'Everything starts now' - Alex Corretja, Kim Clijsters back 'talented' Emma Raducanu to respond after US Open exit

Alex Corretja believes «everything starts now» for Emma Raducanu after her US Open exit while Kim Clijsters says she has «all the ingredients» to succeed again. Raducanu saw her US Open title defence ended in the first round as she was beaten in straight sets by Alize Cornet. Ad The 19-year-old has had a difficult 12 months since winning in New York and says she is now looking forward to a “clean slate”.

US OpenJabeur — Mandlik — US Open Highlights36 MINUTES AGO She is set to drop from world No. 11 to around 80 in the rankings after the tournament. «Everything’s going to start now,» former world No.

2 Corretja said on Eurosport. «She’s already a Grand Slam champion so now her career can start as it should be — more slowly. What happened last year is not normal.

But I would take it — I would have wished to have won a Slam and struggled the year after, so I think it’s okay what has happened to her through the whole year. »She needs to understand where she is and where her game needs to go and if she drops in the rankings it doesn’t really matter. Maybe it’s what she needs — to know how to play tennis and to develop her game.

I have to say that she’s a brilliant girl. She plays super good tennis, she’s going to be okay. No one needs to worry.

But it’s good to go step by step. Raducanu prepared to 'climb back up' after US Open exit Murray enjoying tennis but admits early career regrets «At the end of the day sometimes you jump so high, you don’t really know how you did it. While if you go day by day and step by step and play in quarters and semi-finals then you win a tournament, then you know the way.

For her everything came all of a sudden. »I think we need to know how important it is to deal with emotions. We practice so