Emma Raducanu has delighted tennis fans by reaffirming the single biggest ambition in her career.
Following a difficult few years since winning the US Open as a teenager, the British star is on the way back up the women’s rankings. She returned to the world’s top 100 thanks to her run to the fourth round at SW19 and intends to keep climbing.
Raducanu has made it clear that Wimbledon is her top priority, even missing this year’s French Open at Roland Garros to avoid a quick switch from clay to grass courts. In an interview with Marie Claire she said that her “long-term” ambition was to lift the Venus Rosewater Dish on Centre Court, declaring: “I want to win Wimbledon.”
She added: “But in the short term, I just want to keep staying healthy and improving my skills, working on the actual development of them rather than any immediate results. That’s my priority right now.”
Raducanu could have been competing at the Olympics in Paris. The 21-year-old, who is still managing her comeback after wrist and ankle surgery, turned down the invitation to represent Team GB because she did not want to switch back to playing on clay at Roland Garros ahead of the forthcoming US Open.
