Williams, who will compete in the WTA 1000 tournament for the final time after recently announcing her retirement via a first-person essay in Vogue Magazine, will nevertheless be the center of attention.
The match, which promises to be an epic encounter, will be a meeting of champions from the current and former generation of women’s tennis. Raducanu, who is almost 21 years younger than the American, won the US Open last year as a qualifier.
Interestingly, Williams was the top-ranked player in the world in November 2002, the month Raducanu was born.
During a press conference in Cincinnati, Emma Raducanu said she feels privileged to be playing against “the best tennis player of all time,” and that it will be a fantastic experience that she will remember for the rest of her life.
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The 19-year-old also revealed that she didn’t “mourn” her loss to Camila Giorgi in the Canadian Open first round, but instead went straight back to the practice courts.
“I don’t think she should be looking for a different way right now” - Mark Petchey on Emma Raducanu
In a recent interview with Tennis Channel, Mark Petchey, a former British tennis pro and former coach of Emma Raducanu, advised the Brit to avoid changing her playing style in her match-up with Serena Williams.
As per Petchey, Williams was excellent in her match against Belinda Bencic in Canada even if she ultimately lost. He continued by saying that the American will be a very challenging player to beat if she is given more time on the ball.
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