Ahead of the US open, tennis stars have been making their predictions for the much anticipated tournament.
Emma Raducanu was on the brink of tears during an emotional press conference following her first-round US Open exit."Yeah, I feel down, like I feel sad," the 21-year-old said after a brief pause.She continued: "I'm just going to go back to the drawing board and train and analyse where I went wrong and try and improve for the rest of the season.
"Obviously, the slams are over for this year, but it's not actually that long until Australia comes around again."She was eliminated in the first-round during her 2022 defence and missed the 2023 edition of the tournament due to injury.Serena Williams had furious US Open row that left her accusing umpire of sexismearlier this year, it has been a torrid three years for Raducanu due to a combination of poor form and injuries.
She admitted: "I would have preferred to probably play a little bit more before coming into the US Open. "I know when I have a lot of matches, just like every player, you feel really good, you feel like everything's automatic. Novak Djokovic celebrates gold medal in unique style by performing Serbian dance in the Olympics village"It wasn't just me. It was more of like a collective call and that's what happened, and I can't really change it."
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