Emma Raducanu news: British No 1 wants expectations of her to be lowered

Emma Raducanu got her second win of the season under her belt on Friday when she grabbed victory during her opening round match at Indian Wells against opponent Caroline Garcia, but she doesn’t want her fans to get too excited.

This was just her fourth win since she won the US Open last year but she doesn’t believe this is a bad thing and doesn’t want people to assume she’s playing horribly when in fact she’s just trying to play catch up to her ranking of No 15 after being outside the top 300 just over a year ago.

And add on to that her recent hip injury which she’s been recovering from after picking it up at the Abierto Zapopan in Guadalajara, and having to deal with blisters on her hands during the Australian Open.

yippeeeeee first desert winn!!! pic.twitter.com/DqijDbeGuv

— Emma Raducanu (@EmmaRaducanu) March 12, 2022

This was as well as suffering with a bout of Covid before the season resumed again to cut down her pre-season training which all needs to be put into context when talking about Raducanu’s recent performances, instead of just expecting her to win everything now she’s earned a Grand Slam title.

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“I feel like that (big expectations) probably happened after the US Open, I think everyone just suddenly expected me to win everything and clean up everything I played,” the 19-year-old explained after her post match interview in California.

“But realistically