Daniela Hantuchova says players are 'losing respect' for Emma Raducanu after her run of defeats

Emma Raducanu is «losing the respect» of her peers with her continuing run of defeats, believes ex-world No. 5 Daniela Hantuchova. In her latest early tournament loss of 2022, Raducanu succumbed to Katerina Siniakova in the second round of the Miami Open.

Ad/> It was particularly galling for the Brit given she had the chance to serve for the win, and she admitted it had «sucked» to come out on the wrong side. Tennis'It is unfair' — Raducanu hits back at critics who say she is not focused on tennis19 HOURS AGO Amazon Prime pundit Hantuchova believes the fear factor she built up following her momentous US Open 2021 win will continue to dissipate unless she can develop her ability to edge tight matches Hantuchova, an Australian Open semi-finalist in 2008, said: “That was a tough one for Emma. I think it is going to hurt big time because of the chances she had.

She was the better player for most of it. “But the thing is now with Emma, everyone wants to beat her. Everyone is trying to figure out how to play against her.

The rise and rise of Swiatek — and why she won't stop now Osaka receives walkover to last-16 after Muchova withdraws 'Lendl is good medicine' — Wilander on how Murray link-up will be fun “All the locker-room respect she had after the US Open is now kind of going away which is a shame. “It is going to be important now for Emma to regroup, rethink what she has to change and get out there on the practice court. “There is no other way around it.

Just keep putting the hard work in. “At that age, you want to be fit, you want to show everyone that you are out there, no matter how long it takes. It was humid and it wasn’t easy out there.