John McEnroe doubles down on Emma Raducanu’s critics despite US Open heroism

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BBC commentator John McEnroe continued to comment on Emma Raducanu’s lack of resilience at Wimbledon this year, despite the teenager’s breathtaking triumph at the US Open

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John McEnroe backed up the comments he made about Emma Raducanu’s lack of resilience at Wimbledon this year.

The 18-year-old surprised the world last weekend by beating Leylah Fernandez to win the US Open, becoming the first qualifier in history to win a Grand Slam.

She did so without losing a single set and became the first British woman to win a slam since Virginia Wade won Wimbledon in 1977.

His performances at Flushing Meadows were made even more remarkable by the fact that this was only his second major tournament, having reached the last 16 at SW19 this summer.

Tennis commentator and coach John McEnroe backed up the comments he made about Emma Raducanu after Wimbledon (

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However, the generic entry withdrew from her match with Ajla Tomljanovic, citing dizziness and breathing problems, and was accused of failing to handle the pressure by BBC commentator McEnroe, 62.

“I feel bad for Emma, ​​I mean obviously there has been – it seems like it’s been a bit too much, as one can understand, especially what we’ve been talking about for the last six weeks,” he said live on air.

“How much can the players handle?

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“It makes you look at the guys that’s been there and the girls for so long, how well they can handle it.

“These guys who can keep their cool and the girls there are absolutely amazing – so we have to appreciate the players who are able to do it so well and I hope she learns from that experience.”

Learn that she certainly did, and although McEnroe doubled down on his comments on Wimbledon, he also acknowledged his “incredible” success at the US Open.

Raducanu became a superstar in his run to win the US Open (

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“I was thinking exactly what I said. I tried to make a little connection with my experience when I first went to Wimbledon also at 18,” he told CNN.

“I mean it was as vanilla to me as it gets. I was very supportive of her, I thought, at the time.”

As for Raducanu’s demonstrations in New York, he said, “I don’t think you can do it any better than she did at the US Open. Are you kidding me? This is crazy.

“And that she was able to do it now, obviously there will be a lot more attention on it. It’s amazing.”

Speaking to Good Morning America on Monday, Raducanu attributed her withdrawal from Wimbledon to a “physical problem”, not a lack of mental strength, and admitted that she still had work to do to build her endurance.

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