There are high expectations for Emma Raducanu, who will try to achieve prestigious results in 2025. The 2021 US Open champion should have passed the most delicate phase of her young career and is ready to shock the whole world again, having sorted out many aspects of her game and having finally found the necessary mental serenity. The British player has also had several injuries in the last two seasons and has moved away from the top of the WTA ranking, but in 2024 she has shown that she has the right skills to get closer to the top players in the coming months.
Emma has not won any titles this season, but she has defeated some very dangerous opponents and her performances have been more consistent than in the past. Raducanu has also found a reliable team and Nick Cavaday’s advice seems to have put her back on the right way. The former world number 10 came to success too early by winning in New York three years ago and was not ready to handle such pressure. The negative consequences have fallen on her in the last two seasons, but Emma still has a lot of time to prove her worth to everyone.
The current world number 57 will start the new season in Auckland, which will be a very useful test for her ahead of the 2025 Australian Open. Not being seeded, the British champion will also have to hope for a draw that is not too hard at Melbourne Park, where she has the chance to get a great result if she plays her best tennis.
Raducanu is ready
A character like Raducanu is very important for the WTA tour, which is desperately trying to build new rivalries to join the Sabalenka/Swiatek duopoly. During a long interview with PA, Emma opened up on her goals for 2025: “I want to play more than I did this year. I think now, with my set-up, I’m in a place where I can continue work on the road. So I don’t necessarily need to come back to continue good physical work.
I can do it pretty much every day, like microdoses. And I think that’s actually going to be a great addition for me next year, which I’m excited about.” She continued: “Especially straight after I did really well, for the next few years it was very much like there was so much communication about things off the court. And I would always, always give my 100 percent on the court. I was always working really hard, but I just think that I wasn’t prepared as well for the other things that inevitably do take some energy out of you.
I think now I’m a lot more structured. I’ll be like: ‘OK, I have this time where one hour we will talk about business. And now I’m going to go train for the rest of the week’. Also I think I’ve learned how to say no a bit more. Initially, I felt really bad for letting people down. I’d always want to do extra for whatever partner or magazine or whatever I’m shooting for.”
Emma learned a lot
After her shocking triumph at the 2021 US Open, Raducanu had to learn very quickly how to combine her professional career and the business that had been created around her character. The British player took a long time to understand all aspects of the life of a professional and needed the support of the people who loved her. The former world number 10 seems ready to devote all of herself to tennis and return to compete for the most prestigious titles.
Emma has the talent to win more Grand Slam titles and become a women’s tennis icon. Her main goal next season will be to return to the Top 10 and maybe leave everyone speechless in one of the 4 Major tournaments. New York is a city that has a special meaning to her, but her game adapts well to all surfaces.
“I’m obviously very grateful and fortunate to have had certain experiences and opportunities but I wasn’t prepared for it,” she explained. “In my head it was just like: ‘OK, I wake up, I play tennis, I go to the gym, and I go home, and I don’t have anything else to do.’ Especially straight after I did really well, for the next few years there was so much communication about things off the court. And I would always, always give my 100% on the court. I was working really hard but I wasn’t prepared as well for the other things that inevitably do take some energy out of you” – Emma concluded.
