to competitors. And final week she educated in Shenyang, China, as she prepares to play within the MGM Macau Tennis Masters exhibition occasion on the finish of the yr.