Emma Raducanu: John McEnroe counsels young Brit - 'You don't want to be that one-hit wonder'

John McEnroe says he hopes Emma Raducanu does not become known as a «one-hit wonder». Raducanu stunned the tennis world when she won the 2021 US Open, but she has struggled to replicate her best form after nearly two years on the WTA tour which has been blighted with injury. Ad The 20-year-old was absent from this year's French Open and will miss this summer's Wimbledon championships after undergoing hand and ankle surgery in early May.

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«Look, she’s won a major which 99 per cent of players or more can’t say,» McEnroe told reporters. «But you don’t want to be that one-hit wonder either. So this is going to be a long road back because she’s had to start over.

»When she won the Open. I was surprised that she let go of her coach right after. You don’t change a winning formula.

At least wait a couple of majors. Then if it’s not working, okay, we’re starting to move on. I’ve never sat and talked with her, so I’m not sure exactly why these decisions were made.

«But we could see from when she didn’t come out on the court, a few months earlier at Wimbledon, that she was feeling pressure and stress. Almost anyone would. And then she handled it incredibly [in New York].

Now it has been more magnified. »So you feel for her. You want her to be able to enjoy it – the process and the journey that takes place." Swiatek can Wimbledon 'multiple times', has a point to prove on grass — Wilander Exclusive: 'No reason' for 'amazing' Murray to retire, says