Emma Raducanu set for dose of reality as a middle-ranking tour pro… but unlike rest she knows she is capable of ANYTHING

SO, WHERE did it all go wrong for the multi-millionaire, prodigiously talented, vastly intelligent, highly marketable, dedicated, likeable 19-year-old former US Open champion Emma Raducanu?

Emma Raducanu looked relaxed as she headed out for a stroll in New York
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Emma Raducanu looked relaxed as she headed out for a stroll in New YorkCredit: The Mega Agency
The British superstar is ready for a clean slate in her tennis career
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The British superstar is ready for a clean slate in her tennis careerCredit: The Mega Agency
Because if Raducanu never wins another tennis tournament for the rest of her career, she will still have been responsible for the single most astonishing British sporting feat of all time.

Her stunning victory as a rookie qualifier at Flushing Meadows last year was an unprecedented achievement.

No other qualifier, male or female, has won a Major singles title.

And just to make her exploits more ridiculous still, Raducanu did it without dropping a single set in ten matches.