Come on you Spurs – Emma Raducanu wears Tottenham shirt in preparations for Porsche Tennis Grand Prix

Emma Raducanu caused a bit of a stir on Monday after wearing a personalised Tottenham Hotspur kit for a practice session at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix. The US Open champion is preparing to play her first clay-court tournament on the Hologic WTA Tour in Stuttgart. Ad/> «My whole team basically are big Spurs fans and I feel like they're egging me on,» Raducanu told reporters at the media day in Stuttgart, with the quotes published by wtatennis.com.

WTA StuttgartHow does Raducanu become more 'robust'?YESTERDAY AT 08:29 «They're desperately trying to get me behind them. I don't necessarily follow football so much, but I feel like now because of them I'm feeling some sort of connection. “I loved following the Euros last year and watching Harry Kane, who's obviously the England captain, and Son, I'm a big fan of him as well.

So yeah, I like to dabble.» Raducanu is seeded No. 8 in Stuttgart and will face Australian qualifier Storm Sanders in the first round, in what will be her first game on clay in the WTA Tour. However, she did overcome Tereza Martincova on the surface in a Billie Jean Cup victory for Great Britain on Friday.

How does Raducanu become more 'robust'? Tsitsipas downs Davidovich to seal back-to-back Monte Carlo titles «It gives me confidence for sure because I played Martincova, who's a great opponent, in Prague, which is her home place,» she added. «It was a heavy clay court. Conditions were cold.

So, to get that win definitely gave me a lot of confidence. She's a great opponent. »It's going to be an exciting clay season.