Rafael Nadal has sent a message of support to Emma Raducanu after she suffered a crushing defeat in the second round of Wimbledon.
Raducanu crashed out at the second-round stage on Wednesday following a straight sets defeat to Caroline Garcia.triumph last September, battling a number of injury problems and making a number of changes to her coaching staff which have all contributed to a lack of consistency on the court.
Like Raducanu, Nadal won his first Grand Slam at the tender age of 19, going onto become a legend of the sport with 22 major successes to his name. After booking his place in the third-round courtesy of a win over Ricardas Berankis on Thursday evening, Nadal was asked about the young Brit’s elimination after she wore a t-shirt bearing his bull logo during a press conference following her first round win.And while acknowledging she has endured a ‘tough year’, Nadal believes she will make the right decisions and improve as her career progresses.
‘I honestly never had a big interaction with her,’ Nadal told a press conference. ‘But I was very impressed when I saw her winning the US Open.He added: ‘Then it’s difficult to manage all this kind of success at a very early stage of your life, no?
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