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Tennis star Maria Sakkari has leapt to the defence of Emma Raducanu amid her recent struggles following her lofty heights of winning the US Open. Ahead of their opening matches at the Nottingham Open later today, the Greek star shared some kind words about the British number one, and insisted she needs time to adjust to life on the WTA Tour.

"I don't really know her that well, but people don't give enough credit to her. She has been playing good," she told the PA news agency. "It is not easy, if you exclude the US Open, she is 19. It takes time. The level at WTA is very, very high, so it is going to take time for her and every young player just to get used to the level.

"She had a three-week tournament in New York and I think now what she is doing is the right thing. It took me a lot of time because my breakthrough was later than other