Emma Raducanu's 'tough year' nothing to do with commercial shoots, says agent ahead of Wimbledon

Emma Raducanu’s agent says that her hugely increased commercial opportunities are not to blame for the dip in form that followed her sensational US Open triumph in 2021. The Brit clinched a surprise maiden Grand Slam title aged 18 in New York last September, becoming the first British woman to win a major title in 44 years.

Ad/> But Raducanu has struggled for form and fitness since then and heads into Wimbledon, where she will face Belgium's Alison van Uytvanck in the first round, having lost 11 of her 19 matches in 2022 so far. WimbledonDjokovic and Nadal avoid unseeded big names at Wimbledon, Murray to play Duckworth2 HOURS AGO Raducanu’s astonishing triumph at Flushing Meadows led to huge commercial interest, and she now has lucrative deals as a brand ambassador for nine companies.

However, her agent Max Eisenbud insisted that the off-court opportunities have not impacted her game. Speaking to the BBC’s Sports Desk podcast, Eisenbud said: «It's been a tough year.

I think she got a lot of bad luck and what really hurt her was [catching] Covid and not having a great off-season, and then she was playing catch up. Raducanu to face Van Uytvanck in Wimbledon opener, Williams faces Tan on return Raducanu has ‘everything to go and win’ major tournaments — Corretja Murray, Raducanu backed by best British supporting cast in years /> »But I think that if she had zero shoot dates, everything would be the same.